material girl wrote:Tell me about it, all I want is nice tasting food.
Tho I have to make it a life plan, not just a diet.If I stick to fresh food all the time(which we should do)and avoid processed food, it will do me good, not have an apple and only half a donut.
YES! That's it!
To lose weight, you must make a lifestyle change. Not just a diet.
And trust me, there are good tasting foods out there. I am a junk food junkie. I love sweets. But once you stope eating them all the time, you don't crave them as much. Seriously. I think some people get a sugar addiction....
Have to admit ive eaten crsips and chocolate twice this week and Ive not enjoyed it.
But I think that may be the weather, sticky chocolate on a hot day, blurgh, I hope it carries on theo.
ALos Im loving the cherries I eat as a snack instead of the junk food.Tho chereies are quite expensive, it puts me off buying them.Apples just make me hungrier.
I need to learn to cook proper food that fills me up.
Cherries are expensive. They are a great snack though.
Bella Dea wrote:Cherries are expensive. They are a great snack though.
They are a definate yum yum.If I have too many could I get cherry poisoning?!
Oh great,exactly what Im trying to avoid.
This whole 'diet' thing means i should eat everything that makes me plop.Not a good side effect of eating healthily.It really puts me off!!
Your body will get used to it....you should eat more fiber because it helps clean you out!
All the word fibre says to me is needing a plop in the most inconvenient of places.
Ive had a bowl of cereal and a pot noodle today,is that around 500 calories?
depends on the cereal, what type of milk, and the soup you ate.
You will become an expert label reader by the time this is over.
Ok, here....this helps you estimate the number of calories your body needs every day to function, if you want to stay at a current weight.
For sedentary people: Weight x 14 = estimated cal/day
For moderately active people: Weight x 17 = estimated cal/day
For active people: Weight x 20 = estimated cal/day
It takes 3,500 calories to lose a pound. So if you want to lose 2 pounds per week, you'd have to consume 7,000 less calories (or burn them).
Take me:
140 x 17 = 2380 cal/day (WOW)
7 days in a week SO -- 2370*7 = 16,590 cal/ week
I want to lose 2 pounds per week so I need to cut 7,000 -- 16,590 - 7000 = 9,590 cals/ week
7 days in a week SO -- 9,590/7 = 1370 cal/ day to lose 2 lbs per week
Does that make sense?
You can use that as a base to start. If you don't lose weight with it, you can decrease the number of calories by 100 and try again. Keep doing that until you find a successful number.
Then, plan out your day ahead of time. Meaning, decide how many calories you are going to allow yourself for breakfast, lunch, etc... that way when the time to eat comes around, you have less to think about.
You just focus in on your number and eat whatever you want, provided it's within range.
Just found this and thought it interesting...I think that it sounds yummy!
Quote:Calories
Here is a sample menu from Anne Collins UK Diet For Life. Depending on your gender and how much weight you have to lose, you may increase the standard calorie-intake up to 2000+ calories per day, by choosing from a wide range of calorie-controlled snacks/extras.
Breakfast
Egg, Yogurt & Fruit
1 medium piece fresh fruit
125 ml pot fat-free yogurt
1 scrambled egg on 1 slice wholemeal toast
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Lunch
Soup, Roll & Salad
1 cup fat-free soup
2 slices wholemeal bread or roll
Vegetable salad with tbsp fat-free dressing
1 medium piece fresh fruit
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Dinner
Grilled Pork with Apple Sauce
Ingredients: 4 oz pork centre loin chop, all fat removed, 2 cups fresh or frozen vegetables, 2 medium potatoes, 1 small cooking apple stewed with 1 tsp sugar and 3 tbsp water.
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Dessert
1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries with 1 tbsp fat-free yogurt.
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Snacks
Selected from Snacks List.
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Extra Daily Allowance
- 1/2 pint fat-free milk (or equivalent)
- 125ml pot of fat-free yogurt
- 1 serving of fresh fruit
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Total Calories
Average Daily Calories: 1300
Your daily meals on this diet contain an average of 1300 calories. Depending on your gender and how much weight you have to lose, you may increase this to 2000+ calories, by choosing from a wide range of calorie-controlled snacks.
Sample Diet
Oh and switch to whole grains. Whole wheat bread, pasta, buns, etc... while it has the same caloric content as regular white bread and pasta, it also contains fiber and more nutrients (they haven't been stripped out as they are in white counterparts)
Eating to make your body work better will also help you lose the weight!
Im not as peed of about this as i was yesterday but feel I need to share it.
First of all Im lactose intolerant.
My parents were making dinner for me yesterday.
I saw some things in a tray which looked like they may be bad for me to eat(lactose wise)so I asked mum what tehy were, she said fish, which is ok.
I was called into get my dinner, saw something leaking on the plate which looked cheesy, I went to the bin to look at the packaging and it turned out to be a ham and cheese product!!!!
So Id asked if it was ok for me to eat, waited for the food to be cooked and still it wasnt edible.
Have to admit I didnt hide my annoyance(mostly because i was hungry adn I was looking forward to the fish)
I managed to russle up a meal but my parents continuously apologised.
I know they are getting old and are allowed to forget stuff but youd think after 6 years of knowing I cant do dairy it would sink in.
My dad constantly asks me if I want a yoghurt!!!
Im so bored.I think I died a while back and nobody told me.
But it ain't Wednesday! How come your bored? Are you at work?
x
Ive been here all day, no break, no people, no entertainment, no mental stimulation, no challenge, no nothing...oh my boss has just come back,I can go early, a glimmer of hope.
This week draggin' a bit already huh?
x
It always does, its my own fault, not paying enough attention at school in order to become intelligent enough to get an interesting job.
Im off on wednesday so I definately wont be bored.
Have you eaten sensibly today then? Cos I find that boredom and healthy eating just don't go together.
x
Its only by chance that i bought a pot noodle with me, so no, I havnt eaten sensibly, but its better than nothing.
