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Originally Posted by Atmo

I've tried about every diet program you can name but I couldn't maintain any of them due to overly restrictive and sometimes unhealthy rules.

My main problem is that I like playing in the kitchen and trying to up my game centered around a Pacific Northwest menu of fresh, whole, local, organic foods, sauces and wines.

Even though I work out six days a week in a home gym, it's a struggle maintaining weight until I started using a simple calorie counting app ideal for omnivores. Until then I was fooling my self thinking that a wholesome diet and exercise was enough and WAY underestimated my caloric intake. After six months using the app I dropped into my target range and felt great. Notice past tense. I fell off the wagon thinking I don't need the app but portion sizes crept up so am back into the logging routine and with no other changes lose 2+ lbs./week.

I experience hunger while dieting so have frequent small snacks between meals and drink a glass of water when feeling hungry.

Plus I've cut back on wine, it wrecks progress, even one glass with dinner.

Here's the app. I only use the logging function and ignore the social blather. There are other similar, more granular apps but there's only so much time in a day.

https://www.myfitnesspal.com/

Myfitnesspal is a great app and pretty useful. Plus it's free so it's not like you gotta pay a lot.