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Well here’s a question I just had to answering straight away:
I don’t understand why I am putting weight on, it is not much but I can notice. My diet is just as many calories as prior to eating dairy and I have the same amount of exercise.
Can changing diet or eliminating a food cause weight gain? If so how can I prevent this?
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I would not house 2 adult beardies together. Two males will fight, two females may fight, and a male will stress a female with repeated breeding attempts
A beardie can go two weeks without feeding, but they should eat every two days at least. Just because they can survive something doesn’t mean that it should be done.
A diet help question that should definitely interest you all this week
Additional Details
I will eat low calories
have about 2 tb of olive oil a week
eat anything fresh if possible
stay away from starchy foods, potatoes etc
just eat extremely healthy
I’ll give you a hand with this dieting plan. 7 Kilos is a lot to loose in a month, however this doesn’t mean it isn’t possible.
The foods you have outlined are sounding good. You want to keep to higher protein and lower carb based meals and snacks. Protein will fill you up for longer and isn’t easily transferred into fat, unlike carbs.
Stick to lots of different meats and try and use water as your main drink, lots of fresh fruit, meat and veg as you have said.
It looks like you’ve got a good jist of what to eat, now you need to look at when. When you actually consume your food is also key to fat loss. Try and space your food out across the day. This way it will help you avoid snacking and also help out your metabolism. For example instead of having a sandwich at 12; Cut it in half and have half at 11 and half at 1.
Avoiding carbs before you sleep is also key; Make sure that 3 hours before you sleep you don’t have many carbs. I’d also recommend keeping a food diary so you can look at what you’ve been eating and improve on it.
As for exercise a small amount will help. Cardio is what you want however this doesn’t mean you need to join a gym or buy any equipment. Intergrate some walking into your days; If you can go for a half hour steady walk every morning you’ll be amazed at the implications on health and fat burning.
Don’t worry yourself about doing any sit ups or similar, I’d give the walks a go and see how that goes! My blog has a load of tips on nutrition and fitness also if you want to check that out!
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Keep the diet help questions coming! I liked this one:
So my daily life:
-Never have time for breakfast, usually a small snack
-I usually dont eat at lunch.. Just a snack sometimes. (is that bad?)
-I walk home after school which is about 1.6 miles.
-I get home and eat a big meal.
-Then after I do my homework and all that stuff I eat another meal sometimes.
-I don’t drink soda. I probably drink about 4-5 water bottles a day. maybe more
-and I don’t eat junk food all the time.
Someone please help. I really want to lose weight to the point where I constantly think about starving myself. >.<
Your main problem is your meal sizes, including skipping. If you eat a tiny breakfast and skip lunch, it is no wonder you are eating a lot after school. In order to get control, you can’t allow yourself to get that hungry. What you want to do is shift your eating more toward the morning. Eat small amounts often…maybe even once every 1-2 hours.
So in the breakfast it is okay to grab a small snack, always healthy. Don’t skip! You can fold over a piece of bread with peanut butter or cheese or something. You can also pour some cereal in a baggie or tupperware and eat it dry while you walk. Another really easy thing to do is…pop some yogurt cups in the freezer. You can squeeze the cup little by little while you walk to school and this way you won’t even need a spoon. Many yogurts are under 100 calories. Add a piece of fruit like a banana or an apple or a handful of grapes or berries, or an all fruit juice box…and you are good to go! These things can also be used for lunches.
You must make time for lunch. Bring or buy but do not skip…Healthy choices: pouch of tuna fish, add some low fat mayo at school and eat with crackers, carton of plain white milk (1% or 2%) and a piece of fruit or some baby veggies or a salad with spray dressing. All this is about 400 calories. That is a good meal, easy. Do not eat the fast food choice at lunch cafeteria. Make healthy choices at the salad bar or sandwich line.
If you are allowed to snack in class, and also on the way home, choose something easy like raisins, peanuts (if you can, sometimes other kids have allergies to peanuts) or maybe a cheese stick or a few pretzels or wheat thins. These are little tiny tiny snacks…100 calories and healthy. Try one mid-morning, and one mid-afternoon. So your school day shapes up to be breakfast on the go…2 classes…snack…2 classes….lunch…2 classes…snack…2 classes…walk and snack on the way home. See if that gets you to dinner but don’t let yourself get hungry. If not have a tiny glass of milk or a couple crackers or something.
