Just starting my weight lose journey.

dieorloseit · July 2017

I just joined to track my food on this my first weight lose. I am currently 363 pounds have high blood pressure(on meds) borderline diabetic and feel like crap daily.

I think it would help me if i had some foods cooked and in the fridge for easy to make meals. My main problem is that i need fast foods to eat. If im hungry instead of making chicken and say rice i will just make a pizza pocket in the microwave.

What meats and veggies cooked keeps the best in the fridge. How long will they keep.

Also how much water should i drink. Right now i am a diet pop nut and juices. Maybe 1-2 500ml bottles of water daily.

Should I start taking a multi-vitamin, fish oil or any other vitamins/supplements. I am going all in rigjt from the start. I will deal with the head aches/flu like symptoms i read about when you first start eating right.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Wish me luck im going to need it.

kommodevaran · July 2017

Don't go all in and burn out. You're not supposed to feel ill, and you're not going to if you do it right. It's not very difficult. Start by just tracking your food. You can eat anything you want, you don't have to eat or drink anything special. But aim to hit your calorie goal.

Hunger is not dangerous and eating is not an emergency. And if you have a good meal waiting, it's easier to wait. Unless you wait and pay attention, it's difficult to know what you prefer. Scheduling meals can be a good thing. When you know what you want to eat, make a list. You can go shopping as often as is practical - I like twice weekly. Many foods are easy to make meals of. Think food groups, and have something from several food groups for each meal.

DancingMoosie · July 2017

Frozen veggies in the steam and serve bags are fast and easy. You can get flavored tuna pouches, deli chicken or turkey, or heat and eat cooked frozen chicken breasts to go with the veggies. I like salads, so I always have some sort of baggd greens, right now it's spinach and arugula. Baby carrots, grape tomatoes, raspberries, and blueberries are also easy. Emerald 100 calorie packaged nuts, light Greek yogurt, or cheese sticks are great for snacks. I also keep protein bars like Quest on hand.

HeidiCooksSupper · July 2017

I'm finding the most important thing is to put things on the scale before I eat them. So, for example, I don't just take the cheese and try to estimate how much I ate later. I weigh the cheese and input it into the diary before or while I put it in my mouth. If I go over on a day because I just can't overcome a late night snacking urge -- that goes in the diary -- even if I have to backtrack and input it the next day. If I've gone over, that number of calories gets entered as "quick calories" for breakfast and I eat less the next day or two until I've come back into my limits. This keeps me honest. I also find researching and entering a snack I'm considering will sometimes convince me to choose a different, less calorie-dense snack.

raeleigh26 · July 2017

Don't go crazy make huge changes right away. Ease your way into it. Things I always like to have on hand are hard boiled eggs, string cheese (low fat), fruits and veggies (you can prep the veggies ahead of time so they are easy to grab and eat), yogurt (Dannon light and fit is pretty good), and I like to have snacks portioned out (veggie sticks, special k cracker chips). Buy baggies and when you go grocery shopping you can immediately portion out things so you won't have to do it later.

Start adding water instead of grabbing for soda or juice. When I first started last year I was crazy about soda. I replaced my lunch soda with a water and then only allowed myself a soda at dinner. After a week or so I changed that and replaced the dinner soda with water. Now all I drink is water or seltzer (there's nothing in it and the bubbles still give me the feeling of drinking soda).

Slowly add exercise. Walking is great and you can go at your own pace. If you look up Leslie Sansone on Youtube she has walking videos. They are great and you can do it in the comfort of your own home.

Good luck!

OliveGirl128 · July 2017

Like others have said-no need to go crazy, you can keep eating the foods you like- you just need to start eating them in the correct calorie amounts. As you move forward in the process then you can start making adjustments to the types of foods you eat if you want to but it's not necessary. You'll also start to see areas that you can make adjustments with little fuss-a few that I did was switch from regular soda to diet, start using low calorie salad dressings instead of full fat ones, low calorie Greek yogurts instead of regular etc etc.

As for fast options-you can make white rice ahead of time and keep it in the fridge for several days. I like doing this and then adding a bag of steamable bag of veggies to it, with a sweet n' sour sauce (you can also add microwaved canned chicken to it as well).

I also pre-cut up most of my veggies one day a week and then store it in the fridge. This makes it really fast and easy to use during the week!

I've never taken supplements and didn't have a problem losing the extra weight or improving my health.

Just starting my weight lose journey.

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