Healthy Eating Support Thread

[Blackstar*]

Anyone interested in participating?

You'd share with us what you'd like to improve about your eating, the goals you want to achieve, and by when. Then each day tell us what you eat and drink - the good, the bad, & the ugly - and we'll encourage each other, give a dose of tough love, or gentle reminders. We can also share resources and tips too

If you're keen, let's get started!

[CeaBee]

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Are u on facebook?

http://www.facebook.com/BlackWomenDOWorkout

I'll post with u if u looking company

I don't have a deadline.

[Tulip]

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I'm down BlackStar.

CB, I'm one of the few remaining hold-outs from Facebook. I'm from a small city could have been named Facebook and must be traumatized lol.

[Blackstar*]

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Thanks for the group, CB. I have a lot of workmates as "friends" and they don't need to know my business.

[CeaBee]

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Blackstar and Tulip u can still read it for motivation

u don't have to be logged in or sign up for FB (u just can't post )

them women will mek u want to work out twice a day everyday. (of course it catch up with u after a time )

[Blackstar*]

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Oh good to see you, Tulip. Glad to see you and CB on board.

Well, I'll start. Mi shame.

I want to go down 5 sizes (!) by June 2011 - and stay there once and for all. My weight yo-yos quite a bit.

To get there, I'm cutting out starches and refined carbohydrates to start and will add (some of) them back as I get closer to goal.

ETA: I forgot about exercise. Yeah, I'll take the bus less and walk more.

[Tulip]

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Cool CB. I didn't even click but automatically assumed I was going to have to be a member to the page.

[Blackstar*]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CeaBee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Blackstar and Tulip u can still read it for motivation

u don't have to be logged in or sign up for FB (u just can't post )

them women will mek u want to work out twice a day everyday. (of course it catch up with u after a time ) </div></div>I'll take a peep then.

[CeaBee]

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ok

I'm looking to lose about 15 pounds.

Diet is primarily : oatmeal , egg whites, brocolli , spinach, chicken, fish (only salmon..just cant tek to anything else), sweet potato, apples , oranges (which them tell me high in sugar but I'm a rebel)

work out : 4-5 times/week cardio , 2-3 times strength training

No deadline.

[Tulip]

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I need to take a few days to really accurately access what my goals are in such a way that i can put them on a list. However, these are some things that I immediately know I have been trying to work on and want to be consistent with.

1. Switching to whole grains. I've been doing pretty well with this when it comes to pasta and bread. I'm a little slack on the varieties of rice. Plus now I have to have egg noodles because somebody mentioned them.

2. Cutting back on meat. I love seafood which is what I want to eat more frequently but times hard, and I don't live on the coast anymore lol. I equally love red meat and if I could have but the two from this day forward, I'd be happy.

Given my love for them, it's weird that I don't really care if every meal contains meat, but when I get ready for it, I'm not playing.

I want to regularly plan a few meals that contain a protein other than meat every week.

3. I would like to get back into the regular gym habit. The only outdoors activity I like is bicycling. With us having a bitter winter (for my area), I have work to do.

Those are the three things that immediately came to mind but I'm going to come with a real list in a concise manner.

[Blackstar*]

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Day 1

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">Breakfast</span>
2 eggs
2 strips bacon
1 coffee (no cream or sugar)

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">Lunch</span>
1 beef patty
Salad (lettuce &amp; cabbage) with vinegar &amp; oil dressing
1 faisselle de fromage frais; it's like yogurt I guess

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">Afternoon snack</span>
1 boiled egg
1 slice of ham
<span style="font-style: italic">Resembles breakfast though</span>

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">Dinner</span>
1 Chicken breast
<span style="font-style: italic">No veg</span>

[CeaBee]

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ok

Breakfast : oatmeal w skim milk

snack : egg whites with brocolli

Lunch : tuna w/ half pita and spinach and clementine

dinner : grilled chicken w/ sweet potato


Just eating lunch now...don't know what the night will bring after dinner

no exercise today : rest day

[Tulip]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BlackStar</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Oh good to see you, Tulip. Glad to see you and CB on board.

Well, I'll start. Mi shame.

I want to go down 5 sizes (!) by June 2011 - and stay there once and for all. My weight yo-yos quite a bit.

To get there, I'm cutting out starches and refined carbohydrates to start and will add (some of) them back as I get closer to goal.

ETA: I forgot about exercise. Yeah, I'll take the bus less and walk more. </div></div>

Don't worry bout being shame bout your 5 sizes. (I went on a 2 week vacation once and somebody broke in the house and took up all my clothes. )

I do not believe the low carb/high fat diet is the healthiest choice but it will peel off inches more quickly that most eating plans. You have a deadline so drastic times call for drastic measures but since you've yo-yoed, you know that as soon as you quit it, you've got to come with a real eating plan.

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[Blackstar*]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tulip</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">since you've yo-yoed, you know that as soon as you quit it, you've got to come with a real eating plan.</span>
. </div></div>Plus I have to stop snacking on rubbish when dem vex me at work. Gnashing on crunchy food is like biting the offending person's head off.

[Tulip]

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This would not be normal for me, but I've been under the weather:

Breakfast: Boost Meal Replacement

Late Lunch: Chicken soup

Planned Dinner: Undecided but my intent is baked chicken, whole wheat pasta with tomato sauce and parmesan cheese, and a salad.

Likely Actual Dinner: Tuna a crackers (multigrain though)

I've dropped a few lbs while I have not been feeling well but you know my body is probably hanging on to them for dear life since it probably thinks I'm in starvation mode.