nikki
Ok, so when i was younger i hardly ate anything, i used to go days without food then binge eat and i was a healthy weight somehow, but i wasn't happy. I wouldn't eat because i thought i was fat and didn't want the people around me to see me eating so i would basically starve myself til i got home. about 3 years ago i moved onto a new group of friends who i was really comfortable around and i met my boyfriend who i am still with now, i would eat around these people but all the wrong foods and my weight soon spiraled out of control. I have tried everything, gym, diet, pills, but i can't shift the weight or maybe i give up too soon. I have a problem because i only like apples no other fruit, i don't like any veg bar potatoes and i hate all salad! I have now came up with a plan of foods that i do like to try and stick to it. here it is:
as soon as i get up i will have a cup of honey, lemon juice with hot water
for my breakfast an hour or so later i will have a yogurts or actimel
for my dinner i will choose one of the following: ham sandwich, jacket potato with beans, beans on toast, toastie, pasta with eggs and chicken.
I will allow myself to have my evening meal every night before 6pm but cut down my portion.
for a snack i will have either an apple, yoghurt, or another honey and lemon drink.
and i will drink nothing apart from water, cranberry juice, green tea and my honey and lemon drink.
I will exercise 3 times per week, on my trampoline for approx 30 mins and use my slimray on stubborn areas 3times per week.
does this seem like it could help me? i am really unhappy but find it so hard to stick to things. by allowin myself my evening meal and to stick to foods i like i feel like i would be able to stick to this plan! would it work? please help.
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You haven't mentioned your age, height or weight nor how many calories you've been eating per day? The diet you propose is critically lacking in calcium and protein (and I do mean critically lacking). Without adequate calcium, you will suffer bone loss and, without enough protein, you will cause muscle-wasting - the heart is a muscle which also requires potassium to 'ignite' it. Just to introduce yourself to some foods whixh are good to begin the day with, try some Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds & topped with 1/2 cup frozen blueberries.- the darker the fruit, the more vitamins.
There are no vitamins which contain protein but you can take a calcium supplement - Citracal is less likely to upset your stomach than other forms and, if you're under age 23, you would need to have 1,800mg. a day. You should also take a mulivitamin geared for your age group (B-vit's and iron).
Honey has 65 calories per TBsp. and has no nutritional value - for 80 calories, you can have a Yoplait no-fat yoghurt or, for 75 calories, 6 oz. of 1% fat milk - both give you 18% of your daily calcium requirement. (Btw - nice to see someone else knows how to, correctly, spell yoghurt). Apples have barely any nutritional value - a 2-1/2" apple has 75 calories but 6oz. of orange juice provides 10 times the vitamin C for 75 calories and 6 oz. of cranberry juice has 85 calories but 10% less Vit. C (I do drink it often).
You really need to broaden your horizons when it comes to the foods you 'like' - it's my, educated, opinion you may have a 'borderline eating disorder' (also, a distanced opinion).
Using a trampoline is just an 'ok' choice for 'exercise' - you should consider speed-walking which is as beneficial a cardio-exercise as running / jogging -- five miles (7.5 Km) in one hour is what you should aim for - I'm 72 and do that (my mother did until she was 85). I'm 5'4" and 51 kilo's - my mother was 5'0" and 40 kilo's -- we did this 5 days a week for many years!
Breakfast IS the most important meal of the day - what is your body supposed to use as an energy source to get you through the day if you don't 'Break' the overnight 'Fast' with food? You shouldn't be eating less than 1,100 calories a day and must begin reading labels to be sure you get your adequate calcium and 45 mg. protein each day plus, at the least, 10 gms. fibre.
Breakfast: 1 cup cantaloupe cubes (65), or 1 cup halved strawberries (50) - very high in fibre (and 12 times the Vit. C of an apple + 1/2 cup low-fat cottage cheese (80), - or milk or yoghurt) +1 slice 100% whole-grain toast (75), with 1-1/2 tsp. butter or marg (45). (yes - the body requires some fat) = avg. 255 cals (same as kilojoules) When I have this breakfast, I add 2 slices of microwaved bacon for 50 calories (8gm protein). I'm assuming you're not in USA - Yanks don't usually have beans on toast but, as I've probably, lived in your country (Aust., NZ, or UK?) I have this with sausages and have my toast with butter & Vegemite (not keen on Marmite) plus gooey cheese! You may want to consider having a hard-boiled egg as part of your diet (77 cals and 6 gm. more protein).
Your dinner choices sound ok - but suggest you have the ham sandwich only twice a week and for another sandwich filling, how about cooking a 5 oz. boneless chicken breast which will do you for 2 sandwiches? If you would, normally, use butter on this, you might want to try Hellman's (same as Best Foods) mayonnaise mixed with some ketchup - similar to a Marie dressing or mixed with a bit of Dijon mustard (very good). If you wrap it in foil with a bit of garlic, lemon juice & parsley, it will have a nice flavour (be careful to not overcook it - toaster oven at 375 for 18-20 mins.).The half a chicken breast will give you 20gm protein which is almost half what you require (45gm) in a day.
As a snack, a nectarine (or some berries or more yoghurt) - remember to have some berries each day as they're so good for you with High Vit. C). Whatever you choose will be near 65 to 80 calories.
