Diet Advice for 50 lbs of weight loss
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much better! just keep going in that direction.
LT,
I have the appetite of a man and my biggest problem with dieting is portion control because I LOVE to eat and feel full. But! If you eat low calorie, high fiber stuff you will feel fuller much faster. I allow myself all the raw or broiled veggies I want, but never use butter, salad dressing or oil (only the spray). If you fill up on the healthy stuff, then it won't seem so intolerable to limit the tasty stuff (it's the same thing to me now.)
As a college student, I know packing lunch/snacks is hard. Try dry cereal projucts, whole wheat bread with natural peanut butter or a small handfull of nuts (unsalted). (toasting the bread will keep it from getting soggy in the car) Try oranges, dried fruit (watch portion size, lots of sugar) and other fruits and veggies so you don't get burnt out. Going out to the car to eat is gives you a walk, saves cash, keeps you on your diet and you don't lose your parking spot.
Finally, check out the web, library, posts like this. If you are informed about what you're eating and how it works in your body, it's easier to visualize and understand, and that gives you control. Remember practicing good health will improve your life and future. Make it a priority and keep up the good work!
I have the appetite of a man and my biggest problem with dieting is portion control because I LOVE to eat and feel full. But! If you eat low calorie, high fiber stuff you will feel fuller much faster. I allow myself all the raw or broiled veggies I want, but never use butter, salad dressing or oil (only the spray). If you fill up on the healthy stuff, then it won't seem so intolerable to limit the tasty stuff (it's the same thing to me now.)
As a college student, I know packing lunch/snacks is hard. Try dry cereal projucts, whole wheat bread with natural peanut butter or a small handfull of nuts (unsalted). (toasting the bread will keep it from getting soggy in the car) Try oranges, dried fruit (watch portion size, lots of sugar) and other fruits and veggies so you don't get burnt out. Going out to the car to eat is gives you a walk, saves cash, keeps you on your diet and you don't lose your parking spot.
Finally, check out the web, library, posts like this. If you are informed about what you're eating and how it works in your body, it's easier to visualize and understand, and that gives you control. Remember practicing good health will improve your life and future. Make it a priority and keep up the good work!
Thanks for the encouragement. And thanks for kicking me in the butt too. I realize I went off the reservation yesterday by having that unplanned one slice of pizza and diet cola. But the original offer posed to me was eating the half the pizza and a liter of coke. I didn't have the coke. I had to pack a lunch yesterday hence all the cottage cheese since I had to be at work all day and night yesterday.
Here's the plan for today:
1230 Oatmeal
Celery Sticks
2 oz of Turkey or Chicken
1 apple
1430 Fiber One Cereal
Skim Milk
Banana
Apple
2 oz of Turkey or Chicken
1630 Turkey Sandwhich
Havarti Cheese
1/2 Avocado on Wheat
1800 Sandwhich
2000 Herbal Tea
Actual Consumption
1000 4 oz Turkey Keilbasa
1200 10 oz BBQ Pork
1600 1 Apple
1800 Oatmeal
2000 3 glasses of wine Merlot
0030 10 Mc Nuggets
16 oz Deit Cola
Here's the plan for today:
1230 Oatmeal
Celery Sticks
2 oz of Turkey or Chicken
1 apple
1430 Fiber One Cereal
Skim Milk
Banana
Apple
2 oz of Turkey or Chicken
1630 Turkey Sandwhich
Havarti Cheese
1/2 Avocado on Wheat
1800 Sandwhich
2000 Herbal Tea
Actual Consumption
1000 4 oz Turkey Keilbasa
1200 10 oz BBQ Pork
1600 1 Apple
1800 Oatmeal
2000 3 glasses of wine Merlot
0030 10 Mc Nuggets
16 oz Deit Cola
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PS I went to the doctor yesterday to get some blood work done. Iwant to know if my thyroid is preventing me from losing weight. The tests results from two weeks ago were inconclusive.
There are tons of things. A lot of people like to prepare their meals ahead of time on weekends. I'm partial to making assloads of tuna sandwiches, chicken breasts, and such at the beginning of the week. Anything you can carry around with you is okay.Lord_Tiberius said:
As far as what you can pick up:
- meal replacement shakes
- healthy chicken/tuna/turkey (leave out the bacom) sandwiches from any of a handful of sandwich places
- keep a crate of meal bars in your car
- Premade sandwiches
- Bags of your favortie healthful snack
- Anything healthy you can keep in a cooler
- Chicken salads from restaurants you pass
- Almost any restaurant will have healthy things you can order. It's about knowing what to order, not necessarily where to order.
It's that running that's important! Cardio is a big deal for weight loss. I couldn't really pick out your cardio routine, but for weight loss, it's more important (read as: faster) to do cardio than to weight lift.
If you're eating 5-7 times a day, portions should be roughly the size of your fist. If you're eating 3 meals a day, the size of 2 fists. Your stomach (in its unstretched state) is roughly the size of an adult fist. Eating in these portions ensures that you fill your stomach (though perhaps not at first if you're an overeater and have to wait for your stomach to return to normal size) and that you're not setting yourself up for overeating the next time around.
No need to leave out the dressing - just make sure you're not going overboard. I also recommend adding chicken, turkey, or tuna to your salads as a protein source.
Partially hydrogenated oils are "trans fats" in layman terms. Here's a nice site that goes into the dangers:
Great stuff - but remember, you still don't want to overeat. You may want to include a bit more protein in your breakfasts as well (I recommend buying a carton of egg whites - taste just like eggs, but without the cholesterol).
So, aside from the swing dancing, what kinds of intense cardio are you doing?
I run for forty minutes or more four times a week.
Thanks for the feedback.
