Originally Posted by
mwchandler21
cut down on carbs and don't eat chips, candy, or ice cream.
If you can do that, great. But I think in part it's attitudes like that that make it difficult for people to lose weight. I lost 40 lbs and am now at around 12% body fat. I eat all of those things, just not often or a lot. Feeling that people have to never eat ice cream for the rest of their lives is enough to make them never want to start a diet. I lost my weight pretty much through portion control. Some days it's worth it to eat ice cream and cut calories elsewhere.