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Nan, years ago I had to lose a considerable amount of weight (for me).
The first thing I did was found a pocket calorie/fat counter at the
grocery store, and a small spiral ring notebook I carried in my back
pocket for a few months.
During the day I wrote down everything I ate, and I mean everything.
Then when I got home I sat down with the calorie counter and figured
what I was taking in a day, it was nearly 2800 calories! I was in my
early 40's then and active, but still getting fat. After a few
days/weeks you start to know what you are taking in and make adjustments
in portion sizes and "some" foods. I say some because I firmly believe
the best way to diet is eat all day, and eat what you like in between,
along with exercise. Eventually I became (my body became) accustomed to
the 1800 or so calories a day I was having, and it told me what to eat,
and when to eat it without even thinking about it.
You have to find a way to eat breakfast, every day. Second find foods
that you can fill up on like vegies or other low fat foods between the
three (to five) meals a day you should be having. With the availability
of low fat foods to choose from now adays, this should be no problem.
Try different "low fat" things at the store and if you get something you
hate, throw it away and try something else until you find things you
enjoy, that won't kill you. Primarily, I don't endorse "diet" foods,
they mostly taste like poo, poo.. Just find real food you can live with
and learn to eat it properly. If you don't like what you are eating, you
won't eat it.. period...
Snacks are cool. Potato chips, Ice Cream, yes even Pizza.. Just write it
down and learn to adjust your day around the things you can't help
eating. For instance, you might have to limit with a measuring cup, your
Ice Cream to 1/3 cup for 140 calories. Now if you have a half cup, it
just means your meat portion that dinner goes from 4 oz, to 3, and you
only get a half cup of milk with supper. You do need to try to
incorporate more "healthy" stuff into the mix, but don't deprive
yourself of the things you love, or someday you will just go crazy and
binge... Trust me, diet food doesn't work. Real food, eaten with a good
understanding of how it fits into your diet, works...
Either way, after a few weeks I could snack all day, and eat what I
wanted but I had grown accustomed to some changes. Smaller portions of
the fatty stuff, and no seconds. I knew for instance if I was going to
have say Hotdogs that night, I would not have the chips at lunch because
of the salt. I could have chips tomorrow though, because we were having
very little meat with tomorrow's dinner. Over the first month, I weened
myself off of cream and sugar (not all the way) so I could have more
milk at dinner, etc...
So again, eat all day. Don't get hungry and have breakfast. You MUST put
some kind of activity with the diet to allow your body to do it's part
of the deal... Good luck and don't go hungry, just eat smart...
Good luck, Scotty
Nan, years ago I had to lose a considerable amount of weight (for me).
The first thing I did was found a pocket calorie/fat counter at the
grocery store, and a small spiral ring notebook I carried in my back
pocket for a few months.
During the day I wrote down everything I ate, and I mean everything.
Then when I got home I sat down with the calorie counter and figured
what I was taking in a day, it was nearly 2800 calories! I was in my
early 40's then and active, but still getting fat. After a few
days/weeks you start to know what you are taking in and make adjustments
in portion sizes and "some" foods. I say some because I firmly believe
the best way to diet is eat all day, and eat what you like in between,
along with exercise. Eventually I became (my body became) accustomed to
the 1800 or so calories a day I was having, and it told me what to eat,
and when to eat it without even thinking about it.
You have to find a way to eat breakfast, every day. Second find foods
that you can fill up on like vegies or other low fat foods between the
three (to five) meals a day you should be having. With the availability
of low fat foods to choose from now adays, this should be no problem.
Try different "low fat" things at the store and if you get something you
hate, throw it away and try something else until you find things you
enjoy, that won't kill you. Primarily, I don't endorse "diet" foods,
they mostly taste like poo, poo.. Just find real food you can live with
and learn to eat it properly. If you don't like what you are eating, you
won't eat it.. period...
Snacks are cool. Potato chips, Ice Cream, yes even Pizza.. Just write it
down and learn to adjust your day around the things you can't help
eating. For instance, you might have to limit with a measuring cup, your
Ice Cream to 1/3 cup for 140 calories. Now if you have a half cup, it
just means your meat portion that dinner goes from 4 oz, to 3, and you
only get a half cup of milk with supper. You do need to try to
incorporate more "healthy" stuff into the mix, but don't deprive
yourself of the things you love, or someday you will just go crazy and
binge... Trust me, diet food doesn't work. Real food, eaten with a good
understanding of how it fits into your diet, works...
Either way, after a few weeks I could snack all day, and eat what I
wanted but I had grown accustomed to some changes. Smaller portions of
the fatty stuff, and no seconds. I knew for instance if I was going to
have say Hotdogs that night, I would not have the chips at lunch because
of the salt. I could have chips tomorrow though, because we were having
very little meat with tomorrow's dinner. Over the first month, I weened
myself off of cream and sugar (not all the way) so I could have more
milk at dinner, etc...
So again, eat all day. Don't get hungry and have breakfast. You MUST put
some kind of activity with the diet to allow your body to do it's part
of the deal... Good luck and don't go hungry, just eat smart...
Good luck, Scotty
and I do not want others to be in mine. After that