Can anyone recommend me a new diet? I want it to be a everyday diet and not one like the Atkins. I want to do something where I eat mostly fruits and vegetables and some light proteins, like chicken, beans and fish and some carbs like rice and bread. I was on a diet in high school where I ate high proteins/low fat (before the Atkins craze) and lost 70 lbs but gained it right back. I need something that I can stick with forever and doesn't feel like I am on a diet, just a new eating plan. I don't mind giving up things; I haven't had a pop since May 14, 1999.
I want a new diet.
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South Beach
Eat only good carbs (beans, rice, whole-wheat) etc...
Also, another good thing to do is reduce fat intake to around 20-30 grams a day then increase your fiber intake to 30 grams. You WILL lose weight if you do that.
Eat only good carbs (beans, rice, whole-wheat) etc...
Also, another good thing to do is reduce fat intake to around 20-30 grams a day then increase your fiber intake to 30 grams. You WILL lose weight if you do that.
I've lost 25 lbs just eating the same things in moderation, but I exercise 3 times a week too (this is key.) I don't eat breakfast and just sip coffee in the morning. Than I go out for lunch and eat fast food but not a lot of burger and fry type of lunches. Than I eat one of those weight watcher frozen dinner things (around 300 calories) for dinner. I still drink 1-2 cokes a day too. This way I don't feel like I'm starving or eating boring stuff. I also do whatever I want on the weekend inluding drinking and eating out. Once you get accustomed to eating less food even eating out isn't bad because you ration your calories without really thinking about it. The key to any diet is that you stick to it, and if you feel constantly starved or frustrated with your eating you won't stick to it.
South Beach, for the first two weeks, is the exact same as Atkins. If he wont do Atkins I don't see why he would do South Beach.
You can eat all of those things on Atkins as long as your total daily carbs are kept under the correct number of grams for the phase you are in. Fruits are limited to things like berries initially. Beans and rice are heavy and carbs and you wouldn't be able to eat much, but as long as you stayed within the daily limit you could eat them.
Do 30 - 45 minutes of strenuous excercise every day and don't eat sugar and white flour, limit starchy fruits and vegetables, and eliminate processed/junk food from your diet.
Worked for me.
p.s. I have been doing this for 1 year and will continue to do so. I got down to my target weight in about 2 months and have stayed there.
Good luck!
Worked for me.
p.s. I have been doing this for 1 year and will continue to do so. I got down to my target weight in about 2 months and have stayed there.
Good luck!
hell if I know, i was just saying something. I don't think you need to do either, but just do what Riprorin did.
SP33Demon
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As posted from another thread from today:
<<It's really not that hard to lose weight, calculate how many calories you need a day for your age/build, break them down into fat/carbs/protein cal's, and stick to it. Do cardio as a mechanism to burn excess fat on your body. You don't need to be on the "Atkins" diet to know this, or that the more muscle mass your frame adds = the higher your metabolism.
Nutritional Calculator (for bodybuilders, or people interested in working out)
If you don't care about how many calories you should be taking in when lifting, then check out the Calorie Calculator. You just put in how many cal's per day you consume, and it breaks down how much should be fat/carb/protein in accordance to your activity level and body type.>>
PM me if you need help.
Geekbabe
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Eat complex carbs but during the early part of the day,a lot of lean protein,don't forget plenty of veggies and some fruits,drink lots of water.
I try to follow this while not beating myself over the occasionally cheat day and I've never felt better
I try to follow this while not beating myself over the occasionally cheat day and I've never felt better
Megatomic
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You already did an important thing by cutting out sodas. Next thing, just reduce your normal intake and try to eliminate fast food. Third, exercise. I bought an exercise bike with part of my tax returns. I ride it every other day for 30 minutes and try to maintain a pulse rate of over 155.
In the past 3 weeks I've lost 8 pounds in that manner. Just 40 more to go.
In the past 3 weeks I've lost 8 pounds in that manner. Just 40 more to go.
focus on low-density foods (things that fill you up but do not have many calories - like lettuce or low fat popcorn), stay away from refined flour, starchy or fried foods. each 5 smaller meals spread evenly rather than 3 large meals. drink ample amounts of water, around a gallon is average depending on body size.
to help you eat less, drink a cup of water before your meal.
to help you eat less, drink a cup of water before your meal.
