Healthy eating?

Question

i am trying to lose some weight and start eating better. I have desided not to eat big meals anymore but to eat somthing every 2-3 hrs or so for ex....(each different type of food is eaten with a few hrs apart.
first i have a yougurt first thing when i get up then a bowl of plain oatmeal, then half o med size cucumber, salad, half a can of soup, boiled egg, apple, handfull of almonds and finish the day with a penut butter sanwich on mutigrain bread.
i work two jobs from 7:30am till 9:00 pm i find i am never hungry where i over stuff myself. i also drink tons of water and green tea, takle a vitamin and go to the gym 3 times a week if i can. what do you think?

Answer 1

It sounds decent. However, the yogurt is likely filled with sugar and other unnecessary stuff. The oatmeal is good. When I have it for breakfast, I add cinnamon and real maple syrup, to give it some kick. What's in the salad? If it's things like full fat, creamy dressing, cheese, croutons, etc. and iceberg lettuce, then it's not that great. (I know people who load their salads with stuff like that, think they're eating "healthy" and wonder why they're not losing weight. Well, they do other things, too.) What kind of peanut butter are you using? Conventional peanut butter is often filled with corn syrup and/or high fructose corn syrup and maybe extra oils. My husband and I buy natural peanut butter. We buy it with natural sugars added because my husband doesn't like the oil in the sugar free; I don't mind it, but I at least got him to switch from conventional oil. I like my peanut butter with all natural fruit spread, the kind with just fruit and pectin. Most sugar free jellies have fake sweeteners and other stuff in them that also spoils the point of the fruit spread. I also don't buy conventional jellies as they are also loaded with corn syrup and/or high fructose corn syrup. I also like peanut butter with regular fruit. I'm not an Elvis fan, but I think he was on to something with the peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

Oh, yeah, the bread. Is it just multigrain, or is it whole grain? I don't buy bread if whole wheat or whole grain is not the first ingredient. If the first ingredient is enriched wheat flour, we don't buy it. We also buy our bread sans artificial sweeteners.

Overall, it sounds pretty good, but what I pointed out are things that people seem to overlook. At least, that's been my experience with just talking with people.

As I look again, I realize that the only fruits and veggies you mention are the salad and the apple. Personally, I try and get as close as possible to the daily recommendations of fruits, veggies, grains, calcium, etc.

I hope this helps.

Answer 2

Sounds like your doing good, i cant keep a regime like that i like my nice food, its one of my few great pleasures in life. I am dieting at the moment wanna lose 50lbs. I know when i get there tho i am gonna excersise hard 3 times one week 4 the next and eat what i want. weigh every week and stay within 7 lbs of your target weight, if you go over 7lbs frm target, diet n same excersise for 2 weeks shud get me back2 target. I would be constantly eating if i could!!!

Answer 3

Thats actually a pretty good plan. There is a book out there which explains the 3 hour diet, you should pick it up. You are almost doing the 3 hour diet, which works for a lot of people

Answer 4

u r doing good as long as u remember to eat healthy food but your plan is fine keep it up and congrats

Answer 5

breakfast: green vegetable,pea,milk,slightly wheat bread lunch: 2 varieties of green vegetable,rice,fish or marine food supper: one million different form of vegetable, hen egg, soup and silvervine