Tips to reduce Depression

[Eilonnwy]

JUST STOP EATING! Simple. 100% gaurenteed (<-sp?) to work. Put down the cheetos.

It's not that simple. You have to balance healthy eating with lower calories and satisfying you hunger. If you just eat as little as possible you go into starvation mode and you don't lose anything, then you crash and binge and you're no better off. So no, stop eating doesn't work,

If you're talking about fad diets, I agree, they don't work. Diets in general don't work. If you go into losing weight with a mindset of being on a diet with the implication you stop when you lose weight, you'll gain it all back. The tried and true method is to take in less calories than you burn, but if you try to do it without consideration to what you're eating, you can end up splurging and losing track. I don't consider myself to be on a diet. I need to reinvent what I eat and how I eat it to make a lasting change and feel healthier. I've been eating more fruits and veggies, complimenting my meals with these sides to make them have more food but less calories.

So maybe it's seen as a waste of money to use weight watchers, but I've learned a lot on how to make lasting changes to my diet, and it makes it easier for me to track what I eat, and that's worth it to me. As far a joining a gym...I can't afford an elliptical machine, and if I could I'd have nowhere to put it, so gym is my only option to have access to one.