Snowkitten
07-10-2003, 01:00 PM
I know alot of people ask this but I want your opinions aswell to how I should alter my diet. My goal is to lose fat and retain muscle.
Breakfast
Slimfast shake with some watermelon
or two soft boiled eggs and half glass of V8 smoothie (has soy protein)
Lunch
Salad with chicken or ham in it
Snack
Yogurt, Apple, or Melon
Snack
Cottage Cheese, Fruit, Yogurt, or Cheese
Dinner (usually late, but I gotta live with it cause thats when mom cooks it lol)
Chicken or Steak with salad and cottage cheese
or some kinda of meet with noodles/rice, cottage cheese, veggies, or salad. (whatever she puts together)
I do Jazzercise (aerobics/weight training) 3-4 times a week. Walk, Swim, The Firm videos, or Pilates the other 3-4 times a week.
Let me know what you all think! Thanks! :)
<3 Shannon
Breakfast
Slimfast shake with some watermelon
or two soft boiled eggs and half glass of V8 smoothie (has soy protein)
Lunch
Salad with chicken or ham in it
Snack
Yogurt, Apple, or Melon
Snack
Cottage Cheese, Fruit, Yogurt, or Cheese
Dinner (usually late, but I gotta live with it cause thats when mom cooks it lol)
Chicken or Steak with salad and cottage cheese
or some kinda of meet with noodles/rice, cottage cheese, veggies, or salad. (whatever she puts together)
I do Jazzercise (aerobics/weight training) 3-4 times a week. Walk, Swim, The Firm videos, or Pilates the other 3-4 times a week.
Let me know what you all think! Thanks! :)
<3 Shannon
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auntjudyg
07-10-2003, 01:28 PM
Just to clarify . . . you currently eat this way and have been gaining weight? If so, what are the approximate quantities you are eating?
Endorphin Junky
07-10-2003, 01:33 PM
Looks good. I'd move the high density carbs from your late snack and dinner to your breakfast and lunch though and stick with just the veggies and/or salad with your dinner e.g. a little oatmeal with your breakfast and no noodles or rice for dinner. I'd also ditch the slimfast. Add in a few more EFA's too (Essential fatty acids eg flax seeds/sunflower seeds in your oatmeal).
Snowkitten
07-10-2003, 02:55 PM
Originally posted by auntjudyg:
Just to clarify . . . you currently eat this way and have been gaining weight? If so, what are the approximate quantities you are eating?
No I have not been gaining weight..but I'm kinda stuck a plateau and would like to lose another 10-15lbs. So I just wanted to make sure my diet wasn't holding me in one spot. I also drink 2 liters of water a day.
<3 Shannon
Just to clarify . . . you currently eat this way and have been gaining weight? If so, what are the approximate quantities you are eating?
No I have not been gaining weight..but I'm kinda stuck a plateau and would like to lose another 10-15lbs. So I just wanted to make sure my diet wasn't holding me in one spot. I also drink 2 liters of water a day.
<3 Shannon
Magpiezoe
07-10-2003, 04:49 PM
Hello, Here's my 2 cents worth. I'd get rid of the slim fast. (You're already getting the protein in the eggs, meat, and cheese.) I'd also keep the cheese down to once per day with the assumption the cottage cheese is low-fat. You might want to watch the yogurt, because some yogurts contain a lot of sugar and fat which will keep you from getting off that plateau. If you need flavored yogurt and don't want the artifical sweeteners...Then stuff like Gogurt would be ok, since it's only 90 cal. and 2g. fat. Calcium is supposed to help with weight loss, but you still have to watch the sugar and fat content. The exercise program sounds excellent...I'm gathering that you do at least 30 + exercise 7 days per week. You can even up the time to 45-50 min. Since dinner is heavy, you need to keep lunch and breakfast light. You're lunch looks like a nice light lunch. I hope you're not drinking reg. soda, because that stuff is loaded with cals. and sugar. Hope this helps.
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Snowkitten
07-11-2003, 12:47 PM
Mag pie,
Thanks for all the wonderful suggestions. As far as the slimfast, I drink it when I don't have the time to make my eggs b/c it's so easy to drink while I'm getting ready and it keeps me going. I'll try to cut it out :) My yogurt is usually just 1 serving size of vanilla, and once in awhile I'll have a fruit at the bottom kind as a treat. I don't drink soda ever, and I rarely drink juice or milk. I usually drink around 2 liters of water a day. And my excersize plan usually is 45 mins. to an hour 6-7 days a week! Thanks again!!! :)
Thanks for all the wonderful suggestions. As far as the slimfast, I drink it when I don't have the time to make my eggs b/c it's so easy to drink while I'm getting ready and it keeps me going. I'll try to cut it out :) My yogurt is usually just 1 serving size of vanilla, and once in awhile I'll have a fruit at the bottom kind as a treat. I don't drink soda ever, and I rarely drink juice or milk. I usually drink around 2 liters of water a day. And my excersize plan usually is 45 mins. to an hour 6-7 days a week! Thanks again!!! :)
Hamer
07-12-2003, 12:50 AM
Hey it sounds like you are doing great! The only thing I would recommend is making breakfast the biggest meal of the day, luch 2nd and dinner 3rd. Studies have shown that if you eat a bigger breakfast then you are less hungry the rest of the day and might eat about 20% less food throughout the day.
angel_in_disguise
07-13-2003, 06:32 PM
hi, i think ur diet is really good but i'm not sure about the 2 boiled eggs coz 1 egg already contains 231 mg of cholesterol(unless you remove the eggyolk) and daily recommended allowance is only 300 mg a day.
