Are you on a diet?
Are you on a diet?
Kind of...I have major problems when it comers to diets and eating and loosing weight though. I go way overboard, it's sad how everyone feels they need to be so thin to be beautiful.
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Yeh I'm on slimming world
I am not on a diet per say. I watch what I eat. I tend to stay away from fast food period. I stick alot to sandwhiches and salads and home cooked meals. I don't drink any soda and stick mostly to water all day. I run 2-5 miles a day and lift weights and work out. I make sure I get a good amount of protien and potasium. Doing this method I have been loosing weight for a while now. I am down 60lbs from it. I have slowed on weight loss but I am still loosing inches. This is because I am gaining muscles over fat. I am down from almost a waist of 40 down to 33 nearing 32.
Dude that's great. make sure you eat some meat(it contains natural creatine) and have some quality carbs to help bring energy to your brain. Even though carbs can be fattening, it shouldnt have an effect on you simply because you're working out. Usually my meals are mainly protein and carbs(mostly protein) w/ juice or water.I am not on a diet per say. I watch what I eat. I tend to stay away from fast food period. I stick alot to sandwhiches and salads and home cooked meals. I don't drink any soda and stick mostly to water all day. I run 2-5 miles a day and lift weights and work out. I make sure I get a good amount of protien and potasium. Doing this method I have been loosing weight for a while now. I am down 60lbs from it. I have slowed on weight loss but I am still loosing inches. This is because I am gaining muscles over fat. I am down from almost a waist of 40 down to 33 nearing 32.[/b]
Yeah, you can still lose significant weight even though you've hit a "plateau". the more variety of workouts, the harder it is for your body to recognize and get used to it. It's called 'muscle confusion' .. anywayz. . .keep it up ..
if you are working out a lot lately(for those who do workout), do not avoid carbs, because you'll be tired easily and will lack energy while working out.
My daily sched of eating:
meal:small breakfast or healthy granola bar
snack: fruit/veggies
meal:meat & whole wheat bread/brown rice
snack:granola bar
-workout-
meal:meat & whole wheat bread/brown rice
No diet.. I'm thin as it is. I must eat moooreee
diets are evil! lol i dont diet but i do eat healthy as a lifestyle choice and i eat small meals throughout the day maybe about 5-6 times a day
God sends no one away empty except those who are full of themselves.
-Dwight L. Moody
What do people think would be the best way to diet?
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I kneel before Your glorious throne.
To show that I am Yours alone.
Probably the best way to diet is to be realistic and start small.
For instance rather then all of a sudden saying "I am only going to eat salad" which isn't realistic simply cut back on small things. A good example of this is to stop drinking soda and replace all soda with water, you would be suprised how much better it is for you as water is a metabolism stimulizer.
So basically start by cutting back small, and slowly over time cut back more things and excersize more and you will see change.
Actually any structure of eating, even the lack of structure in your eating is concidered a diet. Diet simply means what your eating habits are. (Ok enough being nitpicky with the definition of words)No diet.. I'm thin as it is. I must eat moooreee
Anyway, on the subject now. One of the major misconceptions about weight loss is that you need to eat less food. Actually, eating less food causes your metabolism to slow down, and it goes in to energy conservation mode. This results in your body atempting to take all the food that it can out of what you eat and tern it directly in to fat.
What you need to do is change the kind of foods that you eat. Reading labels is a must as well. Theese days, a substance known as High-Fructose Corn Syrup is being used as the primary sweetener in foods, and it is absolutly everywere. Cuting back the sugar in your diet is an important thing if you want to lose weight. So watching to lower the amount of products containing High-Fructose Corn Syrup is also important. Dropping the soda from your diet and drinking mainly water as has been mentioned several times before goes along with that to.
Once you have changed the kinds of food that you eat. It is then important to change the times that you eat certan quantitys of food to work with your metabolism. As far as that goes, here are the three basic guide lines as far as the times you eat your meals, and in what proportions in order of importance.
1. Make breakfast your largest meal of the day, and it should really be a large meal at that. By doing so, you give your metabolism a good jump start.
