hi, im here looking for serious weight loss buddy n motivation

hi

oh ok i understand.

then try not to have cakes and cookies or have them only to please urself, i mean have a piece only not the whole of it.i know thats damn difficult coz im not able to do so myself :blush5:

drink lots of water, 2litres minimu
 
sam0803 said:
oh ok i understand.

then try not to have cakes and cookies or have them only to please urself, i mean have a piece only not the whole of it.i know thats damn difficult coz im not able to do so myself :blush5:

drink lots of water, 2litres minimu
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haha that sounds familiar! im always like that.. ohh one piece of cake is fine.. and then I'll be like.. another piece then.. and then end up eating the entire thing... so bad.. -_-
 
neveragain said:
Well i've been reading a lot about the subject but I'm just very confused as to what's the % of carbs/proteins/fats that I should eat, since some people treat carbs as the devil and others treat fats like the worst thing ever. So I'd appreciate any advice
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If you plot your food on it will all start to make sense to you.

The majority of people see the term carbs and think only of "starchy carbs" - things like potatoes, rice, pasta, bread, cereal. The thing is that carbohydrate is a technical term that is misused when used in that manner. It is actually referring to their chemical composition. There is carb content in fruit and veg. I eat a lot of fruit and veg and therefore have a very high carb diet even if I do not touch bread, rice, pasta etc because of all the fruit and veg that I eat.

The forum uses the term properly. If you enter your food in fitday you will probably see that your current food is quite high in carbs if you eat a lot of fruit and veg.

You want to be making sure that you have healthy fats when you do have fats. One of my favourite ways of having fats is that I often have a salmon steak which has been lightly coated in olive spread (to stop it from sticking) and wrapped in foil and baked.

Things like fish and avacados contain healthy fats - as do things like nuts.

Remember that you also can count the oil that may be in any capsules that you take. I take omega3 fish oils, garlic oil, starflower oil for instance...

If I were you I would log your food in fitday and see how your current foods pan out.

Make sure that you are getting at least 25g fibre a day - minimum.
Also 1000mg calcium - minimum
2400mg sodium maximum

If you weigh 200 pounds with a goal weight of 170 - you would want to eat 100g protein minimum (e.g. half your weight in pounds) up to maybe 170g (e.g. goal weight in pounds).
In this example you would also want to drink 100 fluid ounces of water.

I suggest that if you followed the above your diet would be well on its way to being pretty balanced when you checked it through fitday.
 
Shopachocoholic said:
haha that sounds familiar! im always like that.. ohh one piece of cake is fine.. and then I'll be like.. another piece then.. and then end up eating the entire thing... so bad.. -_-
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xD Yeah I do that, I just usually trick myself into believing that I can handle things that I can't , like the other day someone got me this chocolate bar for whatever reason, and I'd been doing great that day so I'm like "ok i'll have a little" and as soon as I did I just didn't stop, and after eating it I was like "damnit I ruined the day, well might as well eat even MORE if it's already ruined" which ended up in me eating a huuuuuuuge amount of food.

That kind of thinking is what got me to gain weight in the first place or the "I swear today's the last day I eat like a pig:piggy: and tomorrow I'll be good from now on" but noo, the next day I'd do exactly the same thing so every day was the "last day" and I'd eat as if it were but the good day never came.

I've been trying to control that lately but it's still hard, everyday's a struggle.

Anyway my msn is k-am2@hotmail.com :)
 
neveragain said:
xD Yeah I do that, I just usually trick myself into believing that I can handle things that I can't , like the other day someone got me this chocolate bar for whatever reason, and I'd been doing great that day so I'm like "ok i'll have a little" and as soon as I did I just didn't stop, and after eating it I was like "damnit I ruined the day, well might as well eat even MORE if it's already ruined" which ended up in me eating a huuuuuuuge amount of food.

That kind of thinking is what got me to gain weight in the first place or the "I swear today's the last day I eat like a pig:piggy: and tomorrow I'll be good from now on" but noo, the next day I'd do exactly the same thing so every day was the "last day" and I'd eat as if it were but the good day never came.

I've been trying to control that lately but it's still hard, everyday's a struggle.

