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vishysidhu
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Posted: 7 Sep 2012 09:07 pm |
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hi there,
i am 22 years old 6"2 320 lbs. 1 1/2 year ago i had a surgery due to which i was on bed rest for 6 months and gained 120 lbs. oh! i used to do wrestling now i am all chubby with little muscle left i can't really go on full fleged diet due to college and other daily routine i would really like to have someone to share my thoughts with and who could help with my new found lazziness also. i have recently started doing treadmill and cycling and my over all goal is to reduce 160 lbs . 15 - 20 lbs every month. and please do suggest some food habits even though i have started eating moderately and healthy but still i cannot eat breakfast in the morning and if i have a light dinner i cant sleep an night
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Nir
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Posted: 7 Sep 2012 09:56 pm |
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vishysidhu wrote:
and if i have a light dinner i cant sleep an night
does that mean you need a heavy dinner or no dinner for a good night's sleep?
I happen to have a bladder-related condition which means I can't drink or have fruits and vegetables at night (so I save almost all my grains seeds and nuts serving for that time in the evening.
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vishysidhu
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Posted: 8 Sep 2012 04:18 pm |
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no... i need a proper dinner .
i have tried eating a proper breakfast and early dinners but still my body craves a meal before sleep
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Sheldon
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Posted: 8 Sep 2012 06:41 pm |
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Hi There! I am a newbie also. I would be glad to share what I learn as we go. I need to loose over 100 lbs also. I am unsure of exact amount as I'm really looking for healthy and not THE final number right now. And I don't know, maybe because the amount is so daunting.
I went to a nutritionist a few weeks ago and the biggest thing I've learned is (for me) is to not go totally cold turkey into correcting every bad food habit or choice I have or even workout 5-7 days a week.
Because I have SO much to loose, I think nutritionist felt it better to take those baby steps and to only (sorry for the phrase) but don't bite off more then I can chew.
So with that said. I would suggest you pick something and make the change. For me presently I chose for example to not drink sodas, drink only unsweetened drinks (no more sweet tea) and push the water. And I'm doing okay with that. Also, I am making better choices at meal time.
I used to think I ate healthy most of the time. Oh I ate grilled or baked meat, not much fried but turns out what I thought was the correct portion was not. I probably ate three times the amount of meat that I should in one sitting.
I hardly ate vegetables.
My side dishes were pastas, rice, stuffing, you get the picture. So I am making sure I have my vegetables. And if I am REALLY hungry, I just eat more vegetables. I might eat too many vegetables at times . . .but for now just eating the vegetables is the goal.
Now I figure down the road I'll have to make further adjustments, in fact, I'm sure I will. But for now I am loosing the weight.
I think the advise given to someone that needs to loose 20lbs is different for the person that needs to loose over 100lbs in the beginning. We didn't get 100lbs overweight by eating right.
So pick something and change it. Then tomorrow or next week pick something else and change that.
I would love to hear what you have changed already.
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Nir
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Posted: 9 Sep 2012 04:45 am |
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This might be stating the obvious, but
1) if you don't have time for breakfast then make it something that is quick to do vs if your body does not want to eat at that point then that is fine just have your breakfast later (even if that means having it when other people are having their lunch - and I do not mean have two meals at the same time - I mean that you 'break your fast' at whatever time seems best)
2) with respect to eating your last meal just before bedtime, let us think in more detail about what "eating light dinner" vs a "proper dinner". Have you heard of Volumetrics? How can we measure food? we can look at the weight of the food, the volume of the food (how much of the plate it is covering) and we can look at the calories in the food. The point is that you can have a meal that feels substantial because it fills up your plate(s) and then your stomach but need not be high in calories, the trick is that the major components of the meal are vegetables, beans and fruit as these have a low calorie density
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