Sultanas and Raisins are very nice to snack on, they satisfy the sweet tooth and a table spoon of em count towards 1 of your 5 fruit & veg a day. I get the value bag from Tesco at about 70p and they last me about 2 weeks, crazy value.
what do you eat, Healthy ?
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Bottle of coke = 75p?
Fresh soup and a roll that lasts two days for lunch: £2
So easy.
Healthy ready meals are indeed expensive, but this doesn't mean that buying the core healthy ingredients and making meals yourself is.
It's down to nothing more than sheer laziness.
pepsi max 2 for £1.60
asda do these great little salad boxes, 200cal and 2 for £3 or something, they taste pretty nice, though they wont fill you as much as a proper meal.
You need to look for healthy snacky food since you snack throughout the day it would seem.
You need to look for healthy snacky food since you snack throughout the day it would seem.
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I honestly cant remember when i had fruit last, i seem to have it maybe once a month, and thats like a Apple....
But i still seem ok, not getting any nose bleeds or anything and this has been going on for ages
But i still seem ok, not getting any nose bleeds or anything and this has been going on for ages
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Try greek salad, much more interesting than normal salad.
Cube tomatos, cucumber, pepper a shed load of onion. Add a cubed block of feta, and add seasoning and extra virgin olive oil.
Trust me, gorgeous lunch, more veg than you're eating now, if you're not worried about the weight gain from cheese it's ideal.
I dunno how people don't eat fruit/ veg. It seems wierd to me because I've been raised eating it and I quite like it. I can't imagine a life living on processed food and junk, once you stop eating processed food (used to once a week for a while), you won't go back because you really how naff it really is, just tastes like salt and chemicals.
I only ever drink pop with a spirit. Prefer fresh juice, water or the occasional glass of squash. But I know some guys who're 4-6 litre a day drinkers, mind boggling how addictive it is, giving it up is like quitting smoking for some.
Cube tomatos, cucumber, pepper a shed load of onion. Add a cubed block of feta, and add seasoning and extra virgin olive oil.
Trust me, gorgeous lunch, more veg than you're eating now, if you're not worried about the weight gain from cheese it's ideal.
I dunno how people don't eat fruit/ veg. It seems wierd to me because I've been raised eating it and I quite like it. I can't imagine a life living on processed food and junk, once you stop eating processed food (used to once a week for a while), you won't go back because you really how naff it really is, just tastes like salt and chemicals.
I only ever drink pop with a spirit. Prefer fresh juice, water or the occasional glass of squash. But I know some guys who're 4-6 litre a day drinkers, mind boggling how addictive it is, giving it up is like quitting smoking for some.
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Breakfast - Frosties + Glass of Orange Juice
Day Drink - Water
Lunch - 4-6 slices of toast, chicken breast, 2 Jaffa Cakes + bottle of Orange Juice
Home drink - glass of Coke & glass of Water x5
Dinner - Pasta/Chips/Mash and Sausages/Burger/Chicken/Gammon + Choc yoghurt for desert
Occasionally after dinner one or two biscuits around 9pm
Don't like vegetables, fruit, or fish.
I'm a bit over weight at 14st @ 6ft would prefer to be 12st. Hate exercising as it's so tedious.
Day Drink - Water
Lunch - 4-6 slices of toast, chicken breast, 2 Jaffa Cakes + bottle of Orange Juice
Home drink - glass of Coke & glass of Water x5
Dinner - Pasta/Chips/Mash and Sausages/Burger/Chicken/Gammon + Choc yoghurt for desert
Occasionally after dinner one or two biscuits around 9pm
Don't like vegetables, fruit, or fish.
I'm a bit over weight at 14st @ 6ft would prefer to be 12st. Hate exercising as it's so tedious.