Or, eat food, commit a crime and run like crazy from the cops. If one does this enough, chances are, weight will be lost.
Most of this has already been said in one way or another but:
1) Water - free way to be "full," don't mistake thirst for hunger
2) Protein - slow digesting
3) Fiber - slow digesting
4) Don't eat when you're not hungry. Duh. Understand the difference between an emptying stomach and real, legitimate hunger.
5) When you're hungry, eat a MEAL, don't snack. Sit down at a table and eat a real meal. Eat with a purpose. Eat several times a day, with meals built around lean protein and surrounded by vegetables, whole grains and complex carbs, and healthy fats. Water, before, during, and after the meal.
6) Stay strict during the week and indulge on the weekend, WITHIN REASON (e.g. a piece or 2 of cake, not the whole fvcking cake)
7) Maintain physical activity. If you don't move around much, you're going to have problems regardless of your diet -- unless you can watch your food intake fanatically for the rest of your life, which is hell in and of itself. Ways to stay active include: get a physical job, find excuses to walk A LOT (to work, to shop, to friend's house, etc.), get involved in fun physical activities/sports, etc. If it is something you just do as part of your life, rather than a chore you have to do (like 32.342934 min on a machine at level 5 intensity every other day burning 304.76824 cal -- YAWN), your chances of sticking with it are much better IMO.
1) Water - free way to be "full," don't mistake thirst for hunger
2) Protein - slow digesting
3) Fiber - slow digesting
4) Don't eat when you're not hungry. Duh. Understand the difference between an emptying stomach and real, legitimate hunger.
5) When you're hungry, eat a MEAL, don't snack. Sit down at a table and eat a real meal. Eat with a purpose. Eat several times a day, with meals built around lean protein and surrounded by vegetables, whole grains and complex carbs, and healthy fats. Water, before, during, and after the meal.
6) Stay strict during the week and indulge on the weekend, WITHIN REASON (e.g. a piece or 2 of cake, not the whole fvcking cake
)7) Maintain physical activity. If you don't move around much, you're going to have problems regardless of your diet -- unless you can watch your food intake fanatically for the rest of your life, which is hell in and of itself. Ways to stay active include: get a physical job, find excuses to walk A LOT (to work, to shop, to friend's house, etc.), get involved in fun physical activities/sports, etc. If it is something you just do as part of your life, rather than a chore you have to do (like 32.342934 min on a machine at level 5 intensity every other day burning 304.76824 cal -- YAWN), your chances of sticking with it are much better IMO.
ditto.
i cut a lot of things out of my 'diet'... mayo, white bread or excessive amounts of bread in general, pasta, basically anything with really high fat or really high carbs. i still eat what i want to (just had chinese for lunch
). it's mainly eating less and working out.
that's for the first 2 weeks, after that you do phase 2 which you can start eating carbs again until you lose all the weight you want. then after that phase 3 is more of a lifestyle change (not really a diet).
Siddhartha
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SP33Demon
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Originally posted by: stev0
ditto.
i cut a lot of things out of my 'diet'... mayo, white bread or excessive amounts of bread in general, pasta, basically anything with really high fat or really high carbs. i still eat what i want to (just had chinese for lunch
it's mainly eating less and working out.
I'm willing to bet the Chinese has more g of fat than the mayo. lol
Originally posted by: Skoorb
I have just the diet for you. The eat less diet. And you can eat just what you said in the first post
Skoorb, Atkins claims that there's a metabolic advantage to a low-carb diet. In one of his books, he claims that a patient who was on a moderately low-fat diet gained 70 lbs over 3 years. By changing to a low-carb diet consisting of nutrient rich foods he lost 50 lbs in three months, even though he was only eating 200 fewer calories per day.
I can't independently verify this claim, but I believe it to be true. Cetainly, not all calories are created equal.
Staying on an Atkins-type diet is a piece of cake. I could never stay on a diet where I was always hungry.
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