Jani22

Use regular potato and normal low fat milk. Regular potato has exactly the same calories per 100g as sweet potato. The only health benefit in sweet over regular potato is that it is almost double in vitamin C content. Fibre, calories, carbs and protein are almost identical.

I'm on 1200 a day as I'm also way over 18 and have 50lb to lose, but I don't worry if I go over by two or three hundred or so. Some days I'm in deficit if I've worked out for a long time or done some heavy gardening or cleaning. It balances out at the end of the week. If you're hungry, you need to eat.

I found I was drinking far too many beers on pretty much a nightly basis following a bereavement a couple of years ago. I decided to do something about all the weight I put on so joined MFP. I've switched beer for vodka, only allow myself one capful which is not even a full shot, in a pint glass of soda water (what you…

I buy reduced price fresh veg even if it looks a bit battered and make soup. Chop veg and simmer in veg stock, add your choice of chillies, herbs, spices, garlic, root ginger for more flavour. Blend the cooked veg, sieve them to remove skin, seeds, etc, season and thicken with a can of chopped tomatoes or plain, fat free…

I'm 64. I walk a lot, do some cardio and weights in the gym but my main exercise is swimming. I use the pool at the gym, swim for half an hour then do 20 minutes of my own aquarobics with plastic eights to add resistance - squats, lunges, spot marching - but you have to not mind putting your face under water for these.…

That's amazing. I'm on 1200 calories a day too and do some cardio and a lot of swimming. I'm so glad to see someone else doesn't eat back their exercise calories. I just feel it's self-defeating. As long as I'm eating my 1200 per day, I feel I'm eating enough. I eat a small amount of protein, a lot of fresh fruit and veg…

I left the crucial word "all" out of my first sentence. If you burn, say 500 calories off, then by all means eat back 300 or so of them, but I would still try not to eat the whole lot back.

I'm on 1200 calories a day and work out or swim nearly every day. Don't be tempted to eat back the calories you burn off. You need fuel for exercise but eating the whole lot back is self-defeating. I make my own vegetable soups which are good fillers. I use fresh veg, simmered in clear veg stock, blended and seived then…

[quote="DawnieB1977;31991282" I disagree about lighter/lower fat options for most things. No need to compromise on quality of food, just eat smaller amounts. A lot of 'diet' foods contain more sugar anyway. If you work from home there's no excuse not to cook, so not sure why you need to make a trip to McDonald's for…

I'm new to this site too. I'm 64 and want to lose 40-50 lb. I'm just over 200 at the moment. I've started going to the gym, ten minutes each on 4 cardio machines - treadmill, rower, cross trainer and bike, half an hour of fixed weights, ten reps of each x 3 with a 30 second rest between each set, then I go for a half hour…

I think what everyone is trying to tell you is that the pancakes, syrup, butter and pizza have to go. Maybe not all at once, but certainly cut down and make some serious health changes to your diet. You work from home and hardly ever go out but manage to get to a MacDonalds. Use that time to go for a walk or shop for fresh…

The "starvation" mode that your body is supposed to go into if you don't eat enough every single day is a load of rubbish unless you're already seriously malnourished. If you are overweight, you need some fuel in order to exercise and lose weight and get/keep toned but if you're very overweight, like me, a few days of veg…

290+ lbs is a serious amount of excess weight. I'm 200 lbs, so you're nearly a third heavier than me. The weight didn't go on overnight, so it won't come off overnight. Get a pedometer to see how much/how far you walk every day and aim for increasing this a little every day. Can you swim? Is there a pool near you that you…

When I worked I'd take two eggs, beaten and seasoned with a little grated half fat cheddar in a jar and make an omelette in a microwaveable omelette maker and have it with salad. Or microwave half a butternut squash in its skin and have it with a little low fat cheese or canned tuna fish.

Home made chunky veg soup is always good, especially when it's cold.

My standbys are raw veg - carrot, cucumber, celery, radishes with Quark low fat curd cheese and a couple of Ryvita crackerbreads (only 19 calories per slice); oranges, pears, bananas - allow one a day as they're not as calorie-free as lots of people think; couple of hundred grams of soft fruits like raspberries or…

It's my third day. I find logging every single thing I eat and drink very helpful. It's amazing how those "negligible" splashes of milk or scrapes of (lighter) butter add up.