Im eating less food and healthier food..is this ok?

Question

An apple for breakfast, a ham sanwosh (in two slices of wholemeal bred) for lunch, a banana yoghurt with chocolate bits when i got home and i couldnt resist having a chocolate digestive! ..it says its made of wheat meal or somethin =S ..is that good???

thts meant to say a ham sandwich!

Answer 1

Sounds like a good diet. A little excercise and a good diet like yours go a long way. As long as you stay active, you can eat as much HEALTHY food as you want!

Answer 2

Although what you are eating right now sounds perfectly healthy it doesn't sound as if that you're actually eating enough.

The key to a healthy diet is not so much about quantity (unless we're talking excessive amounts of junk food obviously) but quality. Choosing wholemeal over white bread as you've already done for instance. Wholegrain foods are nutritious, more filling, and less fattening. Other good examples include wholemeal pasta & cous cous, brown rice and porridge oats.

DO NOT try starving yourself. Always make sure that you have 3 main meals everyday and drink plenty of water. It's also important to snack healthily and regularly as it keeps your energy levels high and also means that you never go hungry. Things like fruit, nuts, seeds and granola bars. Crispbread and crackers are good too - try the 'Ryvita' brand.



EDIT
Here are some more meal ideas:

BREAKFAST
* Wholegrain cereal - Weetabix / Oatibix, Bran Flakes or Muesli.
* Porridge
* Fruit salad & fat-free natural yoghurt
* Toast (honey, sugar-free jam or mashed banana) & fruit
* Eggs: boiled or scrambled on toast
* Beans on toast
* Fruit smoothie

LUNCH
* Tortilla wrap with skinless chicken / turkey, salad and a bit of salad dressing.
* Soup (Weight-watcher's or Baxter's) & roll
* Omelette
* Tuna bap with reduced-fat mayo and onion.
* Sandwich
* Bagel with low-fat cottage cheese mixed with spring onion and seasoned with black pepper - serve with salad

DINNER
* Jacket potato & baked beans
* Jacket potato & hummus with veg
* Quorn and pasta
* Mashed / boiled potatoes, grilled salmon & steamed veg
* Vegetable / low-fat chicken casserole & rice
* Stir-fried vegetables & cous cous
* Stir-fried prawns & vegetables with a rice pilaf

Answer 3

put some salad on your 'sanwosh' and forget the yoghurts with chocolate bits. less isn't always healthier but if this is better than you normally eat it's a start. You should eat a little more than this but preferably save biscuits for weekends and have a salad and some cereal added to this and a smaller dinner.

Answer 4

An apple, a yoghurt, a biscuit and a sandwich each day? That doesn't sound very good. It would be better to eat a lot of really healthy food. Better for your metabolism.

Answer 5

How dare you!

What are you trying to do, single-handedly ruin the fast food, weight loss, and health-care industries all at once? This country needs all the overweight, unhealthy, artery clogged people we can get to support the economy.

We'll forgive you this time, but get you a triple bacon cheeseburger, a bucket of fries and a 2 liter Coke as soon as possible.

Answer 6

I'm afraid you're setting yourself up for a crash by not getting enough nutrients. I'm sure you're losing fat, but you are also losing muscle by not feeding your body the fuel it needs to maintain. Throw in a huge salad with lots of green vegetables, (the greener the better) and you should be safe. A quality multivitamin wouldn't hurt either.

Answer 7

If you're prepared to make pasta sauces, why not go a step further and make soup? Less carbs, nutrient rich, cheap, filling... I'm trying to steer away from processed work food, eg. sugary cereals, canned soup, and make more of my own stuff. For a carb hit to start the day I have rolled oats (I'm bad at getting out of bed so eat breakfast at work) with raisins, a dash of vanilla essence (sugary but not as much as pre-packaged cereal) and ground cinnamon, and skim milk. It's pretty tasty, and fills me up all morning so I don't snack. For lunch, I'm trying to bring in individual portions of home-made soup, which I make and freeze over the weekend, then reheat at work. I like variations on tomato (I just mess around with the flavours, Italian, French, Indian, Thai...), but when I roast a chicken I make stock with the carcass, and chicken or chicken noodle soup from that. Minestrone is great too, and a bit more filling. The good thing about making it myself is that I can limit the amount of fat, salt and sugar going into it a bit better than if I buy it. Potato soup is fine too, as long as you don't use cream. And pumpkin soup is the best! And it's honestly only about 15 minutes prep on the weekend, then leaving it to simmer for a couple of hours, then cooling it and portioning it out. And cheaper in the end.

Answer 8

You need bare mim 1200 calories a day ...
go to www.calorieking.com

Answer 9

it's ok only don't starve yourself to look thin!