I really want this to work...this time!

ltosti
ltosti Posts: 27 Member
edited September 25 in Introduce Yourself
I have tried so many times in different ways to lose weight from Weight Watchers to just not eating! Now I am just going to make healthier choices, add some exercise, and use this site to log my progress. I need to keep it simple so I stick to it!

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  • outdoorsmom
    outdoorsmom Posts: 46 Member
    You have come to the right place. I tried WW for a while also but got tired of paying money out and not losing. You can do it. the support on here it wonderful. Good luck on your weight loss journey! Sending you friend request!
  • janiedoe111
    janiedoe111 Posts: 161 Member
    Your body is a temple and if you put healthy "whole foods" into it and make exercise a priority, it will happen. Best of luck!
  • Newfiedan
    Newfiedan Posts: 1,517 Member
    Here are my diet tips to make it work and make it last. I am not dietary angel but more importantly I do not need to be, I learned the base concepts and work off them.

    1) Eat breakfast try to gun for 30% protein, the reasoning is that it will raise the metabolic rate and get you started off right. Look at my diary to get an idea of what I do to make that happen. If you are pressed for time do a protein shake with some fruit and fiber mainly flax seed. Add a slice of rye or really nice grainy bread with some good peanut butter and you are off to a great start with a 5 minute breakfast. Make sure you eat this within 30 mins fo waking.

    2) Carbs and fats are not your enemy, refined carbs and saturated fats are, these 2 create a vicious cylce that peak insulin response which you do not want to do. You want a steady slow release of sugars to keep your energy up and cravings down. Carbs coming from lentils, legumes, veggies are your friends. There are great links that list all the slow releasing carbs I do not have room here to list them all.Get good fats into you, nuts are great for that as well as olive oil, macadamia nut oil and fish. I highly recommend getting omega 3s into you as well as salmon and tuna, all great foods.

    3) Every meal should be a carb and protein, it will satiate your apetite longer and keep the body happy. However with that said I gun for at least 3 servings of veggies a day, spinach, broccoli, green peppers, mushrooms (this is a fantastic one especially for women but make sure they are cooked for the max vitamin D)

    4) Snacks, get almonds into here as well as peanuts and pumpkin seeds, the pumpkin seeds have many benefits including a positive libido hit. Flax seed is also fantastic I recommend getting that into your shake in its ground form or into an omelet.

    5) teas or coffees, get cinammon or honey into them if you need sweeteners both are far better choices than creamers (these can contain some deadly crap in them that I would not dare let pass my lips) honey has huge health benefits and cinammon is a natural blood sugar stabilizer just do not exceed 1.5 tsps/day.

    6) go for quality not quantity in the diet, remember feeding muscles requires that you keep an excess of protein, good fats, and vitamins in the body, building muscle needs even more of the basic building blocks. Eating to few cals makes it turn on itself for these needs which you want to avoid at all costs and is the sole downfall of 90% of the diets out there, they deprive the body I want you to feed it and do it right.

    Clean eating, I made no secret of the fact that I advocate it, it has all the building blocks needed for a healthy body even without exercise, consider exercise to be the icing on the cake. It will help you improve upon the basic building blocks you have and if you built a strong foundation the rest of it will be strong. So get that into your head that to succeed you must feed the body.

    Helpful links that I use regularly;

    http://www.beachbody.com/category/michis_ladder.do

    eating off the top 2 tiers makes you a saint so long as 80% of the diet is in there then the last 20% will not hurt you, do not treat that as a licence to go nuts though but I highly recommend splurging once every 3 weeks unless you have hit a wall in that case do it once every 2 weeks.

    http://fourhourbodysupplements.com/2010/02/slow-carb-diet/list-of-slow-carb-foods/

    list of slow carbs for you to resort to.

    http://www.dietandfitnesstoday.com/body-fat-percentage-calculator.php

    bodyfat calculator, get it into your head that the scale is not the way to track fat loss measurements are. The scale is the greasy car salesman of the weight loss world, it only tells you half the story. If I had to recommend one thing to do when you start its take measurements and a before pic. I recently replied to a post about eating your exercise cals I think it may be beneficial to those who are unsure about eating back the workout cals.

    think of it like driving a car, you have a limited amount of gas before the car starts to break down. The calories or fuel that mfp gives you will get you to your destination driving at 80 mph. Now think of exercise as getting you there at 120 mph but not stopping for fuel means that the tires get worn down faster, the car will break down easier and in the end will explode. The body is the car, the calories are the fuel, the tires are your muscle without proper fuel they break down and in the end the body feeds off itself. The point of the exercise is to increase the metabolic rate (the speed at which you can safely drive) not to burn off the fuel (calories)
  • SheliaN1960
    SheliaN1960 Posts: 454 Member
    Hi and welcome! you are already off to a great start! In those times when you feel it slipping, you just post it and all who hear will come to support!! Best wishes here on MFP and your journey!!!
  • SheliaN1960
    SheliaN1960 Posts: 454 Member
    GOOD ADVICE!!!
  • Hi, I wish you good luck on your journey. Some good snack ideas with high protein is from Cinch. Some of the products are a little pricey but its because they are unique. l like the snack bars and the meal shakes. I only do the shakes for lunch mon-fri. This is where you can find it. www.free2bclean.org or you can ask me I love to talk about nutrition. :0)
  • Good Luck! I too have started so many times with many different programs. I am going to make this work no matter what...
  • jantim1990
    jantim1990 Posts: 48 Member
    I have tried so many times in different ways to lose weight from Weight Watchers to just not eating! Now I am just going to make healthier choices, add some exercise, and use this site to log my progress. I need to keep it simple so I stick to it!

    Been there, done that!! I know exactly what you mean. I have lost and gained over and over. But this site has been a tremendous help to me and I'm hoping it is to you as well. Logging my food in seems to be the eye-opener I needed. Good luck! You can add me as friend if you would like. :bigsmile:
  • That is right make it easy , and fun!!! There may be days where you are just plain tired LOG ON and see all the support you have and love from your family here!!! Keep up the GOOD WORK!!! :bigsmile:
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