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| Health & Support | Im never full :( | Jun 25 2009 18:33 (UTC) |
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Oh man you need to branch out girl! Haha I totally understand your dilemma with the bread. I guess what you could try is just having one slice on your sandwich instead, or not finishing your sandwich. I hate to be a downer about the bread but the white bread can really be a problem! But I guess it's not the end of the world. You don't like nuts?!?!?! Are you sure? Try different nuts - pecans, hazelnuts, cashews, almonds, macadamia and try and avoid peanuts. Unless you just seriously don't like them... haha I love them! Or try them in a nut butter. A small handful will really help fill you up! You might also just think you don't like eggs... try mixing them with something or cooking them different ways. I really like a fried egg over a piece of toast, scramble them, make an omelette with different vegetables, or try and make egg salad. A little sea salt goes a long way.. can really liven up eggs. I've heard grapeseed oil veganaisse is a good sub for mayo, or use real mayo, but either way just a little and use the real stuff. If you just can't eat eggs or nuts, (or even try sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds) any protein will do, it just may not compliment the fruit as nuts would, so it would kind of just be a weird combo but oh well! So like a chicken sausage, turkey, meat, any protein. Yes, cheese has a lot of fat in it, but try not to be afraid of fat. A slice of cheese is NOT bad for you especially if it is real cheese. Moderation is key.. seriously don't buy into the whole don't eat fat thing. But if you don't eat it (like I don't) then it's fine too, it's not like you need cheese haha. Making homemade cake is much better since you will know everything in it! I really have no idea how many calories you're looking at since I don't know what types of ingredients you would be using and how much of each. Try and use whole wheat flour if you're using flour though! And tryyy to minimize the sugar or use a natural sugar if you can. If you feel weird about asking your grandparents to get if it they don't have it then I guess just try and keep your portion small! PS.. I love tea too! Let me know if this helps and how you're doing! :) |
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| Health & Support | Im never full :( | Jun 24 2009 23:15 (UTC) |
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I would def reccomend giving up the white bread for lunch! Replace it with Ezekiel brand sprouted whole grain bread. (Or 100% whole wheat but I love that brand and the sprouted grains are better for you.) Ezekiel also has little pitas which I love. Some lunches that would be good for school: -pita pocket stuffed with lettuce, vegetables, tomato, avocado, and a protein (chicken, turkey, beef) -small handful of nuts w/ toasted pita bread and hummus -large salad with vegetables, grilled chicken, hardboiled eggs, avocado, nitrate free sodium reduced bacon (my favorite dressings are just simple olive oil and balsamic vinegar, or olive oil and dijon mustard. as long as you keep the dressing to a small amount, it should be fine but a dressing with the least ingredients is best, and should have NO high fructose corn syrup, sugar, fake ingredients that make it low fat or fat free. Go for the most natural dressing possible. One of my favorite blogs, Elanas Pantry, has a recipe for an asian salad dressing which I haven't tried yet, but would be very healthy! The key of course is moderation... which is the key with everything!) -all natural almond butter or peanut butter (or whatever nut butter!) sandwich with small (or half) banana (again, make sure the ingredients are either just peanuts, or peanuts and salt) If you're out, I am a huge fan of Chipotle. They have humanely raised meat so I feel good about that, and I think it is a very healthy choice if you get the right thing. My last meal was:
Okay so I didn't include any dairy, and that's because I don't eat it. I don't like how it's produced, and my body doens't really agree with it anyways. But that is totally your decision, and cheese is delicious. So my advice for that is to get full fat cheese, not the fake nasty Kraft stuff, and just use small amounts. For a sandwich, just use half a slice. If that Chiptole sounds good to you, get a small sprinkling of it. Full fat tastes better, is much better for you, and will fill you up. You can also experiment making pizzas with those pita pockets by putting some tomato sauce (no added sugar! read the label) and cheese and veggies. Bake it in the oven for 10 min or so at 400.