Anyway my msn is k-am2@hotmail.com :)
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Added u :) yeahh im totally the same.. its like if I dont keep up with my 'healthy pattern' and like 1 things thats 'officially not allowed' then I'll be like.. screw it.. I ate junk anyways.. so it doest really matter now.. and then i eat eat eat eat eat eat and not even stop eating when im really full.. and then im like.. tomorrow is another day.. and I do exactly the same thing.. its driving me crazy :(
 
Thank you soooooooooooo much, I'll get right on that :).

Omega said:
The majority of people see the term carbs and think only of "starchy carbs" - things like potatoes, rice, pasta, bread, cereal. The thing is that carbohydrate is a technical term that is misused when used in that manner. It is actually referring to their chemical composition. There is carb content in fruit and veg. I eat a lot of fruit and veg and therefore have a very high carb diet even if I do not touch bread, rice, pasta etc because of all the fruit and veg that I eat.
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Oh another quick question, what's your opinion on cereal bars, granola cookies, rice cakes and so
on.. They're marketed as somewhat healthy but reading the nutritional labels theyre high on "bad carbs" and sugar sometimes, although calorie wise they're fine. Do you think they're okay every once in a while when in a hurry or as a treat? Or I'd be better just cutting them out of my diet? I usually have them for breakfast sometimes since it's something that I can just take with me while riding the bus or whatever.

Anyway thanks again for your help :)
 
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SAM> saw u added me on messenger.. but dont know why I accepted but ur not in my list.. now I added u .. but im not sure its the right email.. haha can u add me again? :)
 
hey

i think cereal bars are wise as treat as u said urself coz really they are not good wen u are trying to lose weight.

hey guys how are we doing for the weight in this week? n where to write it?
i think we should open a new post only for that purpose.

wat ya think?
 
thats a good idea.. we're starting this sunday with the weight post thing right? also we can write what goals u want to achieve during that week.. for example min 2x sport, 2L water per day etc.

do u want to open a new post now already.. or just start one on sunday :)
 
ohw btw, cereal bar i usually dont eat it as breakfast.. couz then i'll be hungry really really fast.. but usually i eat it in between.. like round 3,4 or something when im really hungry..
 
Well I dont go in for them.

The thing with cereal bars and healthy cookies is that they are pretty high in sugar.

The contents can be healthy stuff if you choose them carefully and they are individually wrapped. The problem is that individual wrapping does not really work for me. I have no problem in tearing off the wrappers - so will pretty much eat the whole pack without blinking. If I follow my normal form I will then look around for something to eat.....

I cope a lot better if I snack on fruit or raw veg. The 25g for fibre is a minimum and my fibre is always a lot higher.....

I have currently have yoghurts and fruit for my breakfast. Yoghurts are great in that mine give calcium, fibre and protein. Depending on the kind you can get some fat there too.

I used to have weetabix with skimmed milk and sweetener. If you have cereal it is best to have the type that have no added sugar.

You want a level of fat in your diet (not too much though). Fat helps your skin for one thing...

I suggest that you have a good read around the nutrition section paying particular attention to the sticky threads.
 
I think a new thread's a good idea we can just talk here and we can post our progress there. We should really establish a goal for next week, besides weight loss, like eating fruits or veggies everyday or at least 5 days a week, or maybe drinking the right amount of water each day (always have trouble with that one), perhaps working out for 4 days at least, etc.
That way we'll achieve something each week aside of the weight loss :hurray: and won't be as disappointed if we don't lose as much as we wanna.
 
hi

i think we should definitely open a new post for our weight in. wont sunday itself b wise? we start on sunday n post all our weight in there.

in using ebuddy, ive added u but dont know how it really works.

try again samantha-0803@hotmail.com
 
btw wats the time at ur place neveragain?
n id love to know ur names if thats not a prob for u, lol

im samantha
 
Hey!
U call me Rainie :) I've added u again.. I think u'll see a pop up with something that I've added u!! woehoe.. I cant wait for Sunday to open the new post hahahah.. My timezone is.. 21.14 PM (+1 hour i think thats the timezone) what about u girls?
 
Most people call me Cami (short for Camila) and some other nicknames that i shall not mention :p
It's 3:52pm right now (GMT-4)
 
Hi... I'm Bevo... I live in the states. I would like to join this group.. It's something new. I have been stuggling with weight. Actually I am stuck. Let's see where this takes me.. something new. I need to get back on the program.
 
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