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Cut down on your grain consumption, increase protein, fat and vegetable consumption.
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atara
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The only way anyone can answer this is to know your current height and weight... if you dropped from overweight to normal weight, you'd need to start doing weird stuff to drop more; if you dropped from 300 to 270 and you're having issues, we might want to look at your diet.
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/a-fitness-plan-so-easy-a-caveman-did-it/
Find some sort(s) of physical activity you enjoy. Tennis, slacklining, rock climbing, parkour, snowboarding, kitesurfing, hang-gliding... you have all of these options. If you find yourself exercising for fun, you'll put in way more time and you won't even notice it. Some weeks when there was good surf I've spent more than 20 hours in the water; try that at a gym.
Libby
Bluelighter
Well done. I hate to be this person, but why are you losing weight? Just that you say it started off from a breakup, and ive seen u in nudie thread looking gorgeous and confident, granted bigger than me but I was always secretly jealous the attention keaton gave you and that you looked healthy and gorgeous. I recently broke up also. I think I am relapsing into unhealthy dieting again currently. So i'm probably paranoid here but just checking... Are you ok? 
Stoned Immaculate
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I love me some grains too >.< haha
I'm 5'4 and am currently fluctuating in the 150s. I still feel like I'm significantly overweight.
I do enjoy swimming, hiking, and bike riding. Unfortunately, I had to give up snowboarding and most strenuous sport activities until I can get issues with my back in check. I have 3 discs protruding (just genetics) and they want to do surgery. I'm trying to maximize my efforts but as safely as possible. I should be focusing on core strengthening, I just tend to go towards cardio because it's what I know.
I suppose it began as being upset over the loss of my relationship (I've never been an emotional eater..so I wasn't really eating anything for a while)/being left to pursue a much more attractive (I'm talking model pretty) than myself. After a few weeks of that, my want to improve myself kicked in. So I've been more strict with my diet and have been letting my anger fuel me in the gym. I'm ok, just trying to gain my confidence back. I'm sorry to hear about your breakup as well. Never an easy situation for both involved.Well done. I hate to be this person, but why are you losing weight? Just that you say it started off from a breakup, and ive seen u in nudie thread looking gorgeous and confident, granted bigger than me but I was always secretly jealous the attention keaton gave you and that you looked healthy and gorgeous. I recently broke up also. I think I am relapsing into unhealthy dieting again currently. So i'm probably paranoid here but just checking... Are you ok?
Why?
Please don't say phytic acid.
I implore you to look into yoga!
Absolutely.
This.
In my opinion most healthy lifestyle advice is information overload. It is a marathon. It will likely take you years before you get the hang of it and it becomes effortless.
The most important part is awareness. Awareness of what you are eating and what kind of effect it has on you. Awareness of where it comes from. Awareness of what is in season. Awareness of how your body and brain work. Awareness of what endorphins are and how to release them in healthy ways.
From there everything else comes naturally.
Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
okay, this is getting stupid so i'll just take it where it's gonna go anyways... there is NO "best" exercise in a general sense; "best" must be used contextually. Whether you use it wrt things getting done, or I use it wrt efficiency, nobody is right or wrong.
/this is why i had a problem with "best" being used in the first place. "best" is so ambiguous here as to have no relevance.
And I'm with kam in that there's nothing inherently wrong with grains.
Libby
Bluelighter
Stoned Immaculate - I'm glad to here you are OK now. I hope you don't have any trouble re-gaining your confidence (you have every reason to exude confidence!).
bmxxx - Ok. If that's what you say. I am too tired to argue. My problem is obsessive, so I guess it was stupid to think that if I obsessed in a different way it would make me healthy. What I really need to do is try not to care so much about what I eat. As I'm really struggling right now and have gotten far too thin once again, I am banning myself from this thread. Good luck to all!
bmxxx - Ok. If that's what you say. I am too tired to argue. My problem is obsessive, so I guess it was stupid to think that if I obsessed in a different way it would make me healthy. What I really need to do is try not to care so much about what I eat. As I'm really struggling right now and have gotten far too thin once again, I am banning myself from this thread. Good luck to all!
modern buddha
Bluelighter
No problem. You don't have to give them up completely. Just cut down on them. Trust me, they're honestly not helping you. It's a quick form of calories that is pretty much devoid of any nutrients (other than fiber, which you can VERY easily get from vegetables). If you can't go without that bowl of Cheerios or sandwiches, that's fine. You can and should have them, since losing weight and loving life isn't about perfection. But you can lose weight pretty easily by moving to a focus on plant and animal products.