Filling dinners: Get to love fish! I don't know if you do, I know I wasn't a huge fan (or didn't think I was) when I was in high school, but it really is delicious. My favorites: WILD CAUGHT salmon (not farm raised) shrimp tilapia wild caught tuna steaks I put olive oil, salt, and pepper on them and usually grill them, or baking the salmon for 15 min at 350 is good too. -if getting wild caught seafood is too expensive, either just get a small portion, or go to seafoodwatch.com and find the next best alternative When you eat beef, try to get grass fed. Try to get pastured or free range chicken. It's expensive and hard, but try to get the closest to that or what you think would be healthiest. Pretty much any combo of a healthy oil, protein, and vegetables can make a great healthy, filling, delicious meal. Dinner vegetables: I LOVE asparagus and brussels sprouts, two vegetables I used to despise. Drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper, and roast at 425 for 15-17 for asparagus, 21-23 for brussels sprouts I'm a huge fan of pumpkin and cinnamon nuked in the microwave Any vegetable is really great but those are my regulars If your fam is having pasta, ask for 100% whole wheat or ezekiel pasta (watch out though you can't overcook it) If you absolutely must have white pasta, have just a tiny bit and have a ton of vegetables with it. I am kind of indifferent about the ezekiel pasta - it def doesn't taste like normal pasta, it doesnt taste bad, but it's not my favorite either. Some of my favorite snacks: -Handful of goji berries, raw nuts, and cacao nibs (okay so this may seem like crazy psycho health food, but the goji berries are a "superfood" and the cacao nibs are raw chocolate that fill you up, and are a great mood stabelizer. Let me know if you are interested in that cause I know some good websites for raw food.) -Nuts duh! -Fruit (but balance it with a protein like nuts, hardboiled egg, etc) -Larabars (if you are still eating a lot of refined sugar these won't taste too amazing, but once you've reset your tastebuds, they are a fantastic treat once in a while) They are around 200 cals though, so try and remind yourself they are supposed to be filling -Piece of cinnamon raisen ezekiel bread (if i haven't already had a ton of carbs that day.. remember two slices of bread on a sandwich is kind of considered overkill) -Slice of cheese (if you like/eat dairy!) So I hope all that rambling was helpful. If you want more ideas or just any questions, let me know. I know I kind of sounded like an ezekiel spokeswoman there but I really like their stuff it's the only brand of grains that I eat! But of course there are other healthy brands, the point is just to not have the refined white flour or sugar. As for the eating slowly thing, I know it's hard. I kind of just try and tell myself that I'm getting full and that seems to work. Not snacking when cooking helps, drinking water (but not just chugging it because I "have to") not eating until I sit down, and just getting in the habit of not finishing everything. You'd be surprised how full you'll get if you just eat slowly (not at a snails pace or anything!), pause, tell yourself how full you're getting, and just keep reminding yourself there is always another meal.
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| Health & Support | Stop Counting Calories | Jun 24 2009 06:25 (UTC) |
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I recently was exactly in your position. I was getting really insane with weighing EVERYTHING. I had a minor brush with bulimia for about a week (which I never though I would ever do), and I recently pulled myself out of it and I have never felt better. What has been working for me is exactly like you said: listen to your body. There will always be another meal, there is no reason to finish your entire plate, just eat when you're hungry, stop when you've had enough. I know it sounds painfully obvious and simple, but it's what we all seem to forget. My diet consists of 100% whole foods. Fruits (1-2 a day) unlimited veggies, sprouted grains (Ezekiel), grass-fed and organic beef, pastured chicken and eggs, wild salmon and other fish, olive oil, grapseed oil, coconut products, larabars, raw nuts, raw chocolate, and a variety of superfoods that I've recently gotten interested in. One thing that has dramatically improved my mood is raw cacao nibs. As to your original question, I have come to the conclusion that counting calories is not a good idea. The first obviously is that it can create this obsessive behavior that will catch up with you and wreak havoc on your body. The second is I don't believe all calories are equal, and that eating healthy, real food is far superior to counting calories. And a lot of packaged things have off counts anyways. Realizing when you're full, eating slow, taking a step back to appreciate food as just being food - that is what has helped me. It isn't effortless, but I find it a world away from how I was when I was obsessively counting calories. PS. Eliminating refined sugar has done wonders. Let me know if any of this helps or if you want more info. Good luck... you seem like you are very self aware and you can definitely get a hold of yourself!!! :)
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| Health & Support | Im never full :( | Jun 24 2009 06:05 (UTC) |
