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karelyvazquez3
karelyvazquez3 Posts: 25 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I am currently at 200 lbs. i dont know what to do anymore its been hard for me to lose weighte :( id like to start out with about 30-45 mins of excersize and eat about 1500 calories a day. Id like to lose about 1-3 pounds per week but i dont know what to eat! Every meal plan i have heard of isnt apecific and coaches charge so much! Please can anyone give me a meal plan

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  • Marie047
    Marie047 Posts: 240 Member
    You can eat anything you like as long as it is within your calorie goal, make sure you weigh everything and measure liquids so you aren`t overeating. Exercise find something you enjoy or start with a brisk walk, just remember that MFP overestimates calories burned.
  • triumpet
    triumpet Posts: 29 Member
    You don't need a specific meal plan, just measure & log your food on here, keep processed food to a minimum, cook your own meals.
    I always cook in batches, I then freeze & use as required.
    I'm also on about 1500 today I'm having
    B= 2 poached eggs 2 bacon medallion & mushrooms
    L= homemade carrot &lentil soup 1slice bread machine bread, 10g butter
    D= roast beef, 2 roast potatoes, cauliflower , broccoli & carrots & gravy
    Still got 150cals left over, which I will probably save for the weekend glass of wine

    To make things easy I tend to have soups every lunchtime, & eggs for breakfast, I snack (if needed) on fruit or veg
  • paulperryman
    paulperryman Posts: 839 Member
    Follow my diary if you want, i got down from 244lbs to 168lbs in about 16months
    currently on maintenance i eat about 2300 calories but during my weight loss my sweet spot was 1600-2000. and that achieved you will go through plateaus and have to change things up every couple of months

    as for a gym guide, go as often as possible til you get the bulk of the weight off but do 60mins a day of something besides walking, i was going twice a day sometimes and walking aswell, burning around 1500 calories a 60min session doing primarily Treadmill, Orbital/Cross Trainer and Bike.. Thats a fast way to lose weight, but for a long term but slower result Weight lifting or resistance training is better. Keep moving is the goal, the more you move the faster youll process.

    Weigh everything, set your activity level to light and cut to 1000 calories a day below whatever your total daily expendiature is for a given day or if you want to use the %'s whatever works out closest.

    Cut out junk food period., it's no good for you anyway, absolutely no benefits other then dense calories., cut out the soft drinks/sugar drinks in general, drink 10+ 250ml cups of fluids a day, Calories are not calories, if you eat stuff that is high in fats/salts etc or dense in calories, they will have reprocussions later unless you burn them off quick.

    Basically what you eat now is the first thing you'll probably burn off when you are exercising it goes in reverse, so to lose stuff thats been there for years you have to chew through everything else that came after it ;)

    Keep sodium to 2500 maximum to lessen the effects of water retention.
    and lastly plan your morning through to lunch meals in advance it helps keep you responsible, i plan my morning break, and lunch a week in advance and prepare all the meals and freeze them so at work all i have to do is reheat. Gives you more time to yourself in the long run
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    You can eat anything you like as long as it is within your calorie goal, make sure you weigh everything and measure liquids so you aren`t overeating. Exercise find something you enjoy or start with a brisk walk, just remember that MFP overestimates calories burned.

    this.

    if you want some ideas for what to eat, friend some MFPals who have the same calorie goal as you.
  • terbusha
    terbusha Posts: 1,483 Member
    I agree with the comment about fitting different foods into your calorie goal for the day. I will add that if you optimize your macros for energy and weight loss, you will get results a bit quicker. Hitting specific macros will be more difficult, but logging your food makes it much easier. Plan your meals ahead of time so you know what is coming up. Check out this video too. It talks about different meal plans and gives a good point of view for sustainable nutrition.
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6H2edyPLU8

    Allan

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