Which diet should I do?

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I have tried many different diets with MS and I need something more structured than calorie counting, eating wholefoods etc to help me lose weight. Does anyone have any recommendations? I’ve tried:

Juice Plus

Calorie deficit

Slimming world

Intermittent fasting

Cambridge 1:1

Weight Watchers

To name a few!!! But nothing works really/I’ve read too much into it and scared myself out of continuing.

Any advice/recommendations?

Thanks in advance!

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Hi @a.laskey90 you and me both. I need to lose a few pounds too..who am I kidding? A few stone is more like it :confused: All I can say is, it’s not easy losing weight. Very easy to gain but, difficult to lose. I think that at the end of the day it is to do with calories. So it has to be about eating less calories than we need.. not too little because otherwise we just overeat a day or two later and undo anything we’ve managed to lose thus far. It’s probably also about doing some kind of exercise that we like too. That’s of course if you are able to still exercise. So, cutting a few hundred calories less out of our diet each day and just a tad more on the rowing machine and this time next week we’ll be half the person we were! No, seriously there’s no easy fix. Less calories than we need and more exercises than we like, is probably what’s needed. We should eat healthily in the main but you can still consume more calories than needed there if you’re not careful. Good luck and wishing you all the best on your journey to a slimmer you.

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This isn’t a slimming diet per se so it’s not what you’re asking for, but just for interest it’s my go-to advice for eating well with MS.

https://gavingiovannoni.substack.com/p/which-is-the-best-ms-diet?utm_source=publication-search

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The trouble is not all calories are created equal. It might be worth talking to a dietitian and getting an appropriate eating plan.

Giles Yeo: ‘Let’s consider the type of food we eat, not fixate on calories’ | Genetics | The Guardian

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Quite honestly I’ve read myself to death on what we should do. In my humble opinion there’s enough stuff (didn’t say my usual) going on, eat what you like.

An allegory would be my little nephew with a watch monitoring his heart rate monitor and checking it. WTF you need that for?

Stress is the diet you want minimise. Or the “all about nutrition” bros might be right… filming themselves, isn’t that weird AF?

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