What diet are you following? Have you tried this diet? Have you tried that diet? Here’s the newest, faddiest diet there is! Here’s the diet that all of the celebrities are using! Here’s the diet that I read about in a magazine!
Blah.
My diet is simple, really simple. And I know it works, cause I’ve used it before with great success. It’s called “eating real food!”. That’s right, REAL food. Not some lab experiment in a box. Not some concoction of chemicals created by food scientist. Food. Real Food.
So what is Food? Food = Meat. Vegetables. Rice. Potatoes. Butter (REAL butter). Olive Oil. Nuts. Fruit. Beans. One ingredient items. Not something that comes in a box or is squeezed out of a tube. It’s the stuff you find mostly on the perimeter of your grocery store.
I try to eat real food 90% of the time when I’m in health mode (note: BEING in health mode and STAYING in health mode are two different things, but that’s for another post). I find that when I eat mostly real food, two things happen:
1) I feel GREAT!
2) I eat less
Of course that then leads to pants that fit & not hating what I see in the bathroom mirror, which is a nice side effect to say the least!
Go ahead, don’t over think it & give it a try. It might just change your life.
Midlife Can Suck It! 
I agree 100% That is all I did. I cut out the processed foods and sugar 90% of the time. It’s easy and doesn’t leave me feeling deprived. Great post!!