Should dieting be a painful experience, in order to be effective?

Question

If I'm not starving and eating crap with no flavor, I don't feel like it's working, you know??

Answer 1

No. It should not be painful. There is no point of a happy or joyful life to be obtained through pain. And, just because you are doing something painful in order to achieve success, doesn't mean at all that you are a success. Just crippled.

There are plenty of diets that will produce results where you will also look good and feel good too. Where you can enjoy the food and still like yourself, still be kind and considerate of yourself.

The real questions are: Where does the need to be punitive and mean towards yourself come from? How might it be holding you back from reaching your goals, weight loss-wise or in any other area of your life???

Answer 2

Dieting should never be a painful experience. Rather than dieting you should be making overall lifestyle changes such as eating fruits and vegetables everyday for example. Fruits and vegetables have a ton of fiber in them, and they are low on calories while high in vitamins, nutrients, and antioxidants. That means you can eat a lot of them, and the fiber from them will make you feel full so you will be satisfied. You don't have to eat them plain or with no flavor either. Try putting cut up apples in a salad or making a milkshake with strawberries and blueberries. Put shredded carrots in your biscuits.

There are many things you can do to jazz up your diet without it being painful while still losing weight. You can even have sugar as well but eat it in moderation. Try not to consume too much high fructose syrup.

As long as you eat a well balanced diet, get sufficient sleep, and exercise you should notice good effects. Be patient because results are never instantaneous, but they are long lasting if you approach it correctly.

Answer 3

No. Make a lifestyle change and don't eat crap foods full of processed junk and sugar. With that and a -500 calorie restriction, along with 30-60 min aerobic/anaerobic exercise, you'll lose weight in no time.

Answer 4

There is a diet plan that has gotten great testimonies from some magazines and live people I know. It is called CINCH
In the search bar: cinchplan.com
The people I know that use it say they feel more energetic and claim they lose the fat and not the muscle.

Answer 5

Dieting is as painful and effective as one wants it to be. You have choices. Choose satisfying meals that are healthy. You don't have to feel pain to do the right thing. thats wasting your time.

Answer 6

No. Never go on a diet that makes you feel bad or makes your life miserable.

Here is some info about nutrition and a list of healthy foods.

http://spartafit.com/nutrition/nutrition.html
http://spartafit.com/nutrition/preferred%20foods.htm

Answer 7

Get over your food martyrdom. Dieting can be fun and diet food delicious. You should be happy you are eating well and still feel good.

Answer 8

dieting's going to be tough- you're restricting yourself from stuff you want. it shouldn't be painful. eat healthy, good food in moderation. exercise. have some fun! try it with a friend who has similar diet goals.

Answer 9

What diet are you doing, and are you loosing weight???