Dinner you may not be in charge of, but keep it light, small meal, and nutritionally good. Get your parents to help you when they cook…steamed and baked instead of fried and heavy. At night you should have small servings of things like pasta. If you want these kinds of foods eat them for lunch. Also…dessert is not smart on top of a meal. But you can have some after a while, when you want another snack…maybe a half portion of something wholesome, that is….real food with some healthy ingredients like ice cream which is a lovely dessert if you don’t overdo!
For your evening snack (not another meal), choose something like a sugar free pudding or jello or a serving of yogurt, a piece of fruit, a couple handfuls of popcorn, a piece of toast with fruit spread, a cup of sugar free hot chocolate.
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oh as far as ur additional detail… why did you ask for advise if you were gonna freak out on ppl for giving there opinion?
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Also I want a flat stomach. When I sit, all the fat rolls bunch together and I hate it.
I hear its got a lot to do with what you eat. I tried going on a diet today, but I got really hungry. I also hate fruit. How can I make myself like fruit. I hate soft drinks and coffee as well, but thats not a problem.
What should my diet consist of from breakfast to dinner and please state a few tips as well.
Also I drink lots of water.
I am also a type one diabetic and I have been one since I was five. I got an insulin pump and its the best
Thanks
Flat stomachs require mostly diet change. Situps help in contributing to a flat stomch, but mostly strengthen your muscle fibers which are in a way deep in your abdomen compared to your fat cells. A diet doesn’t necessarily mean to starve yourself or put off meals. A good diet means spreading our your big meals into smaller portions and evenly throughout the day, eating foods that have less saturated fat and low sugar, eating whole grain, eating less carbohyrdrates and more complex carbohydrates, chewing your food to the point that its mush so that everything is burned up properly in your stomach… but with a weight for your height, it seems that the ‘rolls’ that you have arent’ that big, and if you keep up a good diet and exercise routine, that should go away in a few weeks or so. There are also situp variations that target those specific areas on your sides.
Everybody’s different, but here’s what I did for the summer to tone my stomach:
Breakfast: Whole grain cereal and fruits
Lunch: Sandwich of whole wheat bread, lean turkey, light mayo, salad mix for the sandwich, egg (optional).
Predinner: Yogurt and/or fruit
Dinner: Alternating dishes.. one day a meat dish with as little fat as possible and vegetables, then another day with fish and potato w/ vegetables. Your portions for your protein content should be reasonable and not too much. Let’s put it this way, places like Houlihans and Applebees can give you more than what you need if you’re looking out for your weight.
When you exercise, incorporate situps into your running routine. Since your heart rate is up, it’ll be better for you to knock out situps for that session, mixing up variations. Pick 3 variations, and do 3 sets for each one. That should take another 10 minutes. Your repetitions should start strong, then mellow down, like for one set do 20, 18, 15.
Don’t starve yourself, and don’t eat to the point that after you’re done, you feel tired for some reason. Keep up the good work and you’ll should be fine overall, to include a flatter stomach. My meal plan may not be good compared to others, so do more research online. There are tons of free info from fitness forums.
Oh and I forgot.. you want more leg muscle. For females its harder to get more leg muscle mass.. but what’s easier for you is that you can tone your legs quickly. More mass may not be benefician for you… however, toning will benefit you with sleeker and stronger legs, not bigger. If you have time, there’s also leg exercises that target specific areas. Squats are great overall to help you out. Do 3 sets of those, with maybe 20, 18, 15, being sure to stand straight with feet shoulder width apart and back straight, and then bending at the knees till your hamstrings are level with the ground, and then back up. Be sure to keep your back straight the entire time.
Hope this helps you =D
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Breakfast:
Multi-grain cheerios, they taste amazing and are super healthy!
Special K cereal, same with multi grain cheerios! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Snack:
Quaker chewy bars, these are really good and they are proven to be much healthier than most!
Carrot sticks, you can get little snack sized packs at trader joes, whole foods, and stop n shop.
Lunch:
PB & banana, ‘nough said!
Grilled chicken sandwiches, I love these!! Especially the ones from mcdonalds (healthy though!)
Dinner:
Mashed potatos mixed with vegetables, delish! and healthy!!!
anything from whole foods or trader joes!
Dessert:
Fruit salad!
Yogurt, with granola and raisens, OMG! best food ever!!! lol
Thats all I can think of! I had my daughter 3 years ago and I had to lose all the weight and my diet mostly consisted of some of these things, congratulations on your boy!!! If you have any questions about motherhood ive been through it all (well almost!!) and im only 21!!! So good luck!
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