Diet Profile

[Linda1]

I found the site http://caloriecount.about.com/ and found it interesting. I took the diet profile test and here is what it came up with and I think it was right on for me.


Eating Profile: Team Player

The source of your weight problems lies in the people around you. Simply put, if you were left on your own, you would weigh less. This is not to say that you should abandon everyone and isolate yourself, but that you should find a way to combine your weight loss efforts with peer pressure.

Your Eating Habits
Your dieting is characterized by your social obligations. People around you are not supportive of your dieting efforts, and they are not all that health conscious themselves. Therefore, you often find yourself eating late, consuming many meals, or making unhealthy food and drink choices.

The Solution
You probably know what you are doing wrong, but you find it hard to follow through with your resolutions. Don't despair: There are countless ways of making other people happy, and plenty of them will be compatible with a healthy lifestyle. For example, replace bar meet-ups with dancing, meet your friends in the gym instead of in front of a TV, or keep trying new healthy recipes until your family discovers something new that they like.

[kassabella]

I had to join, but it will give me a record of my weight.Might encourage me to loose it.

don't agree with this. But obviously I eat more than I burn. Too much chocolate.
Strategist


Your struggle with weight originates from an ineffective approach to dieting. You seem to have been encouraged to try weight loss methods that were not right for you, and this resulted in unsatisfactory results or even a yo-yo effect. In short, your dieting strategy failed you.



Your Eating Habits
More likely than not, your previous diets did not involve a strong and supportive online community, which was always there for you and supported you along the way. Further, many popular diets allow only certain items and discourage eating many other ones. In our experience, such exclusive diets are not an appropriate long-term solution. Not only do they often result in cravings and are hard to follow through, but their health aspects are questionable as well.



The Solution
The secret to dieting is actually quite simple -- eat less than you burn. This does, of course, require a little bit of discipline and strong will, but you'll be pleasantly surprised how flexible calorie counting is compared to other diets. It does not feature any forbidden foods, and the calorie allowance can be significantly increased with exercise. Last but not least, calorie counting is supported and recommended by the majority of health care professionals