Reddit mentions of The 5-Factor Diet

There already is a great amount of information posted. I went from being pudgy, 30 pounds overweight to in shape in about 3-4 months time.

1. Educate yourself. A lot of the struggled at first was to understand how the body works, how we process food and being able to understand why I should or should not eat something. I got started by reading the 5 Factor Diet and it helped me formulate a good game plan. It gave good advice like 6 on, 1 off (6 days of healthy eating, one day to eat what you want)
   
   
2. As mentioned, find something physical that you enjoy. There is nothing more grueling to me than sitting in a gym on an elliptical machine. I see people sitting on machines, talking on a cellphone, turning away. If you can talk on a cellphone, you are not getting a good workout. I took up jiu jitsu and fell in love with it. Now if I go to the gym, I am motivated to lift harder/run longer/ etc because I want to do better in jiu jitsu.
   
   
3. Fill your mind, fill your day. I found that I kept to my diet and was happier when I kept constantly busy and had nothing but goals in front of me. Keeping busy with school/work/gym work outs/ extra curricular left me little time to eat junk food and instead I was forced to be more organized and make sure I found ways to stick to my diet. Of course, this takes some planning as some busy people fall to the trap of eating fast food because they don't "have time" to cook for themselves.
   
   
4. Quick food tip: Don't eat anything out of a box. I can give a lot of various advice but this one will help the most. When dieting (and in general) you should stay away from processed, high sodium foods. Learn to eat everything fresh and the best way to do that is not to eat processed foods. There are obvious exceptions (oatmeal comes from a box but is great for you).