What foods do you eat to lose weight?

starkist tuna pouches in water for lunch with multigrain crackers and raw veg. I do sweet potatoes instead of white when baking. I put lots of sauted squash, onion and zucchini plus a little spagetti noodles with spagetti sauce to decrease carbs. I did adjust my protein goal up a little bit in my numbers to 20% ( I think ) instead of 15% . I snack on almonds. I cannot do cheese, but if I drink almond milk which is high in protien, low in calories so that with a fiber one bar is pretty low cal snack. I do hommus with carrots or celery. Reduced fat peanut butter and an apple or rice cake.
Sometimes my fat is a little higher than 30%, but not related to saturated and I keep the calories in check. I watch the pie charts of daily nutrients very closely. I also take a multivitamin.

I cut out gluten and it changed my life.

No more bloat
No more gas
No more puffy tummy
No more fatigue and sore muscles
No more foggy head
No more depression.

Then I had surgery and went back to eating gluten foods cause my husband was cooking. And ALL those symptoms came back. So I got rid of gluten and in 3 days, the symptoms were gone. I feel great.

For some reason I seem to drop after eating Salmon.

Not sure why but the next day I always weigh less. Must be something in it?

Never ate fish untill I started to eat cleaner. Now have it at least once per week.

Cmoan the fish!:bigsmile:

I'm on the BodyByVi 90 Day Challenge so I have 2 meal replacement shakes a day (made with fresh fruit usually) and for my supper I'm eating alot of protein, fruits, vegetables, whole grains... eating 3 snacks a day also of either almonds, yogurt, cheese, cottage cheese, tuna, fruit, sliced up veggies, etc. I also drink half my weight (in oz) of water a day and that's helping alot in the last 2 weeks especially!

I had been on a 3 month plateau. I started eating no added sugar foods (i.e. chocolate, candy, cookies, ice cream, etc). Less than a week later I was out of my plateau, Have you tried something like this?

Low fat cottage cheese or fiber one 90 calories bar.
I've busted through a few plateaus over the last nine months, mostly by completely changing things up adding new exercise or just significantly upping or lowering my calories.
Add me if you want, my diary is open to friends!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/459172-can-dairy-help-you-absorb-less-fat?hl=danish+dairy+calcium#posts-7713388

citations at the end of post

I don't see anything about burning belly fat.

Where people lose fat is dependent upon their genetics. Everyone is different. There is no such thing as "spot reducing." If you carry a lot of fat around the belly (which a lot of people do), then you are probably going to see a difference in that area once you begin a weight loss program.

What the referenced studies show, is that dairy calcium helps the body excrete more fat. The OP asked what foods help to lose weight, and dairy calcium can definitely help your body excrete fat, rather than hold on to it.