2. Do not eat after 6:00 P.M. At night your metabolism slows down, so any food you eat later in to the night is more likely to be put on as fat.
3. Eat five meals a day instead of three. I am not necisarily talking large meals. Besides breakfast, most of your meals should be a bit smaller than what people tend to consider a meal these days. For the most part, breakfast should be your one big meal and the other four about half the size.
Another thing about what kind of foods to eat, you should make sure that you get an adiquite amount of iodine in your diet. The thyroid gland uses iodine to senthisize the hormone that stimulates your metabolism. The best source of iodine is in seaweed. Sushi wraps are a good example of how to get it in your diet. Iodine concentrates in seaweed so mutch that you should be able to get your dayly recomended portion from just one sushi wrap. Other sources of iodine include (coppied directly from a neutrition book)
Keep in mind this is the amount of iron in 100mg of the food or drink listed.
I will also copy out the dayly recomended doses at the botom.
BTW: I hate it that CTF doesn't recognize spaces in exess of 1Originally posted by [u+-->Dayly recomended amount in mcg (micrograms, 1/1000 or 0.0001 of a miligram (mg))the vitamin book[/u] by Rich Wentzler]
water, oranges, and myshrooms 0.00020mg
grapefruit 0.0010mg
corn 0.0011mg
tomatos 0.0012mg
wheat 0.0012mg
green bell pepers 0.0014mg
oats 0.0015mg
beats 0.0016mg
honey 0.0018mg
radishes 0.0018mg
fruits (aproximate average) 0.0020mg
almonds (raw) 0.0020mg
wheat germ (the core of a grane of weat) 0.0020mg
coconut 0.0020mg
tuna 0.0023mg
veal (beef from young cow) 0.0028mg
alfalfa 0.0028mg
cashews 0.0030mg
vegitables (aprox average) 0.0030mg
walnuts 0.0030mg
freshwater fishes 0.0030mg
lamb 0.0030mg
apples 0.0030mg
salmon 0.0037mg
coffee 0.0040mg
medium molassess 0.0040mg
grains 0.0040mg
cow meet (beef) 0.0060mg
peaches 0.0060mg
chicken 0.0060mg
sea water 0.0060mg
turkey 0.0060mg
cream 0.0060mg
cow's milk 0.0070mg
spinach 0.0090mg
eggs 0.0090mg
butter 0.0090mg
lard 0.0097mg
pig meat 0.010mg
lettuce 0.010mg
cheezes 0.011mg
potatoes 0.015mg
pineapples 0.016mg
tea (black I am guessing) 0.016mg
soybeans 0.017mg
liver 0.019mg
cantaloupe 0.020mg
peanuts 0.020mg
vegitable oils 0.024mg
crab 0.031mg
halibut 0.046mg
turnip greens 0.047mg
oysters 0.048mg
herring 0.052mg
sunflower seeds 0.070mg
perch 0.074mg
sea salt 0.095mg
beans (pinto, used for refried) 0.10mg
lobster 0.10mg
chard 0.10mg
shrimp 0.13mg
cod 0.14mg
haddock 0.31mg
soil (?) 0.50mg
cod liver oil 0.84mg
ionized salt (by the U.S. method) 10mg
seaweeds 62mg
kelp 180mg[/b]
<!--QuoteBegin-[u
the vitamin book[/u] by Rich Wentzler]
Birth - 6 months 35mcg
6months - 1 year 45mcg
1 - 3 years 60mcg
4 - 6 years 80mcg
7 - 10 years 110mcg
11 - 14 years 130mcg Men 115mcg Women
15 - 18 years 150mcg Men 115mcg Women
19 - 22 years 140mcg Men 100mcg Women
23 - 50 years 130mcg Men 100mcg Women
51+ 110mcg Men 80mcg Women
pregnant women 125mcg
lactating women 150mcg
BBTTWW: Girr, it didn't recognize my quote sourch insert ether. Anyway, it is from The Vitamin Book by Rich Wentzler
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