i posted a topic on diet plan and now i want

[kbgirl]

I really feel for you Mat. Wanting to lose weight and wanting it bad enough to actually change your lifestyle are two totally different things. I am female and weighed over 150lbs at 12 years old. By 15 I weighed almost 180 and I topped out about 3 years ago at almost 220lbs.

 

I decided one day, don't really know how it happened, to learn how to eat healthier. I didn't think OMG, I need to lose weight, but I just knew that something was not right with my diet... actually, I had this thought after consuming an entire medium stuffed crust pizza and a pint of Ben & Jerry's. For dinner.

 

I signed up at Weight Watchers. They can teach you how to 1) find healthier alternatives to what you're eating now, 2) find a balance between eating enough to sustain your metabolism but still lose weight, and 3) increase your food intake when needed to account for increased activity.

 

At a weight of 230 lbs, here is a combination of foods you could eat, that would fit within the weight watchers guidelines and allow you to lose weight. I'll tell you this, but you cannot expect to eat the same thing every day and stick to it for any length of time.

 

Check out the website https://www.weightwatchers.com and read through the message boards (beware of the Newbie board and the General board).

 

Breakfast:

 

2 slices of high fiber toast (+3g fiber/slice) with 1 tbsp fat free cream cheese or no-sugar-added fruit jam (not both, and no margarine) on each. A banana or other piece of fruit.

 

Mid-Morning Snack:

 

Nutri-grain bar or fat-free fruit yogurt or fat free pudding (if you can't handle giving up all the sweets) plus some veggies - carrots or celery... I like cuccumber.

 

Lunch:

 

Vegetable soup or salad (good to get veggies in, be sure to use fat free dressing or just a little olive oil with balsamic vinegar)

 

1 cup of lasagna (made with fat free cheese & whole wheat pasta, if possible) OR, a sandwich (no mayo, no cheese) with about 3 oz fat free sandwich meat & lettuce & tomato, OR, a wrap with grilled chicken breast (about 3 oz, again) and whatever veggies you like

 

Mid-afternoon snack:

 

Another piece of fruit, or a couple of crackers (really, I do mean 2 maybe 3), a favourite snack of mine is Ryvita crackers with "Laughing Cow light" brand cheese (2 wedges between 2 crackers like a sandwich)

 

Dinner:

 

A 4oz piece of meat (lean chicken, beef, pork... whatever you like - 4oz is about the size of a deck of cards) with grilled vegetables and no more than 1/2 cup of rice or potato (that's about the size of an ice-cream scoop). Don't add margarine or butter, but you can add fat free sour cream.

 

OR, you could have a cup of pasta with tomato sauce with veggies added in - stay away from cream sauces or cheese sauces.

 

Evening Snack (if you must):

 

Buy Orville Reddenbacher's Smart Pop microwave popcorn. It's low in fat, high in fiber, and I lost over 50 lbs eating almost a bag a night... it takes care of the need to much without adding a lot of calories. I would ABSOLUTELY NOT advocate eating a bag a night for a long period of time - there is a lot of salt, preservatives, additives etc. that don't do a lot of good to your body, but this particular product helped me to lose weight without having made ALL the lifestyle changes I ended up making in the end.

 

In general, stay away from butter, mayonaise, full fat salad dressings and full-fat dairy products. Aim for 5 servings of fruit & vegetables daily. Try and get in two servings of skim milk or yogurt daily. The higher fiber something is, the better it is for you. Drink lots of water (minimum 1.5L per day).

 

Really Mat, these are just guidelines. No one can do this for you, but if you just look at making small changes in your life... one at a time... you can do it. It is possible. I'm now very healthy with a BMI of 24, 19% body fat, 5'7" and 156 lbs.

 

Try not to be desperate to lose weight. Make this a quest to learn what your body needs and what it doesn't need... then make small changes.

 

Good luck.

[Drunken Monkey]

Wanting to lose weight and wanting it bad enough to actually change your lifestyle are two totally different things.

 

and that is exactly what is bothering me about this.

 

the first time he asked/mentioned wanting to look at a new diet to 'show his doctor' was three months ago (june 29th)

 

this thread was started on sept 25th.

 

if he really wants to lose weight, what has he been doing for the last three months?

 

c'mon, three months to sort out a diet?