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If you're eating refined carbohydrates, that will spike your blood sugar and definitely make you hungry all the time. So basically if you're eating any white bread, pasta, SUGAR (stay away from that like the plague!) or pretty much anything refined, there's a good chance that could be the problem. To stay full, try eating more healthy fat - avocado, olive or coconut oil, nuts. Eat slow, listen to your body. If you're eating fake "fat free" or "low fat" crap, toss it. Eat the real thing and that will help balance you out as well. If you have any carbohydrate, balance it with a protein. Let me know if that helps or if you'd like more specifics/recipe ideas. |
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| Health & Support | Had my calories for the day but still hungry.....what now? | Jun 09 2009 02:12 (UTC) |
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Weigh your food. You'll know exactly what you're eating and how many calories are in it. |
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| Weight Loss | Alcohol! | Jun 09 2009 00:09 (UTC) |
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Strong 100% fruit juice mixers (like cranberry, blueberry): you are not drinking anything disgusting like refined sugar or diet drinks (sorry it's gross and horribly bad for you IMO) and you don't need as much so while yes, you will add calories, you can make your drink strong and have more alcohol and less mixer. (which I find tends to give you a buzz faster so you don't need to drink as much.) I totally hear you about alcohol - drinking as a college student is difficult, and it can be annoying when you're trying to lose weight and still have fun! (and it's perfectly alright to want to get a buzz once in a while!) I try to only drink once every weekend if at all and restrain myself during the week. When I do drink, I try to plan ahead what I'm going to drink. Also, I try to stay away from beer. Go for clear tequila, vodka (try to find potato vodka if you can.) Try not to eat drunk food and you're in the clear! :)
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| Weight Loss | Is (canned) tomate soup good for you? | Jun 08 2009 23:58 (UTC) |
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oo those ingredients are like nails on a chalkboard! |
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| Weight Loss | Is (canned) tomate soup good for you? | Jun 08 2009 21:33 (UTC) |
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Honestly, no. Very high in sugar and salt. I really would recommend trying to not buy anything canned. Try making your own tomato soup! That stuff really isn't worth it. |
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| Weight Loss | Misleading calorie count in prepackaged food (weight in grams vs stated calories) | Jun 08 2009 04:53 (UTC) |
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Yea, I rarely eat packaged foods either, but decided to try out the Ezekiel products. I have no problem believing they use an average of some kind to figure out the calories... I mean that is for everything though, I'm pretty sure nothing ends up being exactly 150 calories! I ended up just using half of the bun and figuring out the calories from that weight. Thanks for all your input! |
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| Weight Loss | How can I stop picking at food? | Jun 05 2009 06:46 (UTC) |
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Weigh everything and anything you eat and log it into fitday. (or calorie count since this is the site... haha) Watching the numbers add up stopped me from picking at food. It's a little obsessive, yes, but once you visually see the calories it should help stop and you won't have to do it anymore. Or, snack on some bell peppers and drink some water. |
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| Weight Loss | Food Hunger Pains...The one's that come from wanting "bad food." | Jun 05 2009 01:42 (UTC) |
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Day 4 is the middle of the worst week you will have! It is so hard those first few days to rid yourself of a sugar addiction/fast food addiction. It is definitely not easy... but they will go away. Your breakfast sounds good by the way! I'd add some avocado to fill you up too. Healthy fat and protein combos eaten slowly always (well, most of the time) works for me to curb cravings. And that meal beats ANY fast food item by a long shot. Congrats for resisting the temptation... it's a bitch to get over but you will be so happy when you reach your goals! :) |
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| Weight Loss | ideas for a healthy lunch! | Jun 05 2009 01:37 (UTC) |
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I don't know if you like coconut, but this has quickly become my new favorite lunch. It's simple, but I like simple! -50 or so grams of mixed greens (or whatever salad you want) -Boneless skinless chicken breast -Any other vegetables you like that would typically go in a salad... :) Dip a chicken breast in egg, then coconut flour, then egg again, then unsweetened coconut flakes. Pan fry in a teaspoon of coconut oil. - As far as dressing, I usually just am fine with leftover oil, or I'll add a little more oil. Avocado is always a favorite on salads for me but I'd eat avocado with anything pretty much. I personally think coconut is extremely tasty. It's very nutritious (good fat, high fiber), and won't make you bloated. Stay away from fruit - that can bloat you too! Have fun :)
