Wanting to get in shape for the summer!?
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I lost a lot of weight several years ago....just changing diet alone let me lose 20 pounds.
-no fast food. Ever. Even the salads are super bad news.
-no soda. lots of empty carbs.
-no carb rich snack foods - breads, chips, pretzels, etc. Any processed wheat product is generally high in calories. Try whole grains like popcorn, or try chips that are pita based, or root chips like Terra brand. They might surprise you. I love my bad food and I prefer those over potato chips.
-try drinking green tea. very good for and helps curb hunger. Use sweeteners like honey or blue agave syrup instead of sugar if you have to sweeten it.
Just doing that alone made all the difference in the world. That helped me get over the "hump"....after I adjusted i started feeling better and was then able to really change things and become very healthy. The initial change is the hardest!
-no fast food. Ever. Even the salads are super bad news.
-no soda. lots of empty carbs.
-no carb rich snack foods - breads, chips, pretzels, etc. Any processed wheat product is generally high in calories. Try whole grains like popcorn, or try chips that are pita based, or root chips like Terra brand. They might surprise you. I love my bad food and I prefer those over potato chips.
-try drinking green tea. very good for and helps curb hunger. Use sweeteners like honey or blue agave syrup instead of sugar if you have to sweeten it.
Just doing that alone made all the difference in the world. That helped me get over the "hump"....after I adjusted i started feeling better and was then able to really change things and become very healthy. The initial change is the hardest!
vaypourus;3945083; said:
...I have dropped near 40 pounds in the last 2 years. I just recently caught myself gaining a few pounds again so I started to watch what (and how much) I eat. If you are aware of what you weigh and how many calories you put into your body each day, along with how many of those calories your burn each day, it's pretty simple.
Doing that I lost three pounds in the last two days.
Red Devil;3945260; said:
EXCEPT for the salad part. A salad is a salad whether it is sold at a fast food place or not!
your right about that.. i am sure he meant the ingredients in the salad..like no bacon etc and some salad dressing are pure fat and sugarKnowdafish;3947636; said:
Knowdafish;3947636; said:
Well....yes and no. A salad is not a salad.
The fast food salads are full of croutons, bacon, and other ingredients that are high in saturated fats, sugars, and sodium. You add in the salad dressings, and suddenly you are eating something that is more unhealthy than the burgers.
Plus, many of the vegetables were treated with preservatives and chemicals to prevent the vegetables from oxidizing (turning brown). There are many studies revolving around commonly used preservatives and disease, and some countries in Europe are pushing to ban many of the chemicals added to food.
*this was the case in the 2004-2005 era when I stopped eating fast food. McDonalds got called out on this fact at the time, so I don't know what, if anything has changed. Either way, I'm not going to gamble.
Furthermore, of all the vegetables in the world, lettuce (iceburg and romaine, which is the core of the fast food salads and most salads in general) are of the least nutritious in existence.
One cup of iceberg lettuce:
- 8 calories
- 0.5 gram protein
- 0.7 gram fiber
- 10 mg calcium
- 78 mg potassium
- 1.5 mg vitamin C
- 16 mcg folate
- 13.3 mcg of vitamin K
- 164 mcg beta carotene
- 8 calories
- 0.58 gram protein
- 1 gram fiber
- 16 mg calcium
- 116 mg potassium
- 11.3 mg vitamin C
- 64 mcg folate
- 48.2 mcg vitamin K
- 1637 mcg beta carotene
Where as you compare this to a cup of green cabbage (which is towards the bottom of the list as well) and you see that many of the values are higher than even romaine lettuce.
Calories: 17
Protein: 1.01 g
Fiber: 1.6 g
Calcium: 33 mg
Potassium: 172 mg
Vitamin C: 22.5 mg
Folate: 30 mcg
Vitamin K: 42.0 mcg
beta Carotene: 63 mcg
If you really want to get healthy, make a salad from field greens and/or spinach instead of the lettuce. Or, skip the salad and opt for a steamed vegetable that has higher protein, fiber, and vitamin values.
P90X no carbs for 2 weeks then only whole wheat products sugar free it will work just need to make the commitment
