hey, at least through the course of the day you're probably getting what you need from the food groups.
I eat fish (occasionally shrimp, maybe crab and/or lobster if I feel like splurging), 3-4 times a week.
Originally posted by: irishScott
IMO dieting is more about what not to eat than what to eat. I've effectively cut soda, doughnuts, ice cream, candy, and other high fat stuff out of my diet. I'm not above eating said foods, but I've recently started to work out 6 days a week, so any excess fat/sugar I ingest shouldn't last long.
As for what to eat:
Learn to cook fish. It cooks quickly (generally 15-30 minutes) goes down light and fills you up for a long time. It's also lean, and packed with healthy fats, protein, and other good stuff. Just don't fry it, as that negates most if not all of the health benefits. I'm a seafood fanatic, so this works perfectly for me.
Snacks: Baked potatoes in the microwave. A bowl of blueberries also works, but they're out of season for the time being, and thus expensive. I gorged on those during the summer though. Popcorn will fill you up, and is a good source of fiber (as are blueberries) but there's not much in the way of fuel in it. You won't get much of a boost.
Eat a small salad after dinner. The vegetables stimulate digestive enzymes and make you feel full for a longer period of time. I just eat the raw vegetables with no dressing (I've yet to find a dressing I actually like) but that's me.
I don't keep tabs on my calorie intake. I just make sure that the calories are quality.
Originally posted by: Ns1
Originally posted by: irishScott
IMO dieting is more about what not to eat than what to eat. I've effectively cut soda, doughnuts, ice cream, candy, and other high fat stuff out of my diet. I'm not above eating said foods, but I've recently started to work out 6 days a week, so any excess fat/sugar I ingest shouldn't last long.
As for what to eat:
Learn to cook fish. It cooks quickly (generally 15-30 minutes) goes down light and fills you up for a long time. It's also lean, and packed with healthy fats, protein, and other good stuff. Just don't fry it, as that negates most if not all of the health benefits. I'm a seafood fanatic, so this works perfectly for me.
Snacks: Baked potatoes in the microwave. A bowl of blueberries also works, but they're out of season for the time being, and thus expensive. I gorged on those during the summer though. Popcorn will fill you up, and is a good source of fiber (as are blueberries) but there's not much in the way of fuel in it. You won't get much of a boost.
Eat a small salad after dinner. The vegetables stimulate digestive enzymes and make you feel full for a longer period of time. I just eat the raw vegetables with no dressing (I've yet to find a dressing I actually like) but that's me.
I don't keep tabs on my calorie intake. I just make sure that the calories are quality.
blueberries can be found for 7 bucks, 24 ounces @Costco. I buy a pack every week. It usually lasts me 2 days cuz me and the gf eat that shit like candy.
Originally posted by: Ns1
Originally posted by: irishScott
IMO dieting is more about what not to eat than what to eat. I've effectively cut soda, doughnuts, ice cream, candy, and other high fat stuff out of my diet. I'm not above eating said foods, but I've recently started to work out 6 days a week, so any excess fat/sugar I ingest shouldn't last long.
As for what to eat:
Learn to cook fish. It cooks quickly (generally 15-30 minutes) goes down light and fills you up for a long time. It's also lean, and packed with healthy fats, protein, and other good stuff. Just don't fry it, as that negates most if not all of the health benefits. I'm a seafood fanatic, so this works perfectly for me.
Snacks: Baked potatoes in the microwave. A bowl of blueberries also works, but they're out of season for the time being, and thus expensive. I gorged on those during the summer though. Popcorn will fill you up, and is a good source of fiber (as are blueberries) but there's not much in the way of fuel in it. You won't get much of a boost.
Eat a small salad after dinner. The vegetables stimulate digestive enzymes and make you feel full for a longer period of time. I just eat the raw vegetables with no dressing (I've yet to find a dressing I actually like) but that's me.
I don't keep tabs on my calorie intake. I just make sure that the calories are quality.
blueberries can be found for 7 bucks, 24 ounces @Costco. I buy a pack every week. It usually lasts me 2 days cuz me and the gf eat that shit like candy.
Originally posted by: Codewiz
Originally posted by: Ns1
Originally posted by: irishScott
IMO dieting is more about what not to eat than what to eat. I've effectively cut soda, doughnuts, ice cream, candy, and other high fat stuff out of my diet. I'm not above eating said foods, but I've recently started to work out 6 days a week, so any excess fat/sugar I ingest shouldn't last long.
As for what to eat:
Learn to cook fish. It cooks quickly (generally 15-30 minutes) goes down light and fills you up for a long time. It's also lean, and packed with healthy fats, protein, and other good stuff. Just don't fry it, as that negates most if not all of the health benefits. I'm a seafood fanatic, so this works perfectly for me.
Snacks: Baked potatoes in the microwave. A bowl of blueberries also works, but they're out of season for the time being, and thus expensive. I gorged on those during the summer though. Popcorn will fill you up, and is a good source of fiber (as are blueberries) but there's not much in the way of fuel in it. You won't get much of a boost.
Eat a small salad after dinner. The vegetables stimulate digestive enzymes and make you feel full for a longer period of time. I just eat the raw vegetables with no dressing (I've yet to find a dressing I actually like) but that's me.
I don't keep tabs on my calorie intake. I just make sure that the calories are quality.
blueberries can be found for 7 bucks, 24 ounces @Costco. I buy a pack every week. It usually lasts me 2 days cuz me and the gf eat that shit like candy.
There is no right way to go about it really. I eat whatever the hell I want as long as it meets my calories. In a way it does limit things because I honestly refuse to waste 150 calories on a coke. But if I am craving a coke then I will drink it. It just gets subtracted from my allowed calories.
Everything in moderation. You really start doing that when you count calories. No way would I give up such yummy things as donuts.
Originally posted by: irishScott
Originally posted by: Ns1
Originally posted by: irishScott
IMO dieting is more about what not to eat than what to eat. I've effectively cut soda, doughnuts, ice cream, candy, and other high fat stuff out of my diet. I'm not above eating said foods, but I've recently started to work out 6 days a week, so any excess fat/sugar I ingest shouldn't last long.
As for what to eat:
Learn to cook fish. It cooks quickly (generally 15-30 minutes) goes down light and fills you up for a long time. It's also lean, and packed with healthy fats, protein, and other good stuff. Just don't fry it, as that negates most if not all of the health benefits. I'm a seafood fanatic, so this works perfectly for me.
Snacks: Baked potatoes in the microwave. A bowl of blueberries also works, but they're out of season for the time being, and thus expensive. I gorged on those during the summer though. Popcorn will fill you up, and is a good source of fiber (as are blueberries) but there's not much in the way of fuel in it. You won't get much of a boost.
Eat a small salad after dinner. The vegetables stimulate digestive enzymes and make you feel full for a longer period of time. I just eat the raw vegetables with no dressing (I've yet to find a dressing I actually like) but that's me.
I don't keep tabs on my calorie intake. I just make sure that the calories are quality.
blueberries can be found for 7 bucks, 24 ounces @Costco. I buy a pack every week. It usually lasts me 2 days cuz me and the gf eat that shit like candy.
Sweet. Good to know. Every place I went to (Whole Foods, Giant, Harris Teeter) was selling 4.4 oz for $4, Although they did have 24 oz for $4 in full season.
Holy shit was I was getting ripped off.
well technically there probably is some carbs allowed in the "Soup Diet" but i'm just sayin... if your diet is pwning you maybe you should try interval fad dieting or something
Neither one pwns the other. I trained for a marathon and put on fat. I have also done no cardio before, just some weights and lost fat. Professional endurance athletes all have to actively cut back food to trim up for their big races (be it Ironman or Tour de France) despite months of tons of exercise before hand. It always came down to calories. Exercise merely raises or lowers the number needed to maintain. The end result is still as above calories in < calories out.
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
People like simple, it's the effort that they don't like. There was one diet pill that did work. But it was from Mexico and contained a tapeworm larvae. You can google the lasting side effects
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