Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Alamogordo, NM
Is This Healthy ? Posted: 06-24-07 17:26pm
I am going to be 20 soon and for the past
2 years I have gained a couple extra
pounds. I used to eat horribly until I
started noticing I cannot fit into my
pants anymore. It REALLY bothers me! I am
not nearly as active as I was in high
school because I work 40 hours a week and
go to school in the evenings. The only
thing I can rely on is my diet. Friday I
tried something new and I don't know if
it's healthy or not? In the morning I had
a small bowl of Cheerios w/ hardly any
milk. For lunch, I had an all natural
smoothie from a health smoothie place in
the gym. For dinner, I ate kind of late
because I don't get out until late I had
chicken fajitas and chips & salsa. I know
eating late is horrible but overall does
it sound like I could lose any weight
doing it this way? All I need to lose is
MAYBE 5 lbs. or I would be underweight
(not that I wouldn't be happier with
that!) Could anyone please give me some
advice?
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Tony71502
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Nov 2007 Posts: 7 Location: Pittsburgh, United States
Posted: 11-14-07 20:38pm
If you deprive yourself of food servings
your body is going to slow its metabolism
down as a survival mechanism.
Have you tried incorporating excercises
here and there? Sounds silly but it
works. When you wake up do some push ups.
Take the stairs. Push ups before sleep.
Possibly sit ups too.
Starvation is baddddd. People want
instant results but its not gonna happen.
You have to be committed. I cant really
tell u what to eat because I dont know
what you have access to. One thing
though, your body often signals thirst
with the same sensation as hunger. Many
times you will think you are hungry and
your body is merely thirsty. Drink lots
of water, it helps alot.
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Happiness03
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Jul 2005 Posts: 333
Posted: 12-29-07 13:05pm
Yes, Tony is correct. Did you know that
eating late isn't really bad for
you....it's the amount of calories that
you have consumed in a day's time. It's an
old myth. You can do it! :0)
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gingerelizabeth
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 79
Posted: 01-16-08 12:19pm
i would suggest doing a diet something
like this:
for breakfast do cereal with skim milk.
lots of calcium few calories = very
healthy.\
if you drink coffee cut out half and half
and either do skim milk or black.
definately no sugar.
lunch fruit and lean cuisine. you need to
get protien and if you do a frozen healthy
dinner your guaranteed to not over eat on
calories. not to mention they are
DELICOUS.
and dinner do not do chips. they are NOT
good for you at all (my guilty pleasure:(
)
try steam fresh vegetables and rice with a
little butter. i like to add onion powder.
so good and filling!
i find that doing frozen things helps me
because they are quick handy and healthy.
i hope i helped a little! good luck
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meblonde01
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Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 2113 Location: ,
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Posted: 05-13-08 13:13pm
but if you eat like the atkins diet you
eat alot of calories right? Those meats
and chees add up..
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angwork
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 7
sounds fine Posted: 07-10-08 15:03pm
It doesn't sound at all like you are
starving yourself!lol. My goodness.
Eat small meals like that throughout the
day and you will lose weight. The chips, I
would definitely cut out..and try not to
eat too late. Your metabolism does slow
down when you sleep, so if you eat right
before you go to bed, it just isn't good.
To meblonde01...on atkins you do end up
eating pretty high fat and high calories
for the first little while...calories
don't matter on atkins. But, you
eventually add in more vegetables and good
carbs and it becomes a healthy and very
effective diet.
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