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HikingFan
07-13-2003, 07:42 PM
Eggs are good for you! (I have to disagree with the previous poster)
If you don't have a cholesterol problem, then you don't need to worry about the eggs, especially since you have an extrememly low-cholesterol diet the rest of the day. The good things in eggs are so valuable, I wouldn't give them up...Protein, vitamins, low calories, etc. I would maybe consider limiting them to only 3-4 times a week, and adding something like oatmeal on the other days. Oatmeal is so good for controlling your hunger the rest of the day...it actually sorta swells in your stomach, making you feel fuller longer. Plus its high in fiber and vitamins.
Anyway, my point here was to say don't be scared of eggs! They really are a wonderful food with a wealth of health benefits as long as you eat them in moderation.
One more idea for you that might help get you over the plateau...change up your exercise routine! Shock your mucsles into doing something new. Once your muscles are accustomed into doing the same activity at the same intensity level, they stop building new muscle and just work to maintain how they already are. When you try something completely different for exercise, you replace fat with muscle in new places on your body, which helps turn your your body into a fat-buring machine all over, instead of just in the same places.
Good luck!
If you don't have a cholesterol problem, then you don't need to worry about the eggs, especially since you have an extrememly low-cholesterol diet the rest of the day. The good things in eggs are so valuable, I wouldn't give them up...Protein, vitamins, low calories, etc. I would maybe consider limiting them to only 3-4 times a week, and adding something like oatmeal on the other days. Oatmeal is so good for controlling your hunger the rest of the day...it actually sorta swells in your stomach, making you feel fuller longer. Plus its high in fiber and vitamins.
Anyway, my point here was to say don't be scared of eggs! They really are a wonderful food with a wealth of health benefits as long as you eat them in moderation.
One more idea for you that might help get you over the plateau...change up your exercise routine! Shock your mucsles into doing something new. Once your muscles are accustomed into doing the same activity at the same intensity level, they stop building new muscle and just work to maintain how they already are. When you try something completely different for exercise, you replace fat with muscle in new places on your body, which helps turn your your body into a fat-buring machine all over, instead of just in the same places.
Good luck!
angel_in_disguise
07-14-2003, 10:30 AM
Originally posted by HikingFan:
Anyway, my point here was to say don't be scared of eggs! They really are a wonderful food with a wealth of health benefits as long as you eat them in moderation.
:wave: HikingFan, i agree with you totally. we should'nt be scared with egg coz it's a good source of important nutrients that our body needs. I, myself even love eggs coz they are cheap and nutritious. Thats why i did NOT said in my previous post that we should REMOVE them in our diet inspite the fact that they contain high amounts of cholesterol. What i meant is we should eat them in moderation.
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Anyway, my point here was to say don't be scared of eggs! They really are a wonderful food with a wealth of health benefits as long as you eat them in moderation.
:wave: HikingFan, i agree with you totally. we should'nt be scared with egg coz it's a good source of important nutrients that our body needs. I, myself even love eggs coz they are cheap and nutritious. Thats why i did NOT said in my previous post that we should REMOVE them in our diet inspite the fact that they contain high amounts of cholesterol. What i meant is we should eat them in moderation.
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Rixtar
07-14-2003, 11:57 AM
Snowkitty,
What is your age, height and current weight?
Are you trying to lose weight because you have specific areas on your body that have fat?
What is your age, height and current weight?
Are you trying to lose weight because you have specific areas on your body that have fat?
Snowkitten
07-14-2003, 12:29 PM
Originally posted by Rixtar:
Snowkitty,
What is your age, height and current weight?
Are you trying to lose weight because you have specific areas on your body that have fat?
Let me just say thank you to everyone for all the wonderful advice.
Rixtar,
I'm 18, 5'3", and 135lbs. I just want to get more toned and basically rid myself of most of the fat on my body. I want to get down to my perfect weight which is 120lbs, but I'd also be very happy if I just make it to 125lbs. Being so short, whenever I gain weight I look heavier then I am. Thanks again for the help!
<3 Shannon
Snowkitty,
What is your age, height and current weight?
Are you trying to lose weight because you have specific areas on your body that have fat?
Let me just say thank you to everyone for all the wonderful advice.
Rixtar,
I'm 18, 5'3", and 135lbs. I just want to get more toned and basically rid myself of most of the fat on my body. I want to get down to my perfect weight which is 120lbs, but I'd also be very happy if I just make it to 125lbs. Being so short, whenever I gain weight I look heavier then I am. Thanks again for the help!
<3 Shannon