What diet worked for you?

[aldensmith]

When it comes to weight gain then always prefer to eat a healthy diet like carbs, protein, calories, nuts and so on. It will help you to increase your weight. You can also do some exercise which can also be helpful in weight gain.

 

[Captante]

Cutting way back on sugar helped some.

Only things that really made a difference though was eliminating all "seconds" combined with portion control.

 

[Zeze]

Portion control worked the best. I even ate awful instant ramen yet i was ripped.

I also worked out 3x a week.

Those were teh days.

 

[Staples]

Seems just about all diets that have any popularity and efficacy promote
cutting carbs (only whole grain ones are acceptable)
maximizing protein
maximizing whole foods

If you only need to lose 10 pounds, just eat a little less everyday.

If you need to lose 50 pounds, then look into one of these diets.

 

[destrekor]

Seems just about all diets that have any popularity and efficacy promote
cutting carbs (only whole grain ones are acceptable)
maximizing protein
maximizing whole foods

If you only need to lose 10 pounds, just eat a little less everyday.

If you need to lose 50 pounds, then look into one of these diets.

Ding ding ding, this is a great summation.

The extreme diets are for extreme weight loss goals, they aren't lifestyles. Keto is a terrific diet, but terrible lifestyle goal in the end. Low carb -- in the sense that it's lower then the standard American diet, specifically cutting down on added sugar and sticking to whole grains when you do use grains -- should be the gold-star winning lifestyle diet, because it helps achieve just about every other nutritional goal when you simply try to make that change. Cut back first on added sugars and you'll tend toward more wholesome sweet snacks, and those are bound to have more fiber and natural nutrients, maybe even some healthy fats and/or proteins. Next you might try to find more nutritious snacks and find nuts, jerky, other protein, fat, and fiber sources, and probably end up actually snacking less.

I've been trying to fall in love with baking up my favorite treats with alternative ingredients like almond flour and natural alternative sweeteners, with mixed luck so far but also an overall limited experience in the whole process. After a lifetime of absolutely loving to make some delicious and typically unhealthy desserts and meals or side dishes I'd prefer to eat, which tends to lean toward meals without much in the way of vegetables and carb-loaded side dishes. Yeah I'm bad about that. But those are things that I love making.