366lbs to 266lbs -what is working for me
366to266
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My current regime, on which I am never hungry, feel great, and am losing 1.5 to 2lb a week.
Breakfast - (almost) zero carb and high fat fish or meat. Example: pickled herring with double cream, tin of tuna with mayonnaise, cooked ham, chicken thigh, Polish sausage. Pint of tea - either fruit, lemon or Indian tea with milk. (if milk use soy milk, lower carb).
Main meal (around 2 to 4pm): Big bowl of low carb and high fat salad (different types of lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, spring onions, sweet peppers, olives, onion, red and white cabbage, a LITTLE carrot or beetroot) drizzled with lemon or lime juice, plenty of good olive oil, and mayonnaise. Served with 200g-300g of high fat fish or meat. Example: prawns, white fish, tuna, haddock, sardine, mackerel, pilchard, salmon, chicken, ham, gammon, hamburger. Pint of tea as above.
Dinner (if needed) - same as breakfast.
Snack if needed (I rarely need) - hard boiled eggs mashed in mayonnaise. Tin of tuna mashed in mayonnaise. Pint of tea.
Supplements - ten nutritional pills a day, from St John's Wort to a multivitamin, Vit C, ALA, magnesium, potassium, chromium, and other stuff (I forgot what they are LOL)
Mostly I am having breakfast around 9am, main meal at around 5pm and nothing till the next day breakfast (because I am not hungry).
I think this comes to about 1600-1800 calories and about 20 to 30 carbs a day.
Exercise
One hour of aquazumba, 3 or 4 times a week. Small bits of walking, gently building up to longer distances over time.
For the past 9 days I have eaten no meat - only fish. I worried that it would not be as sustaining or filling as meat, but I feel great on it -- and not hungry at all!
Breakfast - (almost) zero carb and high fat fish or meat. Example: pickled herring with double cream, tin of tuna with mayonnaise, cooked ham, chicken thigh, Polish sausage. Pint of tea - either fruit, lemon or Indian tea with milk. (if milk use soy milk, lower carb).
Main meal (around 2 to 4pm): Big bowl of low carb and high fat salad (different types of lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, spring onions, sweet peppers, olives, onion, red and white cabbage, a LITTLE carrot or beetroot) drizzled with lemon or lime juice, plenty of good olive oil, and mayonnaise. Served with 200g-300g of high fat fish or meat. Example: prawns, white fish, tuna, haddock, sardine, mackerel, pilchard, salmon, chicken, ham, gammon, hamburger. Pint of tea as above.
Dinner (if needed) - same as breakfast.
Snack if needed (I rarely need) - hard boiled eggs mashed in mayonnaise. Tin of tuna mashed in mayonnaise. Pint of tea.
Supplements - ten nutritional pills a day, from St John's Wort to a multivitamin, Vit C, ALA, magnesium, potassium, chromium, and other stuff (I forgot what they are LOL)
Mostly I am having breakfast around 9am, main meal at around 5pm and nothing till the next day breakfast (because I am not hungry).
I think this comes to about 1600-1800 calories and about 20 to 30 carbs a day.
Exercise
One hour of aquazumba, 3 or 4 times a week. Small bits of walking, gently building up to longer distances over time.
For the past 9 days I have eaten no meat - only fish. I worried that it would not be as sustaining or filling as meat, but I feel great on it -- and not hungry at all!
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That's a hell of a lot of fat by way of oil and mayonnaise there. I would worry about cholesterol levels.
Why no carbs? Where's the fresh fruit, nuts etc? Variety gives the best nutrition.
I started a pound heavier than you and can assure you that you don't need to cut out everything to make good progress.
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After August I tried the "everything in moderation" diet.
I have gained 11lb.
So now I am back on the original high fat low carb diet that caused me to lose 31lb last year!0
