help im gaining weight

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cordylou

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hi everybody (i posted this is harsh truth and got some good adive from one ladie juat wondering what the rest of you think thanx)

just wondering if anybody can help me im female and 200lbs and 5'5 i used to eat loadza takeways junk food e.g pasties donner kebabs pizza burgers chips i used to eat this type of food everyday but know ive decided its about time i do something about my weight for my health and confidence so ive completed changed what i eat and no longer eat any of the above foods i have mentioned but i have found even tho im eating healthy foods (as far as i no what im eating is healthy) im putting on weight so im gonna tell u what i eat in a average day and she if any of u guys can help me out of tell me where u think i might be going wrong so here goes...

8 am breakfast- bowl of cheerios with semi skimmed milk

11am mid morning snack orange and kiwi

2pm lunch meal replacement shake or a salad

5.30pm dinner- grilled skinless chicken breast sweetcorn broccolli with jacket potato.

if i am hungry of a evening i will have a piece of fruit.

i drink about 4-5 pints aday of water usually b4 each meal and when im thirsty.

so if anybody can help me by tellin me how im going wrong that would be great thx oh yeah and i have been eating like this for 2 weeks so far
 
just loadza walking really i walk both my dogs for a hour a day on weekdays on weekends normally walk them for bout a couple of hours i walk instead of taking buses etc i know i need to do more exercise i was just curious as to know why i am putting on weight when i used to eat so much junk food before and now im eating healthy and alot less calories.
 
its by choice for my calorie.

2 be honest i just get the info of the backs of the packs for instant chicken if it says the calories for one piece i kinda take there word for it the cheerios i buy in the little boxes and things like veg i measure by cup and then found out calorie content of a cup full online (okay so maybe not the best way to go about it lol)
 
Nah it's all good. It's a learning process really. Hell, I used to do the same thing, girl. haha! As for the calories, it just seemed a bit too low for a 200 lb female. Maybe you should purchase a food scale (they're cheap), measuring spoons and cups... and try figuring out a few days worth of calories. It's not bad if you're miscalculating it by a couple hundred calories or so... HOWEVER, if you're just "eyeballing" everything... hell, you could be like a 1,000 calories off. (Yup.. I've done that too..LOL) Plain and simple, you want to go for a calorie deficit: calories in, calories out type of deal.

-Sheryl
 
heya i will defintly get some scales and work out my food properly now thanx for the advise and i will add some more calories and see if i notice any diffrence hey no harm in trying lol anyways thanx again and good luck in the future :)
 
Hey!! It might be good to start a new activity that you think is fun. Of course an active activity (like dance, ice skating, swimming, yoga, karate) would be the best, but even a new hobby like knitting, photography, painting, etc. would at least keep your mind off of food, and you can go to it when you get cravings.

I know I like to go out drinking and that is like CALORIE OVERLOAD, so going to the gym, reading and writing (and doing tons of homework ;/ ) really keeps me on track so I only go out once a week or every two weeks.
What do you like to do for fun?
 
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