I've lost like... oh, I don't know, maybe 20 pounds since I've become a truck driver and have been eating very few grains. Lots of canned meats and vegetables. I feel much better and have consistent energy, even if I've missed a meal or two. That's what I can tell you.
addictivepersona
Bluelight Crew
Our bodies need carbs. And where'd you hear that grains are empty of nutrients? Lol, watch out for ketoacidosis/ketosis from the sterotypical truck driver diet--You may feel well in the beginning, but our bodies need carbohydrates, protein, and fat.
panic in paradise
Bluelighter
add 1-2 tbsp of lime juice concentrate into your water several times a day, especially after eating. this is also good to do if you have a stomach acid imbalance that causes heart-burn, or eat a lot of beef.
modern buddha
Bluelighter
Most of the carbohydrates you can get from vegetables and fruits. We don't need a crazy amount of carbohydrates like the FDA and USDA and other government bodies have been telling us. We get along very, very well on 100-150 grams of carbohydrates a day. That's about five to six servings of fruits and/or vegetables.
What's a "stereotypical truck driver diet"? Most of the drivers I see out here eat the same shit people eat when they're at home. SAD.
Also, I've been eating this way for a short while now. Been building into it for about three or four months now. I don't feel "well"; I have consistent energy levels and don't get hunger pangs like I used to. I mentally and physically feel equal to how I was eating before. I also now do not get chest pains. That was the biggest thing I noticed.
When I was eating a diet high in carbohydrates, I would lay down at night and either get chest pains or would have trouble breathing. I haven't had either since starting on this.
PriestTheyCalledHim
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Eat less, don't starve yourself but instead eat healthy, quit drinking soda and alcohol, drink more water or even green tea, and do A LOT of cardio even if it's just walking a lot daily.
atara
Bluelighter
I'd guess you're at the "doesn't overeat, but doesn't necessarily eat healthy" stage. Eat food, not food products and watch your polyunsaturated fat intake, see if it doesn't help. Avoid high glycemic loads -- eating a lot of starch at once -- they do weird things to your brain. I'd be happy to recommend this book because it means I get to type less.
Also, a common problems questionnaire:
Do you snack often? On what?
What's for breakfast?
Do you feel your diet is "restrictive" and occasionally want to "go crazy"?
Is exercise a regimented activity or a feature of your day?
Do you feel tired after meals? Which meals?
Do you dislike leaf vegetables?
Do you stick to the healthy fats?
Do you drink sweet drinks?
Calorie-for-calorie, they're lower in most things than most foods, and they aren't a particularly great source of anything. Except for corn, they tend to lack vitamins A, C, E, K and potassium, and what they do contain is lost during processing; grains are the basis of most highly processed foods.
They're also not that great a source of fiber. Fiber:carb ratios in grains range from 1:10 for rice to 1:6 for oats, compared to 1:5 for most fruits, 1:3 for most vegetables, and 1:2 or higher for nuts and leaves. Fiber, of course, is also easily lost during processing, if it isn't intentionally removed.
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panic in paradise
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"Reality:
Your body detoxifies itself by breaking your food down with stomach acid, moving it into the small intestine where the nutrients are absorbed, passing the remaining material into your large intestine and colon, and forming it into solid stool that is naturally eliminated. Liquid toxins are cleared by the liver and kidneys and washed out in your urine. Lime juice has never been proven to have any effect on these processes.
As for aiding digestion, your naturally produced stomach acid is at least 10 times stronger than lime juice. There is also no proof that lime juice affects metabolism or the way fat is burned.
Read more: Can Lime Juice Help You Lose Weight?"
| eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_5454464_can-lime-juice-lose-weight.html#ixzz27jm6OWVH
your body interprets lime as an alkaloid.
Your body detoxifies itself by breaking your food down with stomach acid, moving it into the small intestine where the nutrients are absorbed, passing the remaining material into your large intestine and colon, and forming it into solid stool that is naturally eliminated. Liquid toxins are cleared by the liver and kidneys and washed out in your urine. Lime juice has never been proven to have any effect on these processes.
As for aiding digestion, your naturally produced stomach acid is at least 10 times stronger than lime juice. There is also no proof that lime juice affects metabolism or the way fat is burned.
