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MotherMayI

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Im currently in the process of trying to lose weight. I have never eaten baddly, possibly too much at times - but never really bad food. At the moment my standard day generally consists of:

- Breakfast, around 7-10am, a bowl of cereal (cheerios or crunchy nut, which im aware probably isnt my best choice.. but its not the worst, and theyre too dam nice).

- Lunch, bowl of soup from M&S. All of them are around 200-300 Kcal.

- Dinner, generally a curry involving a load of mixed vegetables, chopped tomatoes and curry paste.

I haven't worked it out exactly, but roughly I put my intake at about 1000kcal.

Now, I dont seem to be seeing results from doing this, and I'm wondering where I am going wrong. I'm starting to think its my dinner. Although the dinner is very healthy, is the volume of it a problem? It is the only large meal in my day, a lot bigger than both breakfast and lunch. Does this slow down metabolism? What would be a better way of doing it? Is there something else im missing?
 
Probably not eating enough to be honest (I know it sounds daft but my weight loss didn't take off properly until I started eating more).
Try fitting some snacks in mid-morning and afternoon.
 
You didnt put how much you weigh, but 1k calories is nowhere near enough.

What about any sort of exercise?
 
also what do you drink? sugary stuff? alcohol?

1000k is very low dude :/


i have a similar experience to Insomnia, i started eating more and more often and i lost 18lbs in just over 2 months, and this was with no exercise (until a week or so - some basic weights at home)). didn't think i had that much weight to lost, i was 164lbs (~5'10") and got to 146lbs, but now a few pounds heavier.

old:

# skip breakfast or have toast
# lunch- ginsters, or supermarket sandwich & crisps
# evening- meat + rice

coffee, redbull, diet soft drinks


new:

# porridge or oats + protein shake (skimmed milk), fish oil + vitamins + green tea extract
# fruit
# tuna sandwiches on brown with no butter or mao, maybe some rice or pasta
# fruit
# chicken or other meat with fresh veg
# protein + water (cant really call that a shake)

+ lots of water, and i still drink a lot of coffee and green/white tea


i'm totally surprised how much weight came off that easily, but now looking to put some lean weight back on!
 
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You are eating too little.

When you don't eat enough your metabolism slows down and your body holds onto every bit of fat it can as a survival mechanism.

You need to eat more regularly (not massive meals) and eat better.

Chiken
Steak
Wholemeal anything
Oats
Eggs

Try to get most of your carbs from vegetables and avoid eating anything that's white (bread, pasta etc)

Take a minimum of 10g Omega-3 a day.
 
I suspect you are underestimating your intake there mate, which is incredibly common. unless you are tiny then I'm sure you would lose weight on 1000kcal daily.

how much of the cereal do you take. I have never known anybody take the normal 30g serving or whatever guff they suggest on cereal packets and think they have had a proper bowl, likewise with their 125ml of semi skimmed milk suggestions. What do you drink during day? both alcoholic and soft drinks. do you have anything with your soup? crisps, bread roll or anything. what about snacks or times when you do have a little extra with lunch? we all do these sort of things and can brush it under the carpet and convince ourselves that on this occasion it wont matter, but maybe you do it 50% of your lunches, it's very easy to ignore a lot of we eat.

I was in a seminar a couple years ago talking about this and they mentioned a study (no link I'll see if I can find the handouts) where people trying to lose weight but failing kept a diet diary as accurately as they felt they could. They then took these people away and fed them EXACTLY what their diet diary said they normally ate. The result? They ALL lost weight
 
Cheers for your responses guys.

I don't snack, although I might have the odd cup of tea/coffee, with no sugar. I also don't have bread, or anything else, with my soup - nor rice or anything else in the evening with dinner. However, I am sure I do have more cereal/milk than suggested, and have never bothered to actually weigh my average portion size - But this would surely make 1-200 kcal difference, at worst?

I also forgot to mention I am a vegetarian, so meat/fish etc. is out of the question.

I am 13st and around 5'6.

I havn't been exercising for the last few months due to moving house, however I am signing up to a new gym in my new city today and plan on going 3 times a week - Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
 
Read my post, seriously.

You aren't eating enough. Leave your e-mail if you want mode detail and order a shed load of omega-3 :)
 
Cut the cereal, far too much sugar.

My wife had a session with Matt Lovell, head to nutrition for England Rugby the other day (think it was him; this guy had been providing nutritional advice for England Rugby for around 8 years anyway) and he listed porridge and home made musli (if you know what you're putting in) as the only cereals worth having.
 
[DOD]Asprilla;12611581 said:
Cut the cereal, far too much sugar.

My wife had a session with Matt Lovell, head to nutrition for England Rugby the other day (think it was him; this guy had been providing nutritional advice for England Rugby for around 8 years anyway) and he listed porridge and home made musli (if you know what you're putting in) as the only cereals worth having.
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Cerials are fine, just depends what you have, things like Crunchy nut yes, have a lot of sugar in them from standard.

But porridge is awesome either way, just not ready break obviously...Thats not porridge in my eyes.
 
Delvis said:
It's basically powder for a start =/

I'd rather have proper oats than fine grained stuff.

Personal opinion though :)
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But nutritionally, isn't it essentially the same?

I do generally have Ready Brek as I hate lumpy porridge but I was under the impression it's just as good as normal large oats just finer.
 
Boscher said:
But nutritionally, isn't it essentially the same?

I do generally have Ready Brek as I hate lumpy porridge but I was under the impression it's just as good as normal large oats just finer.
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Might be, never looked into it, I'd just rather spend a pound on a massive bag of oats, rather than a couple of pound on a tiny box :)

If you want it less lumpy you just add more milk / water really, but then you have the question of more milk = more fat...?
 
Wardie said:
Read my post, seriously.

You aren't eating enough. Leave your e-mail if you want mode detail and order a shed load of omega-3 :)
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What benefit does omega-3 bring? I'll read up on it in a second, just never heard of it before :) I thought it was in fish oil etc., generally good for bone growth/strength?

I used to have porridge every morning, but I thought it was too high in carbs to cut it.. I guess ill go back to it :) I generally had it with a bit of milk and a tiny bit of molasses sugar stirred in. Is this acceptable? Do I need to cut the milk/sugar if my diet stays roughly the same as above?

As for eating too little and too infrequently I'll definitely take that on board. Would adding the odd (2-3) bits of fruit throughout the day be sufficient for that?
 
Omega-3 will...

Increase good cholesterol and lower bad
Help with fat loss
Increase insulin sensitivity

For starters :)

Buy some Omega-3 and aim for 10g a day, spread out in your meals.

Poahced egg and mushrooms would be a better breakfast. Milk is basically sugar.
 
[DOD]Asprilla;12612290 said:
They all have lot of sugar in them, even alledgedly healthy options like Special K.
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I can lose weight perfectly fine while having cerials for breakfast, and have done, and still do if I want to every so often when I think I've eaten too much 'fodder' over the week.

But yes, Cerials have sugar in them, so do most thing's food wise. Even natural foods.

May I ask what type of Currys the Op is having as well? As a lot of currys a creamy, hence are more 'fattening' than they appear to be.
 
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