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Help me loose weight!
My foot is coming firmly down on this one, i've been away on holiday and trips and have put on 4kg 
, i've kind of let myself go and feel flabby and am consantly bloated and fat!
So what foods should i eat, and what foods shall i cut out?
In general i eat loads of nuts, fruit (about 6-7 tangerines a day, isnt that alot of sugar?), cheese, bread (wholemeal), and have rice/potatos/pasta with almost every meal. sometimes i even have 2 lunchs or dinners (fatty!)
I'm obviously going to cut out ben&jerrys and creamy pastry stuff to eat moderately rather than every second day etc.
I know nuts/cheese are fairly fatty so what is a good food to have as a snacky food?
Er i feel so fat right now and i have the weakest will power ever, i really need some help.
p.s. I'm not an excersiser put am thinking of walking part way to school up hill, but dont really have time for much else.
ETA: I spelt lose wrong, durr this fats getting to my brain.
, i've kind of let myself go and feel flabby and am consantly bloated and fat!So what foods should i eat, and what foods shall i cut out?
In general i eat loads of nuts, fruit (about 6-7 tangerines a day, isnt that alot of sugar?), cheese, bread (wholemeal), and have rice/potatos/pasta with almost every meal. sometimes i even have 2 lunchs or dinners (fatty!)
I'm obviously going to cut out ben&jerrys and creamy pastry stuff to eat moderately rather than every second day etc.
I know nuts/cheese are fairly fatty so what is a good food to have as a snacky food?
Er i feel so fat right now and i have the weakest will power ever, i really need some help.
p.s. I'm not an excersiser put am thinking of walking part way to school up hill, but dont really have time for much else.
ETA: I spelt lose wrong, durr this fats getting to my brain.
Reply 1
Fruit is a good start, and so are nuts, but as you say, very fatty (although good fat) so you have to watch how many of them you eat.
Eat a lot of vegetables and salad and some complex carbohydrates such as wholemeal pasta, wholemeal rice, sweet potatoes.
To start with, this should help you lose weight, but the lower your bodyfat percentage becomes, the stricter you'll have to be with your diet and portions.
Eat a lot of vegetables and salad and some complex carbohydrates such as wholemeal pasta, wholemeal rice, sweet potatoes.
To start with, this should help you lose weight, but the lower your bodyfat percentage becomes, the stricter you'll have to be with your diet and portions.
- Change everything possible to a low-fat version - cheese, milk etc. Sweetener instead of sugar and low fat spread instead of butter.
- Make sure you eat every 3-4 hours.
- Breakfast should be your biggest meal of the day, lunch the second biggest and dinner should be very small.
- Always eat some form of protein with every meal but only eat carbs with breakfast and lunch (or so I've heard)
- Change all pasta, bread etc. to wholemeal (you said you did with bread but dunno what kinda pasta/rice you have).
- Cut out on red meat and only have it once a week. Have fish 2-3 times a week and chicken, turkey or a vegetarian protein the rest of the time.
- Stay clear from starchy fruit and veg e.g. bananas and potatoes.
- Nuts are fatty, but they're good fats so don't cut those out. Have nuts, seeds and dried fruit for snacks as well as low-fat natural yogurt with things like honey mixed in or low sugar apple sauce. Chop up carrots, cauliflower, cucumber etc. and make your own dips and humus and stuff for crudites which are a great snack or lunch.
- Drunk 2.5 litres of water a day and cut out all fizzy drinks. Have natural and unsweetened fruit juices if you want something other than water but only a small glass and choose green tea instead of normal tea or coffee. Put some lemon in it if you don't like the taste.
As for exercise, if you can't fit in any proper workouts, just make sure you walk as fast as you can around town or whenever. Take the stairs and not the lift.
I'll post some more if i Think of any!
- Make sure you eat every 3-4 hours.
- Breakfast should be your biggest meal of the day, lunch the second biggest and dinner should be very small.
- Always eat some form of protein with every meal but only eat carbs with breakfast and lunch (or so I've heard)
- Change all pasta, bread etc. to wholemeal (you said you did with bread but dunno what kinda pasta/rice you have).
- Cut out on red meat and only have it once a week. Have fish 2-3 times a week and chicken, turkey or a vegetarian protein the rest of the time.
- Stay clear from starchy fruit and veg e.g. bananas and potatoes.
- Nuts are fatty, but they're good fats so don't cut those out. Have nuts, seeds and dried fruit for snacks as well as low-fat natural yogurt with things like honey mixed in or low sugar apple sauce. Chop up carrots, cauliflower, cucumber etc. and make your own dips and humus and stuff for crudites which are a great snack or lunch.
- Drunk 2.5 litres of water a day and cut out all fizzy drinks. Have natural and unsweetened fruit juices if you want something other than water but only a small glass and choose green tea instead of normal tea or coffee. Put some lemon in it if you don't like the taste.
