Anyone on a diet?

[bmac16]

What a joke mate don't worry about me! Just stick to the post for good advice for the person who what's to lose weight

Roger, bro :rolleyes:

 

[sa6hir]

 

[sa6hir]

And I shall leave it at that! No point trying to prove a point! Besides I've got things to do then trying to say I'm right your wrong! Good day everyone

 

[bmac16]

You said 250g of protein. Protein has a weight in calories. They are called macro-nutrients, protein/carbohydrate/fat. You didn't say you eat 250g of chicken/tuna/eggs....whatever it is. Sorry I misunderstood what you posted

 

[mcarroll]

having small sized meals so your still hungry!

My wife has an interesting eating strategy like that.

• She always tries to have 50% or more of her plate be something raw. (Usually a veggie, but could even be something fermented like kimchi, yogurt, anything...if there is nothing fresh available.)
• The other 50% of the plate is anything she wants that's cooked - but it's nearly always homemade and 100% organic.
• Then she has a rule that she stops eating when she feels 80% full.

Other than a very casual routine of yoga, that's all she does to maintain or "reset" her weight if things go off-track. (Usually somewhere over the winter hilidays. :D)

Well, added sugar is always on the no-fly list and we're serious food-label readers....so most foods you find in the middle of the grocery store are always out.

(The edges usually have the real food with no added sugar or anything else: fruit, veg, meat and dairy. 100% organic if possible - close to zero industrial food.)

 

[Catchemall]

My fitness pal app helps a lot to. Make it a numbers game and understand how much is goin in and how much is going out

 

[bmac16]

My fitness pal app helps a lot to. Make it a numbers game and understand how much is goin in and how much is going out

I also use and love MFP! Makes things very easy to keep track of

 

[Breadman03]

I've been using MyNetDiary Pro. It's a calorie tracker, but my goals are about 65 pounds of weight loss and dropping my cholesterol count. I'm down about 23 pounds so far by basically dropping junk drinks (some soda and tons of fancy coffee drinks) and watching portions a bit. The doc will tell me next week how the cholesterol goes.

 

[eliramos]

@SantaMonicaHelp what are your stats?and are you working out as well.
Bieng on a caloric deficit will definitely help but you want to make sure your body isn't getting rid of muscle instead of fat.
Feel free to shoot me a pm.

 

[mcarroll]

I think there is more mythology in nutrition than any other aspect of Western life. Sometimes it's even a very detailed and elaborate mythology.

Just visit the nutrition section of your bookstore. (I hope you still have a local bookstore.)

• Gym nuts have their nutrition myths.
• Vitamin pushers have theirs.
• Vegetarians/Vegans have theirs.
• Every sect of the medical community has a myth.
• Etc.
• There's literally something for everyone if you go looking and there's surprisingly little agreement among them.

Over the course of time I've had four or five "nutrition myths" myself.

(What's the saying about meeting the Buddha on the road?)

I don't care which mythology you are today - or even if you have no mythology at all: You won't go wrong if you remake your diet to only include foods your great-grandparents would have had available - quite possibly grown/raised/harvested AND COOKED themselves.

Within that scope, you can and should eat everything that's available to get the best nutrition. It's also hard under this "method" to eat too much of anything in a way that would be damaging. Even having cookies around isn't so bad if you make them yourself from organic whole wheat and high quality butter. (Unlike conventional flour/margarine cookies, sugar is the only thing in your cookies that's actually bad for you!) Laziness toward baking and cleanup is a natural limiter to how many cookies you will eat. :)

Meats, dairy, fruits and veggies all have good to contribute when eaten whole, in their natural state.

