Anonymous
09/17/2024 12:27
Subject: good food choices to lose weight
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I want to lose about 20 pounds. I wfh and am looking for weight-loss friendly and healthy breakfast and lunch ideas (for dinner I’m planning to keep with what I’ve been serving my family, which are chicken or fish based meals, and cutting down my portion). Today will be my big grocery shop day and if I have the foods present and ideas of what to eat, I’ll be much better off than when I need to scramble between meetings and wolf down leftovers or make a frozen mac and cheese “because it is there and quick.” Thanks for ideas!
Chicken is the lowest quality meat you can eat. So are some fish (warmwater).
Cutting portions lowers metabolism which leads to weight gain. Yes, you can get fat on 1000 calories a day. Takes longer than gorging on food, but it still happens.
Yet millions of athletes - professional and amateur - make up a significant amount of their protein targets with chicken. Crazy how that works. Maybe you should ask one of them.
Anonymous
09/17/2024 10:40
Subject: good food choices to lose weight
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I want to lose about 20 pounds. I wfh and am looking for weight-loss friendly and healthy breakfast and lunch ideas (for dinner I’m planning to keep with what I’ve been serving my family, which are chicken or fish based meals, and cutting down my portion). Today will be my big grocery shop day and if I have the foods present and ideas of what to eat, I’ll be much better off than when I need to scramble between meetings and wolf down leftovers or make a frozen mac and cheese “because it is there and quick.” Thanks for ideas!
Chicken is the lowest quality meat you can eat. So are some fish (warmwater).
Cutting portions lowers metabolism which leads to weight gain. Yes, you can get fat on 1000 calories a day. Takes longer than gorging on food, but it still happens.
No, you cannot get fat eating 1000 calories a day. Misinformation like this is harmful. A calorie deficit is the only way to lose fat.
Anonymous
09/17/2024 00:37
Subject: good food choices to lose weight
Low carb is the only way to lose fat and keep some muscle and stay healthy.
If you just want to crash course lose muscle and a little fat, then veg diet.
If you just want to crash course lose muscle and a little fat, then veg diet.
Anonymous
09/16/2024 21:43
Subject: good food choices to lose weight
Anonymous wrote:I want to lose about 20 pounds. I wfh and am looking for weight-loss friendly and healthy breakfast and lunch ideas (for dinner I’m planning to keep with what I’ve been serving my family, which are chicken or fish based meals, and cutting down my portion). Today will be my big grocery shop day and if I have the foods present and ideas of what to eat, I’ll be much better off than when I need to scramble between meetings and wolf down leftovers or make a frozen mac and cheese “because it is there and quick.” Thanks for ideas!
Chicken is the lowest quality meat you can eat. So are some fish (warmwater).
Cutting portions lowers metabolism which leads to weight gain. Yes, you can get fat on 1000 calories a day. Takes longer than gorging on food, but it still happens.
Anonymous
09/16/2024 10:26
Subject: Re:good food choices to lose weight
Anonymous wrote:You'll get very different answers on the Food forum than you'll get on the Diet forum. Check both.
I found some success with a combination of the two.
Focus on whole grains, not protein. I have oats for breakfast nearly every day, and a greens and grain bowl with legumes for lunch. It works for me.
It has to taste good. If it doesn't, you won't stick with it.
This is the key for me. I always try to start with a nutritious mostly vegetarian breakfast (when I eat it) and/or lunch. Then I’ll add upgrades to make it interesting, like lots of fresh herbs, interesting spices (Burlap & Barrel has some great ones), or crunchy toppings like toasted pine nuts or pepitas.
Last night I made my DH’s favorite sausage and vegetable pasta, which I’m sick to death of. I put a small serving on top of a spicy micro greens blend, and topped with some garlic sauce (toum) leftover from a Lebanese Taverna order, plus shaved grana padano and garlic chips, and it was really great.
Anonymous
09/15/2024 23:37
Subject: Re:good food choices to lose weight
You'll get very different answers on the Food forum than you'll get on the Diet forum. Check both.
I found some success with a combination of the two.
Focus on whole grains, not protein. I have oats for breakfast nearly every day, and a greens and grain bowl with legumes for lunch. It works for me.
It has to taste good. If it doesn't, you won't stick with it.
I found some success with a combination of the two.
Focus on whole grains, not protein. I have oats for breakfast nearly every day, and a greens and grain bowl with legumes for lunch. It works for me.
It has to taste good. If it doesn't, you won't stick with it.
Anonymous
09/15/2024 16:28
Subject: Re:good food choices to lose weight
Anonymous wrote:Have lost 20 recently, no added sugar and low’ish carb are key for me.
Breakfast is plain Greek yogurt with berries, walnuts and cinnamon most days, every so often oatmeal mixed with peanut butter.
Lunch is almost always a big salad with various veggies, seeds, and a protein (chicken, hard boiled egg, shrimp), avocado, maybe a small amount of whole grains mixed in or whole grain crackers on side
Dinner is whatever I make for the family but I go heavy on the protein and veggies and try to avoid big portions of white carbs
Fruit for dessert and a bit of dark chocolate
Hummus and veggies for snacks, or hard boiled eggs, or pistachios
This is very similar to how I eat. I am thin-adjacent and if I stick to this (no/low alcohol, very low added sugars, fewer carbs, no chips) I will drop a few lbs.
Anonymous
09/15/2024 16:21
Subject: Re:good food choices to lose weight
Anonymous wrote:First and most important, buy only real food with no additives or preservatives. This will be really hard at first but once you have your picks you can get the same every time. This will lower any inflammation in your body and reduce carvings a ton.
Load up on wild/grass fed proteins- salmon, eggs, meat etc…
Load up on healthy fats - olive oil, avocados, coconut oil
Load up on fiber heavy legumes, seeds, nuts
But things like sweet potato, cassava flour for carbs instead of white bread etc…
Make sure your meals are fat, protein, fiber heavy. Chew your food well, eat in a relaxed environment.
For snacking stick to nuts and fruits.
The 20 pounds will come off and this lifestyle is sustainable because you will not be starving yourself and you will feel satisfied and nourished.
The problem with this advice is the “load up on…” references. You can easily gain weight by loading up on nutrient-dense but calorie-dense foods. “Loading up” on oil, avocado, etc. would make me gain. You have to be in a calorie deficit to lose weight. It literally is that simple. Most of us don’t get to a calorie deficit by loading up on anything.
Anonymous
09/15/2024 15:38
Subject: good food choices to lose weight
Look up high satiety foods. They make you feel full on relatively few calories. Potatoes, eggs, apples, peas, and oatmeal are all examples.
Anonymous
09/15/2024 15:33
Subject: Re:good food choices to lose weight
First and most important, buy only real food with no additives or preservatives. This will be really hard at first but once you have your picks you can get the same every time. This will lower any inflammation in your body and reduce carvings a ton.
Load up on wild/grass fed proteins- salmon, eggs, meat etc…
Load up on healthy fats - olive oil, avocados, coconut oil
Load up on fiber heavy legumes, seeds, nuts
But things like sweet potato, cassava flour for carbs instead of white bread etc…
Make sure your meals are fat, protein, fiber heavy. Chew your food well, eat in a relaxed environment.
For snacking stick to nuts and fruits.
The 20 pounds will come off and this lifestyle is sustainable because you will not be starving yourself and you will feel satisfied and nourished.
Load up on wild/grass fed proteins- salmon, eggs, meat etc…
Load up on healthy fats - olive oil, avocados, coconut oil
Load up on fiber heavy legumes, seeds, nuts
But things like sweet potato, cassava flour for carbs instead of white bread etc…
Make sure your meals are fat, protein, fiber heavy. Chew your food well, eat in a relaxed environment.
For snacking stick to nuts and fruits.
The 20 pounds will come off and this lifestyle is sustainable because you will not be starving yourself and you will feel satisfied and nourished.
Anonymous
09/15/2024 15:17
Subject: good food choices to lose weight
I follow WW and use a lot of Skinnytaste recipes. They post WW points for everything, look for ones with low point values. Anything with lots of protein and fiber (fruit/veggies) is good for weight loss.
Anonymous
09/15/2024 12:29
Subject: good food choices to lose weight
Buy low calories wraps and then prepare fillings for them. So you can pre-grill some vegetables and then throw them in a wrap and eat it cold when you have 5 minutes (throw in a piece of cheese if you want some protein). Or I will cook up a batch of something like tofu scramble or a tex-mex mix (little bit of rice, beans, and mashed up veggie burgers with seasonings) and then put some in a wrap and air fry it for 3 minutes for my lunch. Sometimes I pre-make the burritos and freeze them.
A wrap and a baked potato (5 minutes in microwave) is a very filling WFH lunch. I add broccoli and garlic powder to the potato, sometimes cheese.
A wrap and a baked potato (5 minutes in microwave) is a very filling WFH lunch. I add broccoli and garlic powder to the potato, sometimes cheese.
Anonymous
09/15/2024 12:21
Subject: Re:good food choices to lose weight
Have lost 20 recently, no added sugar and low’ish carb are key for me.
Breakfast is plain Greek yogurt with berries, walnuts and cinnamon most days, every so often oatmeal mixed with peanut butter.
Lunch is almost always a big salad with various veggies, seeds, and a protein (chicken, hard boiled egg, shrimp), avocado, maybe a small amount of whole grains mixed in or whole grain crackers on side
Dinner is whatever I make for the family but I go heavy on the protein and veggies and try to avoid big portions of white carbs
Fruit for dessert and a bit of dark chocolate
Hummus and veggies for snacks, or hard boiled eggs, or pistachios
Breakfast is plain Greek yogurt with berries, walnuts and cinnamon most days, every so often oatmeal mixed with peanut butter.
Lunch is almost always a big salad with various veggies, seeds, and a protein (chicken, hard boiled egg, shrimp), avocado, maybe a small amount of whole grains mixed in or whole grain crackers on side
Dinner is whatever I make for the family but I go heavy on the protein and veggies and try to avoid big portions of white carbs
Fruit for dessert and a bit of dark chocolate
Hummus and veggies for snacks, or hard boiled eggs, or pistachios
Anonymous
09/15/2024 11:49
Subject: good food choices to lose weight
Salad! Pre chop veggies today.
Vegetable soup, make a big pot so you can dish out a bowl for lunch
Vegetable soup, make a big pot so you can dish out a bowl for lunch
Anonymous
09/15/2024 11:45
Subject: good food choices to lose weight
I want to lose about 20 pounds. I wfh and am looking for weight-loss friendly and healthy breakfast and lunch ideas (for dinner I’m planning to keep with what I’ve been serving my family, which are chicken or fish based meals, and cutting down my portion). Today will be my big grocery shop day and if I have the foods present and ideas of what to eat, I’ll be much better off than when I need to scramble between meetings and wolf down leftovers or make a frozen mac and cheese “because it is there and quick.” Thanks for ideas!