Lifelong diet

[ScottyB]

Can anyone recommend me a lifelong diet I can follow that will help me lose weight now and then stay at whatever my peak weight should be?

I was looking at some of the diets, and I realize that I should do some sort of calorie counting website, but it is too much for me to stay focused on and continue with. I am looking for some sort of guideline I can follow without having to calorie count or consult a "diet plan" like the Mediterranean diet, or the South Beach diet, or the Atkins diet, etc.

I would like to just have some sort of diet plan I can grab food items and have so many of each.

I was thinking of some sort of modified FDA plan like:

Breakfast:
1 milk product (yogurt or cottage cheese or milk)
1 meat product (not too greasy)
2 fruits (one citrus, one other)
1 whole grain item (cereal or a bran muffin or toast)

Lunch:
1 vegetable (carrots or other non green)
1 fruit (non citrus)
1 meat serving
1 whole grain (bread or whatever)

Dinner:
2 vegetables (1 green and 1 non-green)
1 meat serving
1 other protein (beans)
1 starch or grain (potatoes or bread)

Snack:
1 fruit (whatever) or protein (peanut butter)
1 milk product (yogurt or something else)

 

[SociallyChallenged]

You don't need a "diet." You need to just learn what's healthy, what's not, and eat the amounts appropriate for your body. There is no real question that you will have to calculate your calories somehow. If you don't, you won't be doing it right. You'll either be taking in too many or too few calories. The only way you can be certain is by recording it. It is a lot of work, but it keeps you accountable and gives you something to do when you don't have anything else to do. I mean, 15 minutes of your day are worth confirming your progress.

Check out the thread at the very top addressing fat loss. It will help.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Also, here is a fairly comprehensive list of things that are healthy to eat:

Protein

Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast
Tuna (water packed)
Fish (salmon, seabass, halibut, sushi, mahi mahi, Orange roughi, tilapia, Sardines)
Shrimp
Extra Lean Ground Beef or Ground Round (92-96%)
Venison
Buffalo
Ostrich
Protein Powder (Whey, Casein, Soy, Egg)
Eggs
Low or Non-Fat Cottage cheese, Ricotta
Low fat or Non fat Yogurt
Ribeye Steaks or Roast
Top Round Steaks or Roast (stew meat, London broil, Stir fry)
Top Sirloin (Sirloin Top Butt)
Beef Tenderloin (filet mignon)
Top Loin (NY Strip Steak)
Flank Steak (Stir Fry, Fajitas)
Eye of Round (Cube meat, Stew meat, Bottom Round)
Ground Turkey, Turkey Breast slices or cutlets (*no deli or sandwich meats)

Complex Carbs (nothing enriched, bleached or processed if possible)

Oatmeal (Old fashioned, Quick oats, Irish steal cut)
Sweet Potatoes, Yams
Beans (Black eyed, Pinto, Red, Kidney, Black)
Oat Bran Cereal, Grape nuts, Rye cereal, Multi grain hot cereal
Farin (Cream of wheat)
Whole Wheat frozen Bagels, Pitas
Whole wheat or Spinach Pasta, Whey Pasta
Rice (Brown, white, jasmin, basmiti, arborio, wild)
Potatoes (red, white, baking)

Fibrous Carbs

Green Leafy lettuce (red, green, romaine)
Broccoli
Asparagus
String Beans
Spinach
Bell Pepers (Green or Red)
Brussels Sprouts
Cauliflower
Cabbage
Celery
Cucumber
Carrots
Eggplant
Onions
Pumpkin
Garlic
Tomatoes
Zucchini

Fruit (If acceptable on diet)
bananas, oranges, apples, grapefruit, peaches, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, lemons or limes

Healthy Fats

Natural Style Peanut Butter
Olive oil, Safflower oil
Flaxseed oil
Fish Oil
Nuts (peanuts, almonds, walnuts)

Dairy

Eggs
Low of Non-Fat cottage cheese, Ricotta
Low or non-fat milk
Low fat or non-fat yogurt

However, I don't necessarily agree on the low/non-fat products since they are often more processed, which can alter the natural composition of the compounds that make it healthy in the first place.

 

[Kaido]

This worked for me:

http://www.anthonycatanzaro.com/dietplans.html

$39.99 and he customizes it for your goals

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: Kaido
This worked for me:

http://www.anthonycatanzaro.com/dietplans.html

$39.99 and he customizes it for your goals

Damn, that's a pretty good idea. I've done similar things for friends for free. Hm, may keep that in mind after I become a fitness model

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged

Originally posted by: Kaido
This worked for me:

http://www.anthonycatanzaro.com/dietplans.html

$39.99 and he customizes it for your goals

Damn, that's a pretty good idea. I've done similar things for friends for free. Hm, may keep that in mind after I become a fitness model

It's a great kit...it was what helped me get into the whole "health" scene. I had nothing to follow, wasn't good at making diet plans...this I simply followed for 6 weeks and boom, results. It was amazing to me! Once you get the hang of it you can expand easily, but this is like training wheels. He packed a lot of good info into a concise booklet, with a customized diet for you.

If you were to do it, it would be great to do in real life...having someone knowledgable to talk to, to discuss and learn, that would be great in real life. I think that's why celebrities are so outgoing and do movies, tv shows, concerts, etc. - they have personal trainers who watch their diet carefully, which gives them tremendous energy. It's super hard to do unless you're personally really disciplined or you have a trainer coaching you along on a daily basis. We all live in this environment full of processed food...I literally NEVER KNEW what it was like to have high energy all the time. Never, ever in my life up till earlier this year. Just had no clue why people would go running, biking, play sports. Anyway...so yeah, it's pretty great :thumbsup: