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[quote=Anonymous]I am a 49-year old woman who is trying to eat healthier and get fit and strong. I am 5’2” and weigh 150. I would like to drop at least 20 pounds (which would take me out of overweight category) but maybe more like 25 pounds would be good.

I recently started taking brisk walks of about 60 minutes (which get me to 10,000 steps daily as I have a sedentary desk job) and weight lifting (alternating arms and legs). I do this 5 days a week.

My constraints are that due to an autoimmune condition I have to watch sodium intake (no more than 1,200 mg per day) and protein intake ( no more than 45 g per day). I am also a terribly picky eater which can make things hard but at the same time, I don’t mind eating the same things all the time.

I did some online quizzes and my basal metabolic rate is 1,364 (what I naturally burn without exercise). I aim to eat about 1,200 calories a day.

Breakfast is a bowl of blackberries, red raspberries, and blueberries with a tiny bit of raw, unfiltered honey drizzled (about a teaspoon). On weekends I will instead mix some berries with nonfat Greek yogurt to change it up.

Lunch is 2 scrambled eggs with pepper and little olive oil, 2 strips of all natural turkey bacon, and a bowl of raw veggies (baby carrots, cucumber, peppers).

Mid afternoon snack is typically an apple and some green tea. I could also do celery with hummus or almond butter.

Dinner is a salad with chicken from Gardencup. I get about 5 different salads from them. Instead of using their dressing I buy primal which are healthier.

Nothing after dinner. I drink about 70 oz of water each day.

I eat like this Sunday through Friday and on Saturdays I let up for dinner when we have take out or go out to dinner.

What could I do better? I have considered having some albacore tuna in water on harvest grain toast in place of the eggs for lunch.

Thanks![/quote]

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