As for exercise, if you can't fit in any proper workouts, just make sure you walk as fast as you can around town or whenever. Take the stairs and not the lift.
I'll post some more if i Think of any!
Reply 3
Generally good advice Vicky, but a couple of things I would elaborate on.
Be careful with these. Often low fat versions of popular products have a lot of sugar added, so are equal in calories and higher in sugar, and the last thing you want while trying to remain in a lipolytic state is a heavy insulin response. Check labels for sugar.
I'm not sure if you were trying to imply she should only eat 3 times a day here, but 6 smaller meals would be a lot better. Or if that's impossible, 3 moderate sized meals and snacks.
Great advice overall.
Vicky88
- Change everything possible to a low-fat version - cheese, milk etc. Sweetener instead of sugar and low fat spread instead of butter.
Be careful with these. Often low fat versions of popular products have a lot of sugar added, so are equal in calories and higher in sugar, and the last thing you want while trying to remain in a lipolytic state is a heavy insulin response. Check labels for sugar.
Vicky88
- Breakfast should be your biggest meal of the day, lunch the second biggest and dinner should be very small.
I'm not sure if you were trying to imply she should only eat 3 times a day here, but 6 smaller meals would be a lot better. Or if that's impossible, 3 moderate sized meals and snacks.
Great advice overall.
Thanks so much for all the advice, i generally stick to all the points noted, but not very rigourously, and my will is very easily bent at the sight of a cookie or dounut.
One thing i'm very bad at is drinking, i rarely drink enough, but when i do its only water or tea.
Yay this weight is getting shifted suckers! I really am going to try and stick to this, i hope i can do it!
One thing i'm very bad at is drinking, i rarely drink enough, but when i do its only water or tea.
Yay this weight is getting shifted suckers! I really am going to try and stick to this, i hope i can do it!
Eblis_O'_Shaughnessy
Generally good advice Vicky, but a couple of things I would elaborate on.
Be careful with these. Often low fat versions of popular products have a lot of sugar added, so are equal in calories and higher in sugar, and the last thing you want while trying to remain in a lipolytic state is a heavy insulin response. Check labels for sugar.
I'm not sure if you were trying to imply she should only eat 3 times a day here, but 6 smaller meals would be a lot better. Or if that's impossible, 3 moderate sized meals and snacks.
Great advice overall.
Be careful with these. Often low fat versions of popular products have a lot of sugar added, so are equal in calories and higher in sugar, and the last thing you want while trying to remain in a lipolytic state is a heavy insulin response. Check labels for sugar.
I'm not sure if you were trying to imply she should only eat 3 times a day here, but 6 smaller meals would be a lot better. Or if that's impossible, 3 moderate sized meals and snacks.
Great advice overall.
Thank you for explaining! For the last one I meant three meals with snacks, I've heard about eating six small meals but I find that a bit difficult so I generally stick to three with healthy snacks in between.
Vicky88
- Nuts are fatty, but they're good fats so don't cut those out. Have nuts, seeds and dried fruit for snacks as well as low-fat natural yogurt with things like honey mixed in or low sugar apple sauce. Chop up carrots, cauliflower, cucumber etc. and make your own dips and humus and stuff for crudites which are a great snack or lunch.
Be careful with that because they add a lot of sugar and sweeteners to most dried fruit, so check the packet!
Reply 7
Not that I would recommend it, but when I had food poisoning I didn't get my appetite back till about a month later. In that time I lost a bit of weight, but that might be a bit extreme.
But my friend bought one of Dr. Gillian McKeith's book and followed it religiously for a month and lost some weight. So you might want to try that.
But my friend bought one of Dr. Gillian McKeith's book and followed it religiously for a month and lost some weight. So you might want to try that.
Reply 8
monsumo
Not that I would recommend it, but when I had food poisoning I didn't get my appetite back till about a month later. In that time I lost a bit of weight, but that might be a bit extreme.
But my friend bought one of Dr. Gillian McKeith's book and followed it religiously for a month and lost some weight. So you might want to try that.
But my friend bought one of Dr. Gillian McKeith's book and followed it religiously for a month and lost some weight. So you might want to try that.
Diet guides/books are a poor substitute for an excellent working knowledge of nutrition of your own.
Reply 9
Eblis_O'_Shaughnessy
Diet guides/books are a poor substitute for an excellent working knowledge of nutrition of your own.
Each to their own. Works for some, doesn't for others.
Reply 10
monsumo
Each to their own. Works for some, doesn't for others.
I'd imagine it would work for most people to a degree, but that still doesn't mean it's anywhere near as good as knowing how whatever you put into your body is going to affect it and why.
Reply 11
Bit of excersise woulden't go a miss if you want to loose weight.
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