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non-clicky poll: what do you eat? (diet question)
am stuck in a weight rut - what do you ladies eat? i started working out regularly a week ago, but my diet is definitely not up to standard yet. (i hate diets 
...) - can't seem to get these last 15 pounds to budge.
what does your day look like in terms of meals?
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Re: non-clicky poll: what do you eat? (diet question)
I'm on WW so I try to change it up but get really stuck too! Here's what I planned today.
breakfast: 1c whole grain cherios, 1pc toast w/1Tbsp jelly, 1/2 banana
lunch: Orawheat Sandwich thin (bread) low fat turkey, low fat mayo, mustard, Fiber One crackers, string cheese
dinner: Chicken and Stuffing casserolle with mixed veggies and tomatos& broccoli.
desert: skinny cow icecream sandwich.
I had a cup of coffee and a granolla bar just now and will have an apple after my workout this afternoon. I have a lot of points so I eat a lot (I kinda struggle to get it all down) but once I start loosing more and have less points, I'll just change up some of the snacks for 0 points treast (like veggies, etc).
Last week began my salad a day regimen. They're usually spinach salads with different combos. Haven't weighed myself yet, but I definitely feel smaller. Just a little.
I heard them say something about that on Biggest Looser last night, when they were yelling at the Red Team
It could be...if you were eating 3500 calories more than your body needs. It would mean you lost 1 lb in 1 day. For most people, that isn't possible and definitely not sustainable.
They generally recommend losing 1-2 lbs/week or reducing your calories (or burning them off at the gym) by 3500-7000 over the course of the week- 500-1000 a day.
No, it's just for 1 lb. So in theory, in one week, you could burn 1500 calories through exercise in addition to cutting 2000 total calories out of your diet and lose 1 lb.
Hope that makes more sense.
BF -
Arnold Sandwich Thins with PB (Tbsp), cup of fruit, cup of milk (skim)
Packet of instant oatmeal (any flavor), cup of milk (skim)
Egg Whites with the Sandwich Thins
Snack -
Fruit, Fiber One Bars, Pretzels, nuts, veggies (I love sugar snap peas!)
Snacking is my vice though - once afternoon hits I TRY to stay away from the cupboard.
Lunch -
Sandwich Thins with tuna and light mayo
Same as above with Chicken
Soup
Dinner -
I generally eat a normal portion of whatever we are having along with a HUGE heap of steamed veggies (love the Birds Eye Steamers) with a cup of skim milk and then I'm done for the day. No more snacking after dinner!!
Sorry, there's one more piece of information you need to make calorie counting work. You need to know how many calories your body naturally burns/needs in a day. Here's a calculator. https://walking.about.com/cs/calories/l/blcalcalc.htm
So let's say your body burns 2000 calories/day. In a week, that's 14000 calories. To lose 1 lb, you need to cut out 3500 calories through diet and/or exercise.
I'm no shining example, but I will tell you what I'm having tomorrow b/c it's going to be a good day.
B'fast will be greek yogurt (vanilla or honey flavored) with some granola from Trader Joes.
Lunch will be Lean Cuisine (butternut squash ravioli) and then I read a book or a gossip mag on the rest of my break so that I'm not tempted to eat more.
I keep various snacks at work: hummus and soy chips, applesauce, yogurt, and mini snickers and reese's cups for a chocolate fix. I let myself have one cup of decaf with b'fast and one caffeine free pepsi around 3PM. Other than that it's all water.
For dinner tomorrow, I'm making chicken breasts stuffed with artichoke, feta, and sundried tomato, leftover garlic dill potatoes that DH made Mon, and sauteed spinach and muchrooms.
And chocolate souffle for dessert, but that should probably not be on your diet, lol. In moderation...
Nutrisystem.
I've lost 8 lbs in 2 weeks.
I try to eat 200 calories per (small) meal, 6 times a day.
Breakfast: 1 piece of WhiteWheat toast w/1 tbsp of creamy peanut butter, water (6:30am)
Snack 1: 2% cheddar cheese stick, small fruit cup & cup of coffee w/cream & sugar (9:30am)
Lunch: salad w/turkey, cheese & dressing OR cheerios OR granola bar & fruit
Snack 2: usually 2 varieties of 100calorie packs (cookies or crackers)
Dinner: 1 chicken breast w/veggies OR salad OR a FlatOut wrap w/turkey
Snack 3: any Weight Watchers frozen dessert (I especially love the Latte bars)
I do the daily plate, but also my diet is fruit for breakfast and then nothign until dinner and that's it.
I have sort of forced myself to do this becuase otherwise I would be out of control. Once my body got used to it I have been okay and I have lost weight.
IT might not be the healthiest but it is only temporary.
I follow a clean eating diet. Here's what I eat:
Breakfast:
oatmeal with apples/cinnamon/plain non fat unsweetened yogurt/walnuts or strawberries/almonds or frozen blueberries or
toast with peanut butter or
multi grain cheerios or
cottage cheese with apples/grapes/ground flax seeds or crushed raspberries
Lunch:
I always eat dinner leftovers for lunch
Dinner:
I have a million recipes but here are a few healthy ones:
whole wheat tortilla with grilled shredded chicken, apples, dijon mustard, roasted red peppers
baby arugula with boiled baby potatos, grilled shredded chicken, shaved parmesan and low fat yogurt ranch dressing
Roasted beets, carrots, baby potatos with grilled pork chops
Shrimp grilled with cilantro, green onions, lemon juice served with brown rice
Check out this website:
https://www.cleaneatingmag.com/minisite/ce_index.htm
Lots of good recipes there too!