Thanks for the feedback.
Today Actual
0830 Fiber One Bananna Skim Milk
Apple
1230 3 suishi rolls
1830 8 oz steak
1/4 cucumber salad
1/2 cup of baked beans
3 glasses of red wine
2 scotches
1 shot of jack daniels
1 lemon drop shot
2 scotches
0200
10 chicken strips
0830 Fiber One Bananna Skim Milk
Apple
1230 3 suishi rolls
1830 8 oz steak
1/4 cucumber salad
1/2 cup of baked beans
3 glasses of red wine
2 scotches
1 shot of jack daniels
1 lemon drop shot
2 scotches
0200
10 chicken strips
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again, much better. also, make sure you're getting enough to eat so you're not starving, just keep up those healthy foods.
Saturday
1200 3 slices of bacon
8 oz omelet
4 waffleswith syrup
16 oz Orange Juice
1700 1 small bag of potato chips
1 Schlotzky's Roast Beef sandwhich
32 oz ice tea
1900 1 beer
2100 2 scotches
1 vodka shot
1 Malibu Rum and Coke
1 shot of tequila
1 Corona Beer
2 scotches
Sunday
1000 1 bowl of cereal
8 oz of Orange Juice
1400 Shared a Fried Calamari hors d'oerve
Lobster Ravoli
1600 - driving range golf
1800 2 slices of meat lover's deep dish pizza
1 diet coke
2 cups of coffee
2000 -2200 dancing
I know. I know, my drinking is out of control. Why make all this progress speeding my metabolism up by eating right and often only to slow it down with massive quantities of alcohol.
Next weekend, I am doing an all dance weekend. I will dance swing and tango on night and salsa or swing the next night. I might stay for an additional night swinging on Sunday. So I will be out of the bars that weekend.
On an up note, I notice when I am working out. I am making better gains because the fuel I am getting is cleaner. I run faster and lift more longer.
1200 3 slices of bacon
8 oz omelet
4 waffleswith syrup
16 oz Orange Juice
1700 1 small bag of potato chips
1 Schlotzky's Roast Beef sandwhich
32 oz ice tea
1900 1 beer
2100 2 scotches
1 vodka shot
1 Malibu Rum and Coke
1 shot of tequila
1 Corona Beer
2 scotches
Sunday
1000 1 bowl of cereal
8 oz of Orange Juice
1400 Shared a Fried Calamari hors d'oerve
Lobster Ravoli
1600 - driving range golf
1800 2 slices of meat lover's deep dish pizza
1 diet coke
2 cups of coffee
2000 -2200 dancing
I know. I know, my drinking is out of control. Why make all this progress speeding my metabolism up by eating right and often only to slow it down with massive quantities of alcohol.
Next weekend, I am doing an all dance weekend. I will dance swing and tango on night and salsa or swing the next night. I might stay for an additional night swinging on Sunday. So I will be out of the bars that weekend.
On an up note, I notice when I am working out. I am making better gains because the fuel I am getting is cleaner. I run faster and lift more longer.
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Feel pretty badly about the alcohol binge. Overeating and binge drinking, it has made me aware of a problem that I have carried around all me life. I am seeking counseling but all this booze has pushed me further and further behind.
Today
0915 1/2 cup of Oatmeal
1230 1 banana skim milk fiber one cereal
1900 Soup and Salad: One plate of salad. 1 serving of pasta, 3 oz of meat
1 bowl of soup
2330 16 oz of OJ
Today
0915 1/2 cup of Oatmeal
1230 1 banana skim milk fiber one cereal
1900 Soup and Salad: One plate of salad. 1 serving of pasta, 3 oz of meat
1 bowl of soup
2330 16 oz of OJ
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Today I weighed in at 232 though admittedly, I usually weigh myself after I had eaten breakfast and drink a half a gallon of water following my morning run.
0730 32 oz of Orange Juice
1230 1/2 cup of Oatmeal
1430 Skim Milk Banana Fiber One Cereal
1630 Turkey Sandwhich, Avocado, Cheese, on Rye
2300 4 chicken strips
Diet Soda
Carrots and Celery
0730 32 oz of Orange Juice
1230 1/2 cup of Oatmeal
1430 Skim Milk Banana Fiber One Cereal
1630 Turkey Sandwhich, Avocado, Cheese, on Rye
2300 4 chicken strips
Diet Soda
Carrots and Celery
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you're doing good most of the time but try and dump that junk food - pizza, fast food sandwiches, etc. they will set you back bigtime with their heavy fat, calories, and carbs. look at it this way, you can eat healthily and exercise one day, and them blow the whole thing by eating something like "meat lovers pizza" that evening. you dont want to take a step backward every time you've made a step forward.
and yeah cutting back on the drinking would help a lot, too.
and yeah cutting back on the drinking would help a lot, too.
0930 Turkey Sandwhich, Avocado, Cheese on Rye
1430 6 oz Chicken Breast, Cheese, Avocado
1630 Chicken Breast, Cheese
1900 2 glasses of red wine
1430 6 oz Chicken Breast, Cheese, Avocado
1630 Chicken Breast, Cheese
1900 2 glasses of red wine
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0930 2 chocoalte chip cookies
read..
u should read sharing my results the first post from me it reallt works so well if u do it right
u should read sharing my results the first post from me it reallt works so well if u do it right
First Of All Your Eating Lots Of Junk Food And Too Much Of The Good Foods. Just Because A Food Is Good For You It Don't Mean Your Going to O.D. With It. 3 Bannanas Is way too much. It Has Too Much Sugar believe It Or Not. Have About 4-6 Small Meals A Day. Replace One Or Two Of Those Meals With A Protein Shake.