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Shredded wheat (skimmed milk) 6.30am
Whey protien shake 8.15am
Scrambled eggs (4 whites, 2 yolks) 9.30am
Grilled chicken breast & wholemeal pita 11am
Grilled chicken breast & mixed green veg 1pm
Grilled fish mixed veg 4.30pm
Tuna/cottage cheese & wholemeal pita 7pm
Jobs done
Whey protien shake 8.15am
Scrambled eggs (4 whites, 2 yolks) 9.30am
Grilled chicken breast & wholemeal pita 11am
Grilled chicken breast & mixed green veg 1pm
Grilled fish mixed veg 4.30pm
Tuna/cottage cheese & wholemeal pita 7pm
Jobs done
Shredded wheat (skimmed milk) 6.30am
Whey protien shake 8.15am
Scrambled eggs (4 whites, 2 yolks) 9.30am
Grilled chicken breast & wholemeal pita 11am
Grilled chicken breast & mixed green veg 1pm
Grilled fish mixed veg 4.30pm
Tuna/cottage cheese & wholemeal pita 7pm
Jobs done
That is expensive though
That's what this whole thread boils down to for me. A lot of you have not bad diets but just don't exercise and expect to feel fantastic. Human beings were not designed to just sit about day after day, so I wouldn't spend too much time looking for that magical Arabian salad recipe that will make you feel amazing. Get out there and push your body physically, you'll soon stop craving rubbish your body doesn't need.
two jaffa cakes a day aren't going to hurt, but must admit I've been known to erm.. Be naughty and eat the whole pack.... They can be so damn addictive..Fizzy drink is what to watch... As said, try changing to diet, pepsi max or something, and cut down on them and drink more, a lot more water?
Chicken and rice is an easy dish.... Chicken stir fry is easy to make, eggs on toast, even with some bacon isn't too bad...
Why not try a tuna salad? You'd be amazed how tasty a tuna salad is.
I think the crisps, cakes and fizzy drinks are what you need to replace with healthy alternatives...
And try and eat breakfast... A bowl of crunchy nut cornflakes (or any cereal - well maybe not coco pops.. lol) with semi skimmed milk and a glass of orange will set you up nicely, or you can easily poach an egg with toast in the morning... You can microwave an egg, if you're running short on time... lol
Lunch can be wholemeal ham salad sandwich, fruit and a yoghurt.... you can have a bag of crisps as well...
Drink water all day, tea with lunch, and for dinner.. Well, chicken and rice dishes, stir fry, spag bol, tuna salads, fish with potatoe and peas etc... Glass of apple or orange juice with it, then in the evening if you're feeling peckish, then nuts, or even fruit again... Few times a week, treat yourself to a chocolate bar, and a glass of pepsi max etc....
As you're not overweight, you don't want to lose weight, so eat plenty, just eat plenty of the right foods, and all other in moderation...
Its a lifestyle change - remember that.
The good thing about getting out and exercising is you get to eat without guilt or too much fear of the scales tipping
If you do something that's actually fun and becomes part of your day (say cycling to work, or going for a run at lunch time), it doesn't feel like you're losing entire evenings to tedious exercise. One reason I dance is for the health benefit - and I happen to really enjoy it too so it doesn't feel like time I'd prefer doing anything else.
If you do something that's actually fun and becomes part of your day (say cycling to work, or going for a run at lunch time), it doesn't feel like you're losing entire evenings to tedious exercise. One reason I dance is for the health benefit - and I happen to really enjoy it too so it doesn't feel like time I'd prefer doing anything else.
The good thing about getting out and exercising is you get to eat without guilt or too much fear of the scales tipping
If you do something that's actually fun and becomes part of your day (say cycling to work, or going for a run at lunch time), it doesn't feel like you're losing entire evenings to tedious exercise. One reason I dance is for the health benefit - and I happen to really enjoy it too so it doesn't feel like time I'd prefer doing anything else.
True... My gf walked dogs for two hours each day.. she losts loads, oh and she did cut out fizzy drinks... didn't even know she was doing so well until she weighed herself one day - she'd lost half a stone in about 6 weeks..... Honestly, she lost about 5st in total. Little wonder her jeans fell off her.
She is still losing weight as well, went from 17st - 12st now, and all she did was cut out fizzy drinks, eat breakfast and walk dogs and go swimming, although the swimming has stopped recently, intends to start again soon.
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That is expensive though
Depends what you consider expensive, if you live on noodles and spend £50 a week on shopping maybe.
I spend about £30, I could quite easily fit that into budget with quality food.
Except for the protein shake but they're god awful anyway
Well, a decent chicken breast fillet is about £1.25, so that's £17.50 on chicken alone.
26p an egg for decent eggs, 4 a day, that's about £7 on eggs.
Cheap tuna is 50p a can, so another £3.50
So that's already £28 for the week, not including the fish and protein shake.
As much as I love chicken, it's just so damn expensive
