Is eating this bad 1 week in?
mikefromhaddonfield
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I started a diet after the sb. Doing great. Going to the store for meal prep tomorrow. Would it be bad to mix turkey meat, low sodium taco seasoning, black beans, corn and brown rice? Should I use quinoa instead. Thanks in advance.
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Nothing wrong with that - calories are king for losing weight7
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If it meets your calorie goals and you enjoy it go for it. There is nothing wrong with rice .... or quinoa.4
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Sounds good.1
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Do you think you’d enjoy eating it?0
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Yes. If I could use taco shells. Lol0
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Go for it, you can eat anything you want just stay in your calorie goal.0
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Is it a joke question? I'm confused.8
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I started a diet after the sb. Doing great. Going to the store for meal prep tomorrow. Would it be bad to mix turkey meat, low sodium taco seasoning, black beans, corn and brown rice? Should I use quinoa instead. Thanks in advance.
You've just described a common meal for me when I'm losing weight, except I use white rice and usually add avocado or sour cream and some salsa. Maybe some frozen sliced bell peppers if I have 'em.7 -
What do you think is wrong with it?4
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Rice and seasoning. Too early in diet process. I ate omelette, sardines, cucumber salad, almonds and berry smoothies since Monday and have went from 225-216lbs. I think that’s progress. I don’t want rice and salt to mess this up. It’s hard enough not drinking wine and beer.11
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Rice and seasoning. Too early in diet process. I ate omelette, sardines, cucumber salad, almonds and berry smoothies since Monday and have went from 225-216lbs. I think that’s progress. I don’t want rice and salt to mess this up. It’s hard enough not drinking wine and beer.
The vast majority of what you lost is water weight. Yes, you may gain some of that back from eating rice (carbs) and seasoning (sodium), but water weight fluctuates 24/7. Weight loss isn't linear.
And if you want wine/beer, see if you can have a drink or two in moderation within your calories.3 -
Rice and seasoning. Too early in diet process. I ate omelette, sardines, cucumber salad, almonds and berry smoothies since Monday and have went from 225-216lbs. I think that’s progress. I don’t want rice and salt to mess this up. It’s hard enough not drinking wine and beer.
Are you doing a low-carb diet deliberately or something? I am, so I wouldn’t eat rice after a week or a month for that matter, but low-carb isn’t the only way to lose weight. What you need to do is burn more energy than you consume. The only thing that really matters is finding a menu that you enjoy and feel satisfied on without eating as much of it as your body really wants day after day.6 -
Why would rice and salt mess up your diet?
You lose weight by eating the right amount of calories. Obviously you want to eat nutritious food for your health, but you can eat whatever you want as long as your calories line up at the end of the day.
Over restriction over the long term will just make it more likely you'll hit the wall. Make sure you fit in some foods you love. Emotional health matters too! Good luck4 -
Why wouldn't eating this week in be bad?
Its up to you if want to substitute, I couldn't do turkey and would use white rice. But its what fits your calorie goals and moreover your individual taste, textures and flavors in your food.2 -
FlyingMolly wrote: »Rice and seasoning. Too early in diet process. I ate omelette, sardines, cucumber salad, almonds and berry smoothies since Monday and have went from 225-216lbs. I think that’s progress. I don’t want rice and salt to mess this up. It’s hard enough not drinking wine and beer.
Are you doing a low-carb diet deliberately or something? I am, so I wouldn’t eat rice after a week or a month for that matter, but low-carb isn’t the only way to lose weight. What you need to do is burn more energy than you consume. The only thing that really matters is finding a menu that you enjoy and feel satisfied on without eating as much of it as your body really wants day after day.
Not really. Just trying to get down to 185lbs. I’m doing spin class and swimming outside every night. Plus playing hockey 3 nights a week. Just trying to not eat fast food, or drink and keep my calories between 1200-1500.
Want to lose the 40lbs in 3 months. Trying to stay focused. Thanks for the insight Molly.4 -
Rice and seasoning. Too early in diet process. I ate omelette, sardines, cucumber salad, almonds and berry smoothies since Monday and have went from 225-216lbs. I think that’s progress. I don’t want rice and salt to mess this up. It’s hard enough not drinking wine and beer.
Oh heavens. If rice and seasoning messed up a diet, I'd never have lost the weight I did. I can't stand bland food. I season everything.
If the rice and the seasonings fit into your calorie and nutrition goals then you should be fine.3 -
So let's see.... 225lb guy.
Goal is to go from 225 to 185 in 90 days while eating sardines and berry smoothies, check?
So cutting just about 1600 Cal a day while eating between 1200 Cal and 1500 Cal for a targeted deficit of between 51% and 63% of TDEE if my fingers and my dog's dewclaws are enough to carry all the digits...
I don't think that either rice or seasoning is going to be your biggest problem with this plan!15 -
So ur saying I should be eating 3300 calories. It will take forever to lose weight.
I guess I could have some steak, chicken, broccoli and sweet potato’s. Too much found though. But that’s why I’m asking.3 -
So ur saying I should be eating 3300 calories. It will take forever to lose weight.
I am saying that you should be eating approximately 20% less than what you actually burn if you want to lose weight relatively safely and at a relatively good clip.
As to how long it takes.... you planning on being dead in 90 days hence you have a dead-line?
'Cause if you're planning on being alive, I don't see a big problem with losing the weight in 91 days or in 365 or even 730 days for that matter.
You know what else? In order to be successful you may even want to maintain your weight loss for a few thousand days after you manage to get to that lower weight too!
So it is sort of useful to actually develop a couple of strategies as to how you might want to go about doing the maintenance thing given that most people fail miserably at that and what-not.
Picking the right sort of kibble at the right quantity so that you're sort of full enough and healthy enough without eating too many calories and figuring out how to move around and exercise for health and balance are all useful things for that too.
Or are you planning on spinning and swimming outdoors 7 days a week plus playing hockey 3 nights a week from now till you're 95?9 -
I appreciate the info. Thanks. Sarcasm aside. Lol2
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