So what is an excellent diet for losing ten pounds quickly?

i only do intermittent fasting accidently...i forget breakfast or lunch on occasion. i have read about the Dash diet and the Mediterranean diet. those two are just your run of the mill..."eat correctly and get plenty of exercise" crap that we already know about. is there a delivery meal service or something specific besides Nutrisystem?

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MorbidCynic · F

I always found counting calories to be the most efficient (and free) system. I lost 52 pounds within the last year by eating no more than 1,000 calories. I guess if you’re in a pinch, you can eat less than that and up your exercise. It all comes down to calories in and out. There’s no other science behind that.

LILY61

@MorbidCynic thanks...i thought your body goes into starvation mode when you eat less than 1200 calories a day... plus i am old....my exercise consists of taking a walk to the post office. but i am watching my calorie intake so thank you for your support

MorbidCynic · F

@LILY61 I personally dealt with anorexia and ate as low as 200 calories a day and never dealt with “starvation mode” (and like most former anorexics I later dealt with binge eating 😅). I think you have to eat very low calories for a rather prolonged period of time to actually go into starvation mode. I am no doctor but I feel like that goes around to scare people away from under eating.

LILY61

@MorbidCynic if you were eating less than 200 calories a day...you were in starvation mode. your body starts eating itself away. you lose water and muscle and your body starts to shut down. when i moved out on my own for the first time i stopped eating all the crap that my family used to eat. i wasn't eating enough food though and i became like an anorexic. i wanted to eat but everything made me sick. i got below 100 lbs in no time.