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#424774 6-Jan-2011 21:04

mcdonalds some got sml fries sml coke and chesse buger and sunday for 4.90

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#424775 6-Jan-2011 21:06

I no longer eat bread (Carbs are the DEVIL!) My lunches consist of the following:
- Kruskits
- mesclun leaves
- canned fish in spring water (not oil) or chicken (e.g. chop chop)
- tomato
- avocado
- low fat cream cheese

Just build to your taste and go from there. SUrprisingly filling and easy to make.

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#424784 6-Jan-2011 21:23

Shock: I no longer eat bread (Carbs are the DEVIL!) My lunches consist of the following:
- Cruskits
- mesclun leaves
- canned fish in spring water (not oil) or chicken (e.g. chop chop)
- tomato
- avocado
- low fat cream cheese

Just build to your taste and go from there. SUrprisingly filling and easy to make.

Just to clarify (as i know it doesn't sound right) i don't eat the normal carby cruskits, they have 3 different types.

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#424786 6-Jan-2011 21:27

jofizz: A) Can't eat fruit or yoghurt so they are out, but would like something that is reasonably filling.

Can't eat fruit? Or won't? Dairy I can understand if you are intolerant.
I've been losing weight over last few months, quite successfully. But fruit has been an important part of keeping me feeling full.

Can't eat, well not anymore. :( Not going into reasons why on a public board

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#424789 6-Jan-2011 21:36

semigeek: jofizz: A) Can't eat fruit or yoghurt so they are out, but would like something that is reasonably filling.

Can't eat fruit? Or won't? Dairy I can understand if you are intolerant.
I've been losing weight over last few months, quite successfully. But fruit has been an important part of keeping me feeling full.

Can't eat, well not anymore. :( Not going into reasons why on a public board

If you do go down the whole removing carbs from your diet route then finding a healthy sweet fix will be 'interesting' given you cannot eat fruit & dairy. Not impossible though.

I had surgery and my prep diet meant i came off all carbs and starchy food to soften up my liver & lose some weight pre-op.

The first couple of days were hell but after that it is all easy sailing. It was like coming off a drug.

Meals need to consist of a serving of protein & vegetables. Treat veggies as freebies, i.e. you can eat all you want. Have your 3 servings of protein a day and try having your meals later than usual. Half the time you eat beacuse it is routine, not because you are hungry. So combine that with eating to a level contentness NOT full (yes there is a difference) and you should be on your way.

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#424845 7-Jan-2011 00:01

I'm trying to diet so I've been having Post's Great Grains cornflakes and Soyabean milk for both breakfast and lunch for almost 2 weeks now. Doesn't seem incredibly effective though. Am I doing something wrong here?

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#424855 7-Jan-2011 01:08

chicken and tabouli in pita bread.. that'll fill you and keep your lunch healthy.. lost 30kgs in 2010.. reduce salt and sodium.. as they retain water in your system..

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#424926 7-Jan-2011 10:51

Hobbit-style eating !! A few smaller meals rather than 1 or 2 main meals. If you have 1 or two large meals, your appetite learns and your stomach expects to have a major ingestion at certain times. Like any muscle, the stomach will expand if you exercise it :-)

Don't skip breakfast, even if it's just a small bowl of cereal - you need that energy boost that it provides mid-morning, otherwise you will feel hungry thru the day.

I tend to have a decent morning tea - around 11 - noodles ( yeah - I know, UN-healthy !!), or a nut-bar.

Lunch usually leftovers, or a chicken / beef salad - doesn't matter - lots of greens. Will treat a pie / kebab or something once a week.

Dinner - not so big that I feel over-full. Snack on fruit late in the evening.

Perhaps the key is to level off the peaks and troughs of eating at set times, and have a more steady, but smaller intake of food.

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#424989 7-Jan-2011 15:36

SepticSceptic:
Perhaps the key is to level off the peaks and troughs of eating at set times, and have a more steady, but smaller intake of food.

