New "diet" Thoughts please

seehawkmomma
seehawkmomma Posts: 815
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Breakfast: Eggs 1 white 1 whole w/ Salt and pepper & reduced fat cheese
2 turkey bacon
1/2 a ricce cake w/peanut butter (natural peanut butter)

Snack: Apple

Lunch: Chicken Breast on flat bread
Veggies of choice
Handful of almonds

Snack: yogurt

Dinner: 6oz of protein
Green Veggie
Almonds or Yogurt


Now clearly I wont be eatting this every day. But in general is this a good way to start a change of eatting??

Also, has anyone heard of the soup diet? With the progessive soup?

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  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    It seems a healthy enough diet to me. Soups are great diet foods because they contain so much water so they fill you up without actually eating a lot and broth based soups are generally low calorie. I prefer homemade soups but if you are buying canned be sure to keep an eye on the sodium content as some are outrageously high.
  • seehawkmomma
    seehawkmomma Posts: 815
    What is a healthy sodium content? I have one soup that is 37% or 890mg
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    What is a healthy sodium content? I have one soup that is 37% or 890mg

    The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend limiting sodium to less than 2,300 mg a day — or 1,500 mg if you're age 51 or older, or if you are black, or if you have high blood pressure, diabetes or chronic kidney disease.
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sodium/NU00284

    So, if you are otherwise healthy, 890 would be more than 1/3 (38%) of the maximum daily limit. If you have any of the diseases listed, it would be more than half.
  • cygnetpro
    cygnetpro Posts: 419 Member
    Your plan looks pretty nutritious and filling. I think it should work great for you!

    Do you like greek yogurt? Just an idea, but you may want to use it as an alternate snack-- TONS of protein, not many calories, no fat.

    As for soups, I try not to eat a lot of canned soups because of the salt. I ate one of the low-cal (forget the name, but it had "Zero WW Points" on the label). It was AWFUL. Just salty water with a few sad veggies in it. Ick. I don't do a lot of tracking of sodium, but I do know that I retain water when I eat really salty stuff.

    What I do is my own version of the soup diet. On weekends I try to make two batches of soup, and pack them in one-cup containers to eat at work all week. Extras get frozen. My choices this week were black bean and salsa soup and pepper jack tomato soup (that one wasn't as low-cal, of course).
  • rayleansout
    rayleansout Posts: 234
    I wouldnt eat that - try and keep your sodium under 2400 mg per day that is one teaspoon of salt. Everything has salt in it, but canned foods are the worst especially soups and sauces. Sodium will make you retain water and stall weight loss.
  • seehawkmomma
    seehawkmomma Posts: 815
    I wouldnt eat that - try and keep your sodium under 2400 mg per day that is one teaspoon of salt. Everything has salt in it, but canned foods are the worst especially soups and sauces. Sodium will make you retain water and stall weight loss.

    What about the above diet layout?
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    turkey bacon is just wrong. There is nothing wrong with having 2 slices of real bacon.
  • therealangd
    therealangd Posts: 1,861 Member
    The diet you listed is good. Lots of fruit and veggies. It looks like a good amount of protein.

    Home made soups are really good. I eat canned soups sometimes. I don't get a whole lot of sodium from my diet otherwise so once in awhile is ok by me.

    Soup only as a diet, is not a good idea, IMHO. I couldn't eat enough soup to maintain my calorie level. And super low cal diets are not healthy.
  • seehawkmomma
    seehawkmomma Posts: 815
    turkey bacon is just wrong. There is nothing wrong with having 2 slices of real bacon.

    I thought because of the fat/salt content? Less calories/ fat in the turkey bacon?
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    turkey bacon is just wrong. There is nothing wrong with having 2 slices of real bacon.

    I thought because of the fat/salt content? Less calories/ fat in the turkey bacon?

    we need some fat. Only 35 calories per slice of bacon. And if you eat foods that taste nasty like turkey bacon you will revolt and the bacon god will be unhappy. You dont wat that do you?
  • Rags2Righteous
    Rags2Righteous Posts: 200 Member
    turkey bacon is just wrong. There is nothing wrong with having 2 slices of real bacon.

    I thought because of the fat/salt content? Less calories/ fat in the turkey bacon?

    we need some fat. Only 35 calories per slice of bacon. And if you eat foods that taste nasty like turkey bacon you will revolt and the bacon god will be unhappy. You dont wat that do you?

    This assumes that everybody doesn't like turkey bacon. Some folks actually do. :wink:
  • seehawkmomma
    seehawkmomma Posts: 815
    turkey bacon is just wrong. There is nothing wrong with having 2 slices of real bacon.

    I thought because of the fat/salt content? Less calories/ fat in the turkey bacon?

    we need some fat. Only 35 calories per slice of bacon. And if you eat foods that taste nasty like turkey bacon you will revolt and the bacon god will be unhappy. You dont wat that do you?

    I really dont need any more fat.... :) I have enough of it already
  • jonaswik77
    jonaswik77 Posts: 9 Member
    If you are looking into real bacon, you might want to consider finding options without Sodium Nitrate. Most foods are OK in moderation though.

    From Wikipedia:
    A 2007 study by Columbia University suggests a link between eating cured meats (such as bacon) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The preservative sodium nitrite is the probable cause,[39][40] and bacon made without added nitrites is available. Bacon is usually high in salt and saturated fat; excessive consumption of both is related to a variety of health problems. See the articles on saturated fat and salt for more details.
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