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| Weight Loss | I'm 19 and 260lbs and I'm frustraited because I have been over weight my whole life! I want to change and im not sure how! | Jun 04 2009 07:14 (UTC) |
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As someone who has struggled with conventional "diet" tips all my life and has finally found something that works, here are my tips. Do what you may with them! :) 1) Break your sugar addiction. I cannot tell you what this has done for me. First, it will help you lose weight, and especially in the first few weeks it will most likely come off pretty fast which is a great motivator. Second, being on a no sugar diet (and I'm talking about unnatural, refined sugar) helps you appreciate the natural sugar in foods. It completely revamps your tastebuds to how they are supposed to be. Third, sugar is what causes your blood sugar to spike and hunger to come. It sucks for the first week, but seriously will change your life once you take control of sugar. 2) Don't drink anything but water. If you're a coffee drinker, that has to be your call. I never got into it, but I know that black coffee is supposed to be okay once in a while. Don't quote me on that... but the main point is to cut out soda, juice (unless it's 100% natural fruit juice) sports drinks, whatever. Not only is that all mostly sugar, but it's empty calories. 3) Eat REAL food, and real food only. Don't eat anything out of a box, frozen dinners, weight watchers snacks; basically anything that is genetically modified (GMO), has preservatives, chemicals you can't pronounce, basically anything that isn't natural. This has been one of the best changes I've made is to eat only natural, whole foods. When you look at the nutrition facts, look at the ingredients. The fewer the better. Stay away from things you have no idea what they are. This includes Splenda. 4) Don't go on a low-fat diet. Not only is fat good for you, low-fat diets usually promote unhealthy foods and lots of unnecessay carbs. Low-fat foods are not real food. There is no such thing as fat free cheese, or fat free half and half, or fat free mayo. It is disgusting to think about what is put into those "foods" to make them fat free. (Think high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated vegetable oil, chemicals, etc.) Also, low fat diets are high carb, and not all carbs all the same! Refined carbs (white bread, pasta, rice, cereal) will cause you to gain weight. 5) Exercise. This is kind of an obvious tip haha. But all I can say is exercise helps a lot. The most important exercise for me is my resistance training, but I also do a lot of cardio. I think Jillian Michaels has some pretty decent videos and ideas as far as circuits go. 6) Give up wheat. This is really a choice I made for myself and I can't really tell you if it's a perfect tip, it's just what has helped me because I really like the idea of a Paleo diet (which I'll give you a link to in a second.) I find giving up wheat (with the ocassional slice of sprouted grain bread TRADER JOES it's the best!) was not very difficult after a while, and has really changed my body. Pretty much this means no pasta, bread, cereal etc. which is a part of low-carb lifestyle to begin with. 7) Look into Paleo eating. Alright again I am not an expert this is just what has helped me. I am not a strict Paleo eater but learning about this idea is REALLY an eye opener if you are willing to give it a chance and buy into it. 8) The BEST tip I can give you is think about your health. I am 100% convinced eating only natural foods (hopefully organic) is the best way to eat. I'm not saying I don't get food cravings and I don't overeat sometimes, but if I do, I overeat on natural foods.
Anyways, to sum up my ramblings if you take away one thing just eat real foods. Don't eat sugar. If you want recipes, anything else you want to know if you are interested in Paleo eating, or just want to talk message me! Good luck :)
Also: I read these blogs every day. Marks Daily Apple can explain the Paleo diet better than I ever could. http://www.elanaspantry.com/ (Elana's Pantry. Amazing gluten-free recipes.) http://cavemanfood.blogspot.com/ http://www.marksdailyapple.com/ (Marks Daily Apple... amazing blog.)
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| Fitness | Is it bad to do cardio everyday? | Jun 04 2009 06:42 (UTC) |
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The resistance is great! Doing cardio 7 days a week? You definitely need a break (at least one day). Also, I don't know your past experiences, but 30 min on the elliptical everyday may not be enough of a challenge for your body. I would definitely do different activities to mix it up. Also, if you're into workout videos, I really like Jillian Michaels. 30 day shread serously makes you sweat. :) Good luck! I truly think diet is the key to everything. |
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(glucose, fructose, enriched wheat flour ehh!) I totally get the convenience of the canned soup, but I'd try making your own! It will taste better, and if you want, carve out some time, make it, then seperate it into 100 calorie servings. I don't have any recipes for you sorry I'm not a soup kind of girl, but I bet there are tons that are easy and 100x more delicious! Your body will thank you!
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