The diet that worked for me
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| Sat, 12-11-2004 - 11:48am |
I just wanted to share.
As important as exercise is, I have found, that controlling your diet, goes a long way, and personally, I think has more of an impact on weightloss and maintenance than excercise.
I am not negating the importance of excersise, moderate activity is very important, but given the two factors, I would pick dieting.
I do not mean dieting in the restrictive sense, but in the sense of eating a variety of foods, that provide nutrition value, (rather than deficits)
I used to run every day for an hour, then I was injured, and now, all I do is walk on my lunchbreak. I do however, get 30 grams of fiber a day, 1200mg of calcium, I cut out all the white carbs, and eat plenty of chicken, tofu, and vegees. I have never felt better. When I do not excerise, it so much easier to control appetite.
I finally lost the inches that I've been trying to lose. But just like excersice, I keep my body guessing with the diet thing too. Every third day, I allow myself to binge. (Binge meaning over 1500 -2500 calories, as opposed to 1200 calories)
Really it works.
I only drink water, wine, grapefruit, cranberry and carrot juice, all kinds of teas and coffees.
I eat whatever i want, but I do cut out the white carbs, as it just makes me crave more bad stuff.
I eat good protein, and put Anyway protein in my coffee. I eat tofu, sardines, chicken and fish.
I make my own salad dressings, putting w/. tahini (good protein) or tofu, for a protein boost.
I have a lot of navy been recipes (ie soup fagioli, navy bean soup)(50% fiber per cup). You eat this, and this gets rid of all your cravings. No wonder I see variations of these recipes in sports books.

Thanks for sharing your successful plan with us!
Congratulations on losing those inches- good for you!
Keep up the great work....
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p.s. I try to follow a diet that is exactly how you are eating!
After Hap Ki Do, the only thing I want is Gatorade. But I do know that, on the days I do lighter workouts, I sometimes looks for stuff. I like apples when that happens. They're cool and sweet and usually filling.
I am an exercise advocate. I read another post that mentioned weight training. We need to keep lifting, after 30 especially, to keep our metabolism where it should be as it tends to decline with age.
It definitely sounds like you have a good eating plan going, and that you invest a lot of effort into keeping it on track. I've gotten better with that, but I would like to improve even more in the coming year.
Lorie
Hey Sediqua ~ it sounds like you've found the key that works for you, congrats!!!