Posts by carmenxox

Original Post by mari16a19:

Ok! But then what constitutes something as a "junk food"? 

When it contains very little nutrition for the calories that it supplies. 

Example: soda is very high in calories, but contains no nutritional value whatsoever

On the other hand, salmon is high in calories but is full of essential fatty acids, minerals, fat soluble vitamins and protein.

Original Post by meggy716:

Carbs are in everything! Read your labels before eating and check serving sizes.

No they're not.... not in real foods anyways. 

If your food has a label, that's where your problem is. 

Doubtful.... not while you're that far gone. 

Don't half ass it, just help the help you need. Your future self will thank you. 

Ah yes, now I remember why I hate this site. 

Original Post by littlelegslisa:

Im struggling to find foods I can eat for lunch at work that doesnt involve sandwiches and gives me energy. i go flat very quickly. or is it ok to have that so long as I dont have carbs in the evening. at the moment Im having a wrap with salad and prawns in them.

This is the result of carb dependency. It's not normal to need to eat every few hours to stabilize blood sugars. 

My favorite go to lunches are:

- canned wild salmon (6oz) with 1/2-1 whole avocado on top of mixed greens + veggies

- chicken or turkey breast strips with mustard and avocado wrapped in lettuce leaves + veggies 

- 3-4 hard boiled eggs mixed with tomato, cucumber, red onion, and diced olives

- a burger (no bun) made from grass-fed beef, bison, elk or lamb (or other properly sourced meat) wrapped in lettuce

- sardines and olive oil with mixed greens + veggies 

- "protein cake or bread" -- my recipe changes everyday, but here's a good base: http://www.smoothiegirleatstoo.com/2010/11/mo ist-low-calorie-microwave-protein-fudge-muffi ns/ I like to double the recipe and top with coconut oil, or make a plain version and use it as a "bun" 

- tuna salad (made with avocado and mustard instead of mayo) on top of the plain version of the recipe above (as a bun)

- egg mcmuffins (poach a couple eggs and use the above recipe as a bun) add salsa, spinach, avocado...etc. 

- tuna salad on spinach with diced apples, pecans, olive oil and dijon mustard

...most of me meals are pretty basic. If I don't have time to prep anything my cop-out is usually canned salmon, sardines or tuna with salad and/or veggies with a healthy fat source (usually avocado, olive oil or coconut). If I need some extra carbs I'll grab some fruit. 

Original Post by 07esiuol:

Lol Carmen are you actually suggesting the op ditches her friends? Some of the stuff you say is seriously irritating

and the stuff you say isn't?

I'm not saying never speak to your friends again, but there's no harm in branching out and meeting new people. I've lost touch with a lot of friends from highschool because they turned into complete "bar stars" and need to drink all the time. I don't like being around people like that. 

There's nothing wrong about drinking once in a while, but if that's all your friends ever want to do, or if it's the only way they know how to have "fun", then there is a problem there. 

What exactly DO you eat?

Original Post by larcher91:

Any suggestions?

I find protein fills me up well for breakfast. I used to have 2 eggs every morning with breakfast. A total calorie count of 350. It'd keep me full until lunch easily. But then I started to slow weight loss and realised my daily fat intake was really high, but cutting out the eggs meant it was a much healthier level.

I now have 150g low fat cottage cheese as my breakfast protein (along with other things). Great, but less calories than eggs and slightly less protein. So now my breakfast is 250kcal and doesn't leave me so full.

Any suggestions for both sweet and savoury protein rich foods that I could add to my breakfast?

And here's the difficult bit.... Something that isn't meat! Mainly for cost reasons, if I see lean meat on a good offer I buy it and add it to breakfast of course!

HAH! No sweetie, I guarantee it wasn't the eggs or fat. 

I eat 3-4 eggs per day, and my fat intake is usually around 85-100 grams per day. I maintain a BF% around 10-12% or so. I've had no problems cutting body fat by increasing fat intake. 

water

I think they have pills for that...