Food And Weight Loss

I'm going to put all of them into practice & see if they work.

I am especially interested in the protein keeping you fuller for longer & the blended soups also keeping you fuller for longer. The mixture stays in the stomach far longer than the soup's component parts.
 
Well when I have 'Home Made' Vegetable Soup it goes through me like a bullet! :shock: The Protein thing was observed (and still is), with the Atkins Diet. It has a massive following and users swear by it's effectiveness. There are 'Low Carb' Jellies you can get as well. They can be eaten 'free' on the Atkins Diet.

I tried it once (quite a long while ago). Don't think I would go back on it now if I had to though. When you think about it, it cannot be good for you just eating meat all the time.
 
Blasphemous said:
Well when I have 'Home Made' Vegetable Soup it goes through me like a bullet! :shock: The Protein thing was observed (and still is), with the Atkins Diet. It has a massive following and users swear by it's effectiveness. There are 'Low Carb' Jellies you can get as well. They can be eaten 'free' on the Atkins Diet.

I tried it once (quite a long while ago). Don't think I would go back on it now if I had to though. When you think about it, it cannot be good for you just eating meat all the time.
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As I recall, the real reason for it working is that you actually end up eating fewer calories, curiously and simply enough
 
But it's not just about calories: the type of food matters too.
 
Much prefer the bulemia diet you can eat whatever you want and sometimes twice if you get a lumpy bit back up
 
securespark - I'm on a diet now for the last 5 weeks, so far lost 8lbs plus I also have high blood pressure

This is what I'm doing, get up early ( it does get easier but not to start with) and do fast walking and I go down to the bottom of my local park down the hill and walked fast back up the step which is quite steep, 120 steps! Total approximatey 3.5 miles which take me about an hour. I understand it's best to excercise before breakfast then I have a bowl of fruits with a pint of water. Mid-lunch again a bowls of fruits then evening a healthy meal, mainly jacket potato. I have no problem getting up early now as I feel so much fitter. I have decided to lose weight slowly because before I was losing weight too fast before therefore a yo-yo diet problems. I always remember this - You don't diet, you change the way you eat. If hunger pangs kicked in then a pint of water works for me. The reason I do not do jogging or running IMO I think you will end up with knee problems, 3 of my friends had knee operation because of jogging and they all told me not to do it!

I don't care what my weight is as long I'm happy with the shape I'm in because according to the weight charts I'm supposed to be 11st 7lbs, I did get to that weight and I looks underweight and ill even could see all the ribs and people thought I was ill! So forget about the scale as weight goes up and down anyway. I also nearly have a flat stomach and getting slimmer & yet my weight is 13lbs 5lbs so I'm not interested in the weight charts because according to them I'm overweight. Just joined the local gym this week and my blood pressure is coming down and hopefully I can come off the blood pressure tablets, it was 150/99 but so far it's now 116/78 but I need to get the bottom fiqure lower to come of the tablets. IMO I think it's difficult to diet without excercise

ps: but a good quality trainers which is comfortable. :wink:
 
I watched that programme. All good stuff but here's number eleven:

11) Cut down on the alcohol. :shock:

This is almost as hard as cutting down on food but I've found that it does work. Firstly, alcohol contains calories. It contains quite a lot of calories. Oddly enough, alcohol calories can't be turned into fat but, while your liver is busy trying to destroy this poison, your surplus food calories are turning into fat! :(

Secondly, alcohol makes you hungry while simultaneously reducing your ability to remember why you're supposed to be hungry. A little trial and error will demonstrate how much harder it is to stick to a low calorie diet when you've had a few.

Sad but true. I'll just have to cut back on the Carlsberg. :cry: :cry: :cry:
 
Make sure your sodium intake is low to help with your blood pressure.
I'm always curious about diets that condone lightweight eating throughout the day then a nice big meal at night...........when you metabolism is at its slowest!!!!!!

I've been training for 20 years, not nearly as seriously now as i used to mind, but i paid a great deal of attention to my diet and workout routines.

My bro and his mrs went on the Atkins diet. :roll:

Exercising in the a.m. before any food intake forces your body to use fat stores as energy as long as you're heart rate is in the right training zone.
When you eat brekkie, your metabolism kicks in and throughout the day it gradually slows down. So where is the sense in taking most of your daily calories in, in one meal at a time when your metabolism is at its slowest, only for you to go to bed some time later where your metabolic rate is even lower?!
Now that you've joined a gym, you'll be exercising your muscles, so you can throw your fruit out the window mate, it won't give you the nutrition you need to get through a workout. They are mainly simple sugars which are no good for what you need. Low GI foods and quality protein need to be added to your diet.

Dieting doesn't have to be rocket science, but a little science can go a long way to helping you acheive your goals.
 
kjacko said:
Now that you've joined a gym, you'll be exercising your muscles, so you can throw your fruit out the window mate,
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Okay, I'm still learning about foods, according to the lists, fruits is low GI and I thought 5 difference fruits a day is important

Healthy Low-GI Foods At-a-Glance
Maintain a stock of the following healthy lower-GI foods. (For the sake of completeness, one or two non-GI foods, like oils, are included).

Bread
Any wholegrain or stone-ground breads, any 100% wholewheat bread, pumpernickel or rye bread

Oats and Oatbran
Add to cereal or recipes


Rice
Basmati, long grain brown rice, Uncle Ben's Converted long grain

Pasta
Most types are fine

Couscous
Served like rice

Noodles
Dried thin egg noodles

Beans (Canned or Dry)
Garbanzo beans, haricot, kidney, lima, pinto, soybeans

Lentils
Any type

Dried Fruits
Apricots, berries, figs, prunes

Frozen Fruits
Any type, but berries are particularly good

Nuts
Peanuts, walnuts, Brazils

Canned Fish (in Water)
Tuna, sardines, mackerel, salmon

Canned Vegetables (for Quick Use)
Asparagus, beans, carrots, mushrooms, peas

Frozen Vegetables
Beans, broccoli, cauliflower, corn, peas, spinach

Oils
Olive oil, canola, flaxseed, wheatgerm

Condiments
Lemon juice, soy, chili sauce

Dairy
Fat-free milk, Reduced-fat fruit yogurt, Reduced-fat cheese, Reduced-fat ice cream

Eggs
Organic are best

Fresh Fruits
Any type, choose a variety

Fresh Vegetables
Any type, choose a variety

Beverages
Bottled water, fruit juices
 
Don't get me wrong frutis are good, however, they aint workout food. And the 5-a-day blurb is for vitamin intake etc. You can get them from green veggies. OR a timed release multi-vit pill.
Your fruit should really come as an addition or to munch on if you get tempted to snack between meals as they contains next to no calories.

I used to eat 7 meals a day; 2 bananas would constitute one meal, as would a jacket spud with tuna on it. As would a small bowl of boiled rice. Protein shake would be another, thats 4 already. Little and often is still a good rule of thumb. A constant influx of steady nutritious calories into the body, thats what you want mate.
 
Breakfast like a king and dine like a pauper is a rule I remember.

That way your body has a chance to convert the food you eat straight into energy rather than have to store it as fat.

Exercise before eating means that your body has to take the energy it needs from your fat reserves.

I assume if you ate for example 1500 calories a day it doesn't matter what you eat you will still lose the same amount of weight since you have taken on board the same amount of energy.

Eat 1500 cals of lard a day though and I think your cholesterol might jump a bit :shock:
 
kjacko said:
I'm always curious about diets that condone lightweight eating throughout the day then a nice big meal at night...........when you metabolism is at its slowest!!!!!!
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Jacko I thought that one had been myth busted?
 
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