Again, pasta, isn't a good source of much and rice has zero of most everything but, you might want to try a whole wheat pasta -- I have a whole-wheat linguine in my pantry which I, really like with->
roasted asparagus, sauteed mushroom slices, a bit of diced Canadian bacon and 'smoked mozzarella' (a few small cubes of smoked Gouda might go well in this if you cvan't find smoked mozzarella - cook pasta, roast asp. & saute mushrooms using 1 tsp. butter to 2 tsp. olive oil (the good-for-you-fat component).then add bacon to the mushrooms for a minute. I put all back into the pasta pan. add the cheese & put the lid on for a few mins. to melt the cheese - this is very Yummy! Your dinner = 340 to 380 cals. on average.
Evening meal - 3 oz. beef or 4 oz. chicken(200 cal each) with 1/2 cup mash (made with whole milk & butter = 120) and 1 cup green veg (spinach, green beans = 35). After dinner, 1 yoghurt or a piece of fruit (or 1 Lemon Crisp
You haven't mentioned your age, height or weight nor how many calories you've been eating per day? The diet you propose is critically lacking in calcium and protein (and I do mean critically lacking). Without adequate calcium, you will suffer bone loss and, without enough protein, you will cause muscle-wasting - the heart is a muscle which also requires potassium to 'ignite' it. Just to introduce yourself to some foods whixh are good to begin the day with, try some Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds & topped with 1/2 cup frozen blueberries.- the darker the fruit, the more vitamins.
There are no vitamins which contain protein but you can take a calcium supplement - Citracal is less likely to upset your stomach than other forms and, if you're under age 23, you would need to have 1,800mg. a day. You should also take a mulivitamin geared for your age group (B-vit's and iron).
Honey has 65 calories per TBsp. and has no nutritional value - for 80 calories, you can have a Yoplait no-fat yoghurt or, for 75 calories, 6 oz. of 1% fat milk - both give you 18% of your daily calcium requirement. (Btw - nice to see someone else knows how to, correctly, spell yoghurt). Apples have barely any nutritional value - a 2-1/2" apple has 75 calories but 6oz. of orange juice provides 10 times the vitamin C for 75 calories and 6 oz. of cranberry juice has 85 calories but 10% less Vit. C (I do drink it often).
You really need to broaden your horizons when it comes to the foods you 'like' - it's my, educated, opinion you may have a 'borderline eating disorder' (also, a distanced opinion).
Using a trampoline is just an 'ok' choice for 'exercise' - you should consider speed-walking which is as beneficial a cardio-exercise as running / jogging -- five miles (7.5 Km) in one hour is what you should aim for - I'm 72 and do that (my mother did until she was 85). I'm 5'4" and 51 kilo's - my mother was 5'0" and 40 kilo's -- we did this 5 days a week for many years!
Breakfast IS the most important meal of the day - what is your body supposed to use as an energy source to get you through the day if you don't 'Break' the overnight 'Fast' with food? You shouldn't be eating less than 1,100 calories a day and must begin reading labels to be sure you get your adequate calcium and 45 mg. protein each day plus, at the least, 10 gms. fibre.
Breakfast: 1 cup cantaloupe cubes (65), or 1 cup halved strawberries (50) - very high in fibre (and 12 times the Vit. C of an apple + 1/2 cup low-fat cottage cheese (80), - or milk or yoghurt) +1 slice 100% whole-grain toast (75), with 1-1/2 tsp. butter or marg (45). (yes - the body requires some fat) = avg. 255 cals (same as kilojoules) When I have this breakfast, I add 2 slices of microwaved bacon for 50 calories (8gm protein). I'm assuming you're not in USA - Yanks don't usually have beans on toast but, as I've probably, lived in your country (Aust., NZ, or UK?) I have this with sausages and have my toast with butter & Vegemite (not keen on Marmite) plus gooey cheese! You may want to consider having a hard-boiled egg as part of your diet (77 cals and 6 gm. more protein).
Your dinner choices sound ok - but suggest you have the ham sandwich only twice a week and for another sandwich filling, how about cooking a 5 oz. boneless chicken breast which will do you for 2 sandwiches? If you would, normally, use butter on this, you might want to try Hellman's (same as Best Foods) mayonnaise mixed with some ketchup - similar to a Marie dressing or mixed with a bit of Dijon mustard (very good). If you wrap it in foil with a bit of garlic, lemon juice & parsley, it will have a nice flavour (be careful to not overcook it - toaster oven at 375 for 18-20 mins.).The half a chicken breast will give you 20gm protein which is almost half what you require (45gm) in a day.
As a snack, a nectarine (or some berries or more yoghurt) - remember to have some berries each day as they're so good for you with High Vit. C). Whatever you choose will be near 65 to 80 calories.
Again, pasta, isn't a good source of much and rice has zero of most everything but, you might want to try a whole wheat pasta -- I have a whole-wheat linguine in my pantry which I, really like with->
roasted asparagus, sauteed mushroom slices, a bit of diced Canadian bacon and 'smoked mozzarella' (a few small cubes of smoked Gouda might go well in this if you cvan't find smoked mozzarella - cook pasta, roast asp. & saute mushrooms using 1 tsp. butter to 2 tsp. olive oil (the good-for-you-fat component).then add bacon to the mushrooms for a minute. I put all back into the pasta pan. add the cheese & put the lid on for a few mins. to melt the cheese - this is very Yummy! Your dinner = 340 to 380 cals. on average.
Evening meal - 3 oz. beef or 4 oz. chicken(200 cal each) with 1/2 cup mash (made with whole milk & butter = 120) and 1 cup green veg (spinach, green beans = 35). After dinner, 1 yoghurt or a piece of fruit (or 1 Lemon Crisp
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