What to eat?

Lucigen

Hello! My name is Luciana and I live in Italy. I used to be vegan for 5 years and now I switched to a lacto-vegetarian alimentation (veggies, fruits, cereals and dairy).

I've started to go to gym three days per week; my workout is composed by 15min cardio - some free body exercises (squats, abs, pulley machine) - 20min cardio.

I think that my gym routine is ok but I have problems with the alimentation. I am really desperate because I often binge and I struggle to find an equilibrium.

I don't know how and what to eat to lose 7kg of water retention and fat.
Which is the secret to remove that ugly "softness" that makes me feel bad?

Thank you for your help, have a great day!

RodaRose

Are you eating enough fat and protein: fava beans, lentils, garbanzo beans, borlotti beans?
Also, cheese, nuts, avocadoes, other oils.
Eat less fruit in order to fit in the fat and protein. Try it for two weeks. You might feel better.

TavistockToad

Lucigen wrote: »

Which is the secret to remove that ugly "softness" that makes me feel bad?

Thank you for your help, have a great day!

calorie deficit, its as simple as that.

if you're bingeing it may be because you're eating too little or restricting yourself too much.

kommodevaran

That softness is part of being a woman, and not ugly, and if you feel it makes you ugly, please seek professional help.

You can't have a healthy diet without a healthy relationship with food. A healthy diet is balanced and varied. A healthy relationship with food is feeling safe around food, and allowing oneself, no, taking care, to eat as much as one needs of any food one wants.

TavistockToad

kommodevaran wrote: »

That softness is part of being a woman, and not ugly, and if you feel it makes you ugly, please seek professional help.

You can't have a healthy diet without a healthy relationship with food. A healthy diet is balanced and varied. A healthy relationship with food is feeling safe around food, and allowing oneself, no, taking care, to eat as much as one needs of any food one wants.

i would have to disagree with the first part... if OP is fat then the 'softness' is fat, that's not because she's a woman, its because she's fat.

that of course depends on OPs stats.

foggydunes

I struggle to meet the protein requirements but feel okay and am not hungry. I started doing a barre class and strength training and it is making me more firm and less soft. You might try switching up your working and try a class that pushes you too. Its a long haul to make noticeable changes but eliminating sugar and alcohol will jump start the redistribution of your weight.