Yes, a great advantage of lots of small meals (particularly if combined with exercise) is your body never has the need to store fat because the next meal is just a couple of hours away.

Contrast missing meals like breakfast: your body is trained to store fat because the next meal could be more than 12 hours away.

(Very simplistic view of course)

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#424997 7-Jan-2011 16:12

weight loss is a relatively simple equation in theory:

energy in < energy out = weight loss
energy in > energy out = weight gain

but add in 2 fuzz factors: genetically determined how easily metabolised your fats are (a bit like RAM vs ROM) and social upbringing determined level of determination to ensure equation 1 is followed no matter how difficult

let's start with energy in:
everything turns into fat in the slightest excess including protein carb (and fat of course). either eat heaps of salad all the time without any dressing. or eat only 3 standard sized meals a day without ANY snacks (i don't mean chips and chocolates, yes inc the yoghurts desserts mints lollies nuts bananas) at ANY time or ANY sweetened beverages (including milo, fizzy, white coffee, milky etc). that's the fastest way. the slowest ways includes all kinds of fancy diet - because they all contain excess energy.

you can take pills to minimize energy (food) absorption but they come out in your underwear.

energy out:
there's only one way - exercise (exercising only start burning fat after about 20 mins of sweaty workout. the 1st 20 mins or so is anaerobic which means it burns sugar stores in the body not fat - but once your body is used to burning fat, fat burning mode is switched on earlier, but not much earlier unless you're a hardcore long distance athlete)

the cheat way is taking pills but side effects are not worth it.

sorry but this is the simple truth

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#425001 7-Jan-2011 16:19

TinyTim:Yes, a great advantage of lots of small meals (particularly if combined with exercise) is your body never has the need to store fat because the next meal is just a couple of hours away.

Contrast missing meals like breakfast: your body is trained to store fat because the next meal could be more than 12 hours away.

(Very simplistic view of course)

only true if the energy all added up is less than energy out as above. problem is they almost always exceed. any slightest excess and fat factory is activated.

problem with missing breakfast is people eat too much lunch. nothing much to do with body being trained to store fat. but perhaps fatigue and irritability decreases energy expenditure and productivity.

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#425002 7-Jan-2011 16:21

TheLastLemming: I'm trying to diet so I've been having Post's Great Grains cornflakes and Soyabean milk for both breakfast and lunch for almost 2 weeks now. Doesn't seem incredibly effective though. Am I doing something wrong here?

make a diary of EVERYTHING you put in your mouth for seven consecutive 24 hour periods and lets hunt the hidden energies going in.

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#425003 7-Jan-2011 16:24

Diet coke is your friend!!!!!

Probably not good for you in big amounts but it worked for me. Every time i wanted to eat i just had a sip of diet coke.

I also cut out all carbs and have lost 8kg (100 - 92kg) in 2 months without fitness.

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#425004 7-Jan-2011 16:25

eat heaps of salad all the time without any dressing

or:

dressing =

3 Tbs balsamic vinegar

1 finely chopped garlic clove

1 inside of tomato (contains a natural msg substance)

a bit of crushed ginger

fresh ground pepper

= zero fat + excellent taste

It doesn't stick very well to the salad like it would with oil in it but there is probably some way around that.

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#425052 7-Jan-2011 20:13

joker97:
TinyTim:Yes, a great advantage of lots of small meals (particularly if combined with exercise) is your body never has the need to store fat because the next meal is just a couple of hours away.

Contrast missing meals like breakfast: your body is trained to store fat because the next meal could be more than 12 hours away.

(Very simplistic view of course)

only true if the energy all added up is less than energy out as above. problem is they almost always exceed. any slightest excess and fat factory is activated.

problem with missing breakfast is people eat too much lunch. nothing much to do with body being trained to store fat. but perhaps fatigue and irritability decreases energy expenditure and productivity.

The idea of exercise + small more frequent meals is your metabolic rate goes up -- energy is burned off rather than stored. People who have the same energy intake with fewer meals find their energy levels drop because the body is trying to store energy rather than let it get burned off.

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