Consider this:

• Meats go wrong when all you eat is the muscle - your great-grandparents knew better. Have any kidney, liver, brain or stomach lately? How about bone-broth or tongue? Nutritionally these kinds of parts are the most valuable parts of the animal. The muscle literally amounts to junk food by comparison.
• Meat and dairy both go wrong when the animals are raised in the industrial food system - a total disaster. The price is cheap because the food is cheaply made. Corners are cut literally everywhere it's possible. Industrially produced animals (and any by-products) are a shame.
• Even plain fruits and veggies go wrong in the industrial system...ending up as GMO's, fuel, carriers of pesticides, sugar, all-purpose flour and all sorts of nasty things.
• Consider a cheap store-bought loaf of bread. It's a loaf of chemistry and powdered vitamins in a flour-paste binder. Something to be avoided.
• A home-baked loaf of bread, from wheat you grind yourself, is a nutritional powerhouse. Almost a perfect food.
• For a home-baked sandwich loaf that will make you stop buying store bread, try this book.

I tried what seemed like most of the internet recipes and bread recipes from several books....almost nobody covers making your own sandwich bread with your own whole flour.

That book does - to the hilt!

I use either a coffee/spice grinder or a grinder-attachment for my stand-mixer to grind the "wheat berries" (seeds) to flour. No sifting, nothing fancy.

Then I just follow the book's recipe for "100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread". It requires an overnight fermentation. I skip almost all of the kneading and always use vegetable oil to coat my work surface and hands to keep the dough from sticking.

If you don't like the flavor of whole wheat, there's also a recipe for a "transitional loaf" that calls for 50% white flour. Using either spring wheat or soft wheat will also help the flavor to be more mild vs using the (more recommended) hard winter wheat.

TRY IT with 100% whole wheat at least once though....it's SO much better than any bread you've had before it could change your mind. You'll want to get a bread box to keep it in.

PM me if you try making your own bread!

 

[mcarroll]

I've been using MyNetDiary Pro. It's a calorie tracker, but my goals are about 65 pounds of weight loss and dropping my cholesterol count. I'm down about 23 pounds so far by basically dropping junk drinks (some soda and tons of fancy coffee drinks) and watching portions a bit. The doc will tell me next week how the cholesterol goes.

I'm itching to get my own meters for cholesterol, blood suge and anything else I can.

It's unbelievable to me how much we test for our tanks, but ZERO for ourselves.

I won't repeat my post about the vid on sugar (just watch it!), but you have hit the nail on the head by cutting out the lion's share of added-sugar! I'm glad you're seeing a doc but my bet is you won't need to take further action unless you want to. :)

http://www.westonaprice.org/modern-diseases/myths-truths-about-cholesterol/

 

[mcarroll]

Wondered if they'd put that info into an app. Cool! (Is it free?)

This is based on the free USDA food database, BTW:
https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search

The Nutrition Data.com website is a similar derivative as the app I think.

 

[Breadman03]

I'm itching to get my own meters for cholesterol, blood suge and anything else I can.

It's unbelievable to me how much we test for our tanks, but ZERO for ourselves.

I won't repeat my post about the vid on sugar (just watch it!), but you have hit the nail on the head by cutting out the lion's share of added-sugar! I'm glad you're seeing a doc but my bet is you won't need to take further action unless you want to. :)

http://www.westonaprice.org/modern-diseases/myths-truths-about-cholesterol/

I have a family history of high cholesterol, and plan on tailoring my diet to what works for me. And yes, sugar is way too easy to overdo.

 

[bigdan3489]

Cool, do you know your BF% by chance? Do you plan to ever go to the gym after you reach your goal?

I do not know my BF% and yes I plan on going to the gym I just haven't wanted to yet.

 

[bmac16]

I do not know my BF% and yes I plan on going to the gym I just haven't wanted to yet.

Best of luck to you my friend, seems you are smashing goals! :cool:

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I would love to reduce my refined sugar intact..... it probably makes up 90% of my diet. I pretty much figure I'll be battling GI cancer in my future and I eat unprocessed in many ways, but refined sugar and sushi rice are my downfall. The sugar I pour in my tea is what I'd have trouble giving up and I pretty much drink it 24/7. I don't need to lose weight, so it's hard to find the incentive to do so. I think I'm going to measure out a little bit of sugar in a container and at the end of the day, see how much I actually drink.

 

[bmac16]

I would love to reduce my refined sugar intact..... it probably makes up 90% of my diet. I pretty much figure I'll be battling GI cancer in my future and I eat unprocessed in many ways, but refined sugar and sushi rice are my downfall. The sugar I pour in my tea is what I'd have trouble giving up and I pretty much drink it 24/7. I don't need to lose weight, so it's hard to find the incentive to do so. I think I'm going to measure out a little bit of sugar in a container and at the end of the day, see how much I actually drink.

Many of us have trouble cutting sugars. The bad part, it is added to just about everything you eat that has been preppared/canned. I Started reading labels to try and make a bigger impact. When I first started paying attention to labels, one that upset me is finding added sugar in canned green beans. Why!? Green beans? As far as beverages, try a little coconut milk. I've gotten accustomed to coffee with just a little coco milk. And I promise if I can do that, anyone can change. I was a person that would drink almost white coffee lol I would have a little coffee with my hazelnut creamer :p

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I've tried a 1000 different times to cut out the sugar from the tea. I can do it anywhere else, but in the tea. It's very cultural for me... we're English hot tea drinkers with Carnation milk and sugar. I'm sure it's a psychological thing for me too. As a kid, I always had "bad bellies". Mom would make me tea and it would help.

The cancer is probably too much in my genes for me to avoid it, but I'm sure a diet without processed foods will benefit me somewhere down the road.

 

[mcarroll]

I've tried a 1000 different times to cut out the sugar from the tea. I can do it anywhere else, but in the tea. It's very cultural for me...

A cleanse should bust the sweet tooth/cravings, but you'll have to replace the habit with something different....can't leave a vacuum where a habit once stood. It'll grow back like a weed! (Trust me.)

Brew kombucha...sweet tea where most (not all) of the sugar is converted (fermented) to acid and CO2 (carbonation, if you do it carefully!). I've been brewing kefir water on the same basis. Blackcurrant or elderberry are probably my favorite flavors I've made so far. (Can't stand coffee or tea....though kombucha isn't too bad if it's flavored in the same manner as mu kefir.)

Just one idea, I'm sure you'll come up with more!

And by all means watch the two documentaries I mentioned....knowledge is power, and I guarantee you'll be surprised by what you learn, no matter how bad you already think sugar is. :)

Sugar: The Bitter Truth (on Youtube and PBS)
Sugar Coated (on Netflix)

 

[Lionfish Lair]

It's not that I can't give up sugar, I can't give up my tea and I like it "just so". It's actually irritating as it takes me forever to mix it right. There's not a substitute for the tea as it has to be a particular kind that I have shipped in from my home town in Canada. I've tried switching to something more accessible, but naaaaaasty. Everything is nasty. I know if you've steeped my tea in hot or boiling water. It has to be Carnation milk, any other and I wouldn't bother drinking it at all. The only other place I use sugar is a teaspoon everyday/every other day in my sushi rice. What I actually need to to do is cut out half my tea in exchange for water...... I hate water. I do absolutely adore sugar in food, and I love cotton candy and Slushy drinks, Marshmallow Fluff and pixie sticks..... mmmmm, but I rarely have them. That's like a super treat.\

I've broken a lot of bad habits, as I was raised on an island and imported processed foods are thick in our history. You know how much I love Evaporated milk? I'll tell ya......I wouldn't "take to the breast", so I was raised on 1/2 strength tinned carnation evaporated milk. I probably need therapy to give up the tinned teet! Everything was shipped to the Island in tins, loaded with preservatives. Many things were pickled or cured with salt. It's probably why all 7 of my grandmother's siblings have had GI cancer, except for one. The only one that didn't, drowned as a teenager. My grandmother had skin cancer and uterine cancer. I found this out at a family reunion in 2011 O.O Since then, three of my grandmother's children, INCLUDING my mother have had cancer. 2 have passed, my mother is clean 4 years out. Three different types of cancer. My Dad almost died with malignant melanoma. My genes are just lousy with cancer.

I was doing nutrition as a degree when I switched and went into nursing.