gailrmv
Ideal_Rock
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hi!
you might remember my thread about how hard a time I have been having losing weight. The normal stuff, i.e. exercise more and count calories, is just not working. Got checked out for any health problems and got a clean bill of health. Yay! But I still have about 30 pounds I NEED to lose.
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/weight-loss-advice-encouragement.42594/=
Several people gave the helpful advice that maybe I should try low carb. The nutritionist I saw last fall suggested it too, and it seems as good a time as any to give it a try. I''m not going to do atkins per se, because I don''t like how they make you give up or limit fruit and vegetables which in my opinion are healthy and good foods! I also do not plan on eating high fat foods like you are allowed on Atkins because it just doesn''t seem healthy. So I''m going to focus my diet around lean proteins, fruits, and vegetables, and low fat dairy, and then eventually have some whole grain carbs in small servings. I have tried just about everything else and nothing has worked - hopefully this will!! I''ll give it a few weeks and see if I see any results. Oh, and no more than one meal a week I will indulge in something like Mexican food or pasta. Do you think one meal a week will mess up my plan? I think it would motivate me to keep on plan the rest of the time, and I would still eat only a moderate portion.
So, anyone else doing something similar? Moral support?
Oh yeah, and I also exercise a TON and as a result I feel hungry a lot of the time. (That''s why the low calorie approach has been so frustrating, I''m not losing weight and I am hungry all the time!) Anyone have any recipes or suggestions for meals/snacks that are healthy, low carb and really help you feel full??!! I love fruits and vegetables but they only seem to keep me full for an hour or so!
By the way, I heard something on the radio the other day about how the food industry has started sneaking corn syrup into a lot of things to make it taste better, and that this is fueling the obesity epidemic (people getting addicted to sugar). How disgusting!
you might remember my thread about how hard a time I have been having losing weight. The normal stuff, i.e. exercise more and count calories, is just not working. Got checked out for any health problems and got a clean bill of health. Yay! But I still have about 30 pounds I NEED to lose.
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/weight-loss-advice-encouragement.42594/=
Several people gave the helpful advice that maybe I should try low carb. The nutritionist I saw last fall suggested it too, and it seems as good a time as any to give it a try. I''m not going to do atkins per se, because I don''t like how they make you give up or limit fruit and vegetables which in my opinion are healthy and good foods! I also do not plan on eating high fat foods like you are allowed on Atkins because it just doesn''t seem healthy. So I''m going to focus my diet around lean proteins, fruits, and vegetables, and low fat dairy, and then eventually have some whole grain carbs in small servings. I have tried just about everything else and nothing has worked - hopefully this will!! I''ll give it a few weeks and see if I see any results. Oh, and no more than one meal a week I will indulge in something like Mexican food or pasta. Do you think one meal a week will mess up my plan? I think it would motivate me to keep on plan the rest of the time, and I would still eat only a moderate portion.
So, anyone else doing something similar? Moral support?
Oh yeah, and I also exercise a TON and as a result I feel hungry a lot of the time. (That''s why the low calorie approach has been so frustrating, I''m not losing weight and I am hungry all the time!) Anyone have any recipes or suggestions for meals/snacks that are healthy, low carb and really help you feel full??!! I love fruits and vegetables but they only seem to keep me full for an hour or so!
By the way, I heard something on the radio the other day about how the food industry has started sneaking corn syrup into a lot of things to make it taste better, and that this is fueling the obesity epidemic (people getting addicted to sugar). How disgusting!