Changed diet drastically few questions

Not enough fruits and no vegetables. Do you not cook?

if you have fluid retention, there's a good chance that there's lots of sodium in the ham, cheese, chips and fish filets. also maybe the corn thins.

pomegranatecloud wrote: »

Not enough fruits and no vegetables. Do you not cook?

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Fiber is good for your digestion. You are getting some fiber, but not enough.

Also, StaciMarie is right - I can make some awesome homemade "chicken nuggets." Experiment a little and you'll find lots of variety.

Cook veggies many different ways - add seasonings. Eventually you will develop a taste for some of them. Start with really mild veggies - cauliflower maybe. Roasted cauliflower, buffalo spice cauliflower....keep trying new things.

save the money on multivitamins, and add some fresh produce to your diet. As long as you get a little variety of in your diet, and do some cooking with fresh ingredients, you're likely going to cover all your nutrient needs. You end up pissing away the multivitamins, and that money could instead be improving your eating habits in the first place.

Breakfast: skip the noodles. Chop up banana, apple, berries, pear.. whatever is cheap and fresh, and throw those in your weetbix. Use full fat milk. You've added calories from the into the cereal, and it is more satiating than a bowl of noodles you're eating just to add calories.

Lunch: Make one sandwich with double meat, instead of two sandwiches. Add some mustard and a bit of spinach. Add a piece of fruit or some baby carrots for something crisp to munch on.

Dinner: Cut back on the battered, fried foods. Heat a skillet with a tablespoon of butter, and sear fresh tilapia in there. After three minutes, flip it over, and add some onions, tomatoes, peppers.. whatever you bought with vitamin money. When it's done cooking, throw some spinach in there and let it sweat for half a minute. Plate all this on some quinoa, rice, or noodles.

Delicious, nutritious, and the same (or fewer) calories as your battered, fried hake and frozen chips. You can have this meal done in ten minutes, once you've got a little practice chopping the veggies. That's a few minutes more than you spend waiting for the microwave.

Snack: A half cup of peanuts, lightly salted.

All through the day, drink plenty of water.

Here's the trick to making this change successful: i do my cooking on one day, usually Sunday. That way i only have to make one big grocery trip, with a short "fresh fruit" trip on tuesday or wednesday. Cook everything up on that day, and store it in containers in the freezer. Always keep a couple of prepped meals in the fridge. Once you're done, do the dishes, and you won't need to make a big mess in the kitchen until you prep again.

In your example, i'd make three portions of the fish dinner. I'd make a few portions of a similar dinner with chicken instead, and maybe a few with pork, too. Cook all these up, maybe a little variety in the veggies, and package them.

Your breakfast, lunch, and snacks don't need weekly prep, so you just need to keep enough fresh produce, milk, and sandwich ingredients on hand.

pearce8888 wrote: »

Just wondering if that diet is alright? I usually get 100 grams of protein 230 grams of carbs and 50 grams of fats. I am only having a bowel movement once a week at the moment I'm wondering if that's got anything to do with this drastic change in my diet, and I have very bad fluid retention which I don't know what is causing it. Any help is much appreciated

Your diet definitely seems high in sodium (cup of noodles for breakfast!) and probably lower in fat than your previous fast food diet. Cutting fat suddenly can sometimes cause constipation.

I'm not a clean eater, I say eat what you want within the calories that you need to lose weight. Protein sounds good. More fiber and actually more fat might help you feel better.

Agree with Wonko's recommendations. Make sure you track the fruit. If you're at 2000-2200 not counting fruit, you may be eating too much. Are you working out at all? Calories may be a little high if you're sedentary.