Eating Better; SO LOST!

lcunningham12
lcunningham12 Posts: 36
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Im just starting out at this whole losing weight thing and eating healthier. ( For the millionth restart!)

(Side Note: Before this week I tried to eat healthier and most of my menu was the same as below except for dinner wise I did a microwave meal and a side)

My meals this week are breakfast bar and 1 cup of milk in the morning, tuna sandwich- ham sandwich (on wheat with mayo made with olive oil)- tuna and ritz crackers, always like a chip and cheese as side (Chips are usually the new Veggie Straw chips and the pops! chips and the cheese is either pepperjack stick or light cheese circle things) and then dinner is either chicken or turkey with a side. (sweet potato fries, brown rice, refried beans made with olive oil, or a veggie). Dessert is either a blueberry bagel with blueberry cream cheese or a yogurt. For a snack I try to mostly try to do the Pop chips or Sunflower seeds.

Someone told me today that the only thing wrong she found was that I have too many simple carbs in my diet. So I started looking and trying to find better meals and this is what I came up. Any advice, comments, or questions are welcome!!

For breakfast I plan on doing a boiled egg or yogurt with a glass of milk. Lunch is going to be mushroom pizzas( hollowed out mushrooms with toppings), tuna salad w/ light cheese(Laughing cow cheese circle hings lol) or veggie, or a ham/cheese roll up with cucumbers. Dinner is chicken salad, baked chicken + a veggie, chicken tacos and beans, turkey bugers (lettuce instead of bun) and carrot and celery sticks, or turkey taco salad (lettuce bowl). Snack wise sunflower seeds, almonds, or a pickle. Dessert is yogurt or paleo peanut butter cookies. and lots of WATER.

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  • dubbledizzle
    dubbledizzle Posts: 7 Member
    Your proposed diet sounds pretty good and balanced. Do you make the paleo peanut butter cookies yourself?
  • lcunningham12
    lcunningham12 Posts: 36
    I find a recipe online so I am going to give it a try. They sound pretty healthy so I am kind of curious to see how they turn out.
  • Cerakoala
    Cerakoala Posts: 2,547 Member
    IT sounds great but don't be afraid to experiment I am someone who gets bored with foods :) I need different things all the time :) Honestly I have found that as long as my meals include the outer aisles of the grocery store and not the middle isles they tend to be healthy meals. The tend to put all the processed food in the middle aisles and fruits. veggies, meats yogurts, milks etc around all the edges. Stick to the edges when shopping mostly and make meals from there of things you think you would enjoy :) I do a lot of stirfrys. protein lots of veggies and a little sauce :)
  • LoupGarouTFTs
    LoupGarouTFTs Posts: 916 Member
    It sounds as if you have some good ideas on the menu, but it seems a bit rigid and restrictive if that's all you plan to eat. You might want to add a few more options if you plan to make a permanent change and keep the weight off.
  • DecemberPsalm
    DecemberPsalm Posts: 97 Member
    Sounds good to me (and not just because I'm reading while hungry, lol)! But like everyone says, you're going to have to come up with other meals as well, as to not get into a rut :)
  • rebeccaisafish
    rebeccaisafish Posts: 87 Member
    One boiled egg and some milk for breakfast would have me STARVING very quickly, but I'm a big breakfast eater! So do whatever works for you!
  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
    These all helped me a lot. I have found it's all about lifestyle changes to make the weight loss sustainable and lasting. Is this diet plan what you are planning on eating the rest of your life or just until you reach goal?

    Read these:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here?hl=so+you're+new+here

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/974888-in-place-of-a-road-map-2k13

    TL:DR the link right above this one then ->http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/975025-in-place-of-a-road-map-short-n-sweet

    If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal
    If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal
    If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal
    If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal
    If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal

    Want to lift heavy things?
    http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/

    Stronglifts Summary
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/560459-stronglifts-5x5-summary

    Stronglifts Womens Group
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/4601-stronglifts-5x5-for-women
  • itsbasschick
    itsbasschick Posts: 1,584 Member
    you had very few simple carbs in your example - they are complex carbs, which are good for extended energy but like anything, eating too many can cause you to store the extra calories as fat. i suggest you cut down your carbs for breakfast and lunch, but not cut them out altogether. make smaller changes, and pay attention to how your body feels as you make them. and i hope you log your calories - that has helped me the most.
  • ajff
    ajff Posts: 986 Member
    Whenever I am wondering what I could be eating, I scope out other people's food diaries. It gives me ideas of what to do and what not to do (not everyone here eats the way I want to, but whatever works for them!).
  • lcunningham12
    lcunningham12 Posts: 36
    This is just my first week of ideas. I plan on incorporating what works and getting rid of what doesnt and finding a new recipe if need be. I plan on trying out as many new things as possible until my husband comes home from this deployment. That way when he does come home I will have some form of a cycle of meals to feed him! Lol. He has lost like 30 lbs since he has been over seas and I want him to come home to healthy eating. Im excited to start trying this on Monday! I just have to keep motivating myself not to eat out. That is my biggest problem because we are family always on the go and packing a lunch is not an option because ive never stop long enough to really eat, but I am going to do my damnedest to keep the fast food places out of our lives.
  • LoupGarouTFTs
    LoupGarouTFTs Posts: 916 Member
    Eating out is not a major problem, if you plan it the same way you plan anything else. I had a terrific breakfast at IHOP recently, off the children's menu. When I explained I needed to have a smaller meal for "health reasons" they were happy to do it.

    Anyway, congrats on planning the healthier eating! I'll bet your husband will appreciate the new you, as well as the wonderful food you'll be giving him when he returns! (And I appreciate your husband's service--thank you both from the bottom of my heart.)
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    It sounds as if you have some good ideas on the menu, but it seems a bit rigid and restrictive if that's all you plan to eat. You might want to add a few more options if you plan to make a permanent change and keep the weight off.

    I second this. OP, eat what you normally eat, just make sure you hit your macros. I think you are struggling with some misconceptions about how to lose weight, as you said you have been unsuccessful many times in the past. To lose weight, all you need is a calorie deficit. To maximize fat lose and minimize muscle loss, hit your macros and eat whatever you like. No special 'diet' or 'healthy' foods are required.
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    Honestly the primary questions I would ask yourself are:

    1) Are you able to adhere to your diet?
    2) Are you satisfied (not miserable) while on your diet?
    3) Are you in a calorie deficit?

    And if the answer is yes to all of the above I'd be hesitant to change things, at least significantly.

    Now that being said you might benefit by increasing your protein intake (which may occur at the expense of carbohydrate but that depends on the variables present) and you may benefit from increasing your fruit and vegetable intake, and these things may contribute to the above questions.

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