Weight loss tips?

Question

Ok, what I'm doing now is working, but, most of what I'm eating is water, or cashews [[both fend of hunger w/o too many cals]]... and then yesterday all i ate was a bagel and a waffle, jello and pudding. The weird thing was, I wasn't hungry all day. And today, I wake up completely energized and ready to go and run. That was only 475 calories, for the whole day. It sooo should not be doing this to me???
Anyway, I feel horrible that I'm being so unhealthy, but IT WORKS SO WELL!(i've lost 2.5 lbs in only the last couple of days. you can't argue with that)
Anyone else have some HEALTHY weight loss solutions?
Thank you!

Answer 1

There is a diet that's called the 50-25-25 diet. It works pretty good for me. and u can about a pound a week. It is the healthiest diet I've heard of. In this diet 50% of your daily calories go to carbohydrates, 25% to proteins, and 25% to fats. One way to estimate your daily calories for maintaining your current weight (not losing weight) is to take your present weight and multiply by 15. That total number covers your metabolic needs for the day and factors in a little bit of light activity. Subtract 500 calories from that number and thats your starting point for daily calories for weight loss. This is a chart for how many calories you should eat per day from each group.

daily calories-carbohydrate calories-protein calories-fat calor.
1,200-600-300-300
1,400-700-350-350
1,600-800-400-400
1,800-900-450-450
2,000-1,000-500-500
2,200-1,100-550-550
2,400-1,200-600-600

I hope you understand the chart. its pretty hard to type it on yahoo answers. oh yea and dont forget this:
ALL CARBOHYDRATES AND PROTEINS CONTAIN 4 CALORIES PER GRAM AND ALL FATS CONTAIN 9 CALORIES PER GRAM.

Your main carbohydrate sources should be fruits and vegetables. They each have 10-100 calories per serving. These are some examples:
FRUITS
(about 60 calories per serving)
*apple, orange, pear, nectarine (tennis-ball size)
*banana: 1 small (5")
*peach, plum: 1 medium (fist size)
*grapefruit: 1/2 whole fruit
*berries, green or red grapes, melon: 1 cup
*canned fruits (in its own juice): 1/2 cup
LOW STARCH VEGETABLES
(about 25 calories per serving)
*raw vegetables: 1 cup
*cupped vegetables (including broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, eggplant, green beans, leeks, onions): 1/2 cup
*100% tomato or vegetable juice: 1/3 cup

You main source for proteins should be meant, eggs, and fish. Remeber that the fattier the protein is , the smaller the serving should be. This is a list of what you should eat from proteins hte most:
VERY LEAN
(about 35 calories per serving)
*chicken, or turkey breast, skinless: 1 ounce
*fish fillet (all whitefish): 1 ounce
*canned water-packed tuna: 1 ounce
*egg whites: 2 large
*egg substitute:1/4 cup

You best choice fats should be these:
FULL-CALORIE FATS
(about 50 calories per serving)
*vegetable oils (canola,olive): 1 teaspoon
*avacado (medium): 1/8
*almonds, cashews, filberts: 6
*Peanuts: 10
*Pistachios: 12
*olives, green or black: 8 medium
*peanut butter (creamy or crunchy): 1 teaspoon

Well, in order to lose weight a basic concept of weight loss is not to go too many hours without eating because you can become overhungry, with your brain signaling starvation mode and stimulating your appetite even farther. Also, another good tip is if you want to binge, then a book recommends that you gargle minty mouthwash and wait 15 minutes. Your urge to eat should go away.

Hope I helped, and good luck on losing weight :)

Answer 2

The reason you can eat 475 calories and still feel energized is because your metabolism is slowing down to compensate for your reduced food intake. When your metabolism was normal, and you drastically reduced you intake, you lost weight. When that happened your body told itself, "Whoa! I'm wasting away! I'm starving!!!" The body's next response is too slow down so what little you take in feels like enough. Try keeping up eating at that pace. You're going to start to see your weight come off a lot slower.

Moreover, you won't be likely to continue eating like that. A lot of people do what you just did. They go on some drastic diet, see some incredible weight loss during the first week, tell all their friends about Atkins, South Beach, Hollywood 48, Protein Power, water and chashews, etc., etc. Peaple aren't winning the battle by following 'diets'. If it worked no one could get rich selling you a new one. After a few weeks MOST people give up and go back to eating the way they did before the diet. It's a fact. Most people can't stay on diets because they get tired of, and bored with, not eating the foods they like. Face it, when your diet includes a waffle, jello, and pudding, you aren't eating healthy. You're just eating small portions of high calorie, low nutrition foods. With the exception of some grain from the bagel, and a little dairy from the pudding, there isn't anything healthy in that day's diet.

When you plateau, you're going to start to realize how hungry you are. Then those servings of pudding are going to start getting a little bigger. If you were eating from all the food groups (in proper portions), your intake would be a lot higher for the same amount of calories. You'd have food to chew throughout the day and be less likely to feel hungry. You'd have more meal options if you added fruits, and vegetables, as well as grain and dairy. When you have more healthy food options you'll find you can occasionally satisfy your sweet tooth with fruits and make pudding a once a week treat. Ice cream too. That's the difference between dieting and lifestyle change. It's also often the reason some people diet (over and over again), while others lose weight, keep it off, and still seem to be able to eat all the foods they like.

Try: http://www.mypyramid.gov/
There's information and free tools you can use to track your intake and activity.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Don’t eat less, that’s the worst thing you can do. Try drinking 90 oz of water every day, this helps any bloating go away and is really healthy. Try eating breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack throughout a day. This of course should be healthy food as in: veggies, fruits, lean meats, beans etc. If you have to eat out or buy packaged food just doesn’t eat hydrogenated foods or high sodium levels (look at ingredients). Try to get in a few full body workouts if you can like lunges, squats, crunches and push-ups (better if done on a workout ball). Have fun!

Answer 5

eat more dairy

Answer 6

if you re eating out make salad the appetizer most starters are fried and come with unhealthy dips or sauces

Answer 7

always have vegetables on hand saute a big bag of frozen mixed vegetables in olive oil and garlic add some red pepper or turmeric for additional flavor and separate into portion sized containers for the fridge

Answer 8

45 minute jog at a 10 minute mile pace

Answer 9

Prepare your own lunch people who prepare own lunch and eat will lose weight

Answer 10

try a plain greek yogurt with frozen berries for a pre workout boost