The Diet Thread

zoogies said:
PuttinUp6 said:
I used to be at 265....Im down to 185 and hoping to pop back up to 205 (of muscle hopefully).....The first thing that I did was start eating breakfast every morning and chase it with a glass of water.....get the metabolism going.....i cut out all sugars (besides fruit).....no soda, no candy.....gave up beer....I then gave up eating all meat in general and became a vegetarian (not necessary for losing weight, it was a personal choice for me).....the BEST thing that i can offer to the many great things already posted is to try a grain called Quinoa (keen-wa)......steam it up with some vegetables and it is 100% healthy meal that fills you up and hits on all your nutritional needs.....

oh and hit the gym 6 nights a week...
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Quinoa is delicious and extremely easy to make. Gotta +1 to that one.

Also, beer is such watered down alcohol. By all means have some hard liquor (I don't mean candy though). But cut the beer. There's nothing that great about it!
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Give up beer? .....shudder.....maybe those expando trousers would do the trick.

 
I was accidentally a vegetarian for awhile after I gave up fast food and I really didn't miss it. I was still eating eggs and cheese though. (I should probably add that I've never been much of a hamburger fan, which is probably what would be the hardest thing to give up for most people. That and bacon).

Just a snack idea. Maybe I'm slow but I'd never thought of it before. I was eating cottage cheese regularly already when it dawned on me that I could trick myself into eating more vegetables by using it as a dip, and it's pretty good. Unless you hate cottage cheese. I just don't like buying dip with added sugar/corn syrup/weird ingredients, so cheese works well. Gonna try it with cucumbers and bell peppers next.

 
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Moiraine said:
Just a snack idea. Maybe I'm slow but I'd never thought of it before. I was eating cottage cheese regularly already when it dawned on me that I could trick myself into eating more vegetables by using it as a dip, and it's pretty good. Unless you hate cottage cheese. I just don't like buying dip with added sugar/corn syrup/weird ingredients, so cheese works well. Gonna try it with cucumbers and bell peppers next.
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That's an interesting idea. I have a hard time eating enough vegetables.

knapplc said:
I used to drink pop all the time. Lots and lots. Now... it just doesn't appeal to me. One can a week is really about right, and even then I don't always finish it.
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Same here. It's been nearly a decade since I've drank it regularly. Can't stand the stuff anymore. I honestly can't remember the last time I had a pop.

 
Used to be an avid soda drinker, Mountain Dew and Dr. Pepper were my vices. I stopped drinking it two months now, and don't really miss it at all. Dropped a little bit of poundage as well.

 
I mainly just try to watch what I eat and maintain a regular workout schedule. Snacking healthy is a good start. I dont think I have seen this mentioned in this thread but greek yogurt is really good for you. Take a tub of regular greek yogurt and add some of that hidden valley ranch powder that is commonly done in sour cream. Eat that with potato chips instead of sour cream, or even better use tortilla chips or your favorite dipping vegetable. Great snack.

 
Plain (unsweetened/flavored) greek yogurt with your own fruits (say, an orange - citrusy stuff is nice) and some raw nuts for crunchiness - is excellent as well.

 
zoogies said:
Plain (unsweetened/flavored) greek yogurt with your own fruits (say, an orange - citrusy stuff is nice) and some raw nuts for crunchiness - is excellent as well.
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borNred said:
I have to add fruit to my greek yogurt, tried eating it plain once...almost puked
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Yogurts vary in the amount of calories they have. Some have only 90, while other (Danon) have 170. Still, I can get by on a single yogurt for breakfast. Which is an incredibly low-cal meal. I sometimes put a handful of Grapenuts in my yogurt. In fact, Grapenuts by itself isn't a bad choice. And milk of course.

 
Six years ago I topped the scale at 350 lbs. I'm now at 202 and owe my success to an author and lecturer Covert Bailey. His book and video series is called 'Fit or Fat.' Eat right exercise at least 3 times a week. Measure your percent of body fat, this is a very important number. You want to be at 12 to13 %. Don't rely on the simple insurance company manner of telling you how much you should weigh, i.e. if you are 5' 10" you should weigh 185. That's crap. If you are 6' 3" and you have 35 lbs of body fat and you are at 13% then you can weigh as much as 269. If you are at 200 and are at 13% then you would have 26 lbs. of body fat and 174 lbs. of lean body mass. Give Covert a chance his formula is fairly simple, sane and healthy. You will lose 2 to 3 lbs a week and you will feel great. Don't skip meals when you do that your body thinks its starving and will store fat as a source of fuel for your inner engine.

Good luck.

T_O_B

 
I cut out refined sugars, flour and most dairy products except for grass fed butter. I eat 2 good size meals a day because I eat when I am hungry. In addition, I typically have 1 cheat meal or at times, cheat day once a week. I am dropping about 2lbs per week, exactly the rate I want to drop at and I am looking leaner in the mirror. I pretty much follow a Paleo type diet and it has worked very well for me and others.

 
T_O_Bull said:
Six years ago I topped the scale at 350 lbs. I'm now at 202 and owe my success to an author and lecturer Covert Bailey. His book and video series is called 'Fit or Fat.' Eat right exercise at least 3 times a week. Measure your percent of body fat, this is a very important number. You want to be at 12 to13 %. Don't rely on the simple insurance company manner of telling you how much you should weigh, i.e. if you are 5' 10" you should weigh 185. That's crap. If you are 6' 3" and you have 35 lbs of body fat and you are at 13% then you can weigh as much as 269. If you are at 200 and are at 13% then you would have 26 lbs. of body fat and 174 lbs. of lean body mass. Give Covert a chance his formula is fairly simple, sane and healthy. You will lose 2 to 3 lbs a week and you will feel great. Don't skip meals when you do that your body thinks its starving and will store fat as a source of fuel for your inner engine.

Good luck.

T_O_B
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Dang, TOB! That is truly impressive! A testament to your will power. I'm 6'3" and hovering at 200lbs right now. I could stand to shed a few more lbs, to around 190 or so. And maybe put on a little bit of muscle. Just firm up a bit, I don't aspire to put on muscle mass. Svelte and fit is what I'm shooting for.

How do you measure body fat? Is there a way to do it at home, or do you need special equipment?

 
Chaddyboxer said:
I cut out refined sugars, flour and most dairy products except for grass fed butter. I eat 2 good size meals a day because I eat when I am hungry. In addition, I typically have 1 cheat meal or at times, cheat day once a week. I am dropping about 2lbs per week, exactly the rate I want to drop at and I am looking leaner in the mirror. I pretty much follow a Paleo type diet and it has worked very well for me and others.
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Sounds like you have self control.... Not sure I have that much self control.

I just watch the calorie intake.. I am down to 233 and probably the lowest I have been in like 7 years... I still have a keg for a belly, but it is going down.

My biggest problem is getting in a groove.. Once i do that, it is not hard to keep eating healthy because I am in a good schedule.

I will fall off and eat crappy here and there.. but my plan is get down to about 200-215 and then start lifting and toning... trying to go from fat to skinny to fit to toned to ripped...

Actually.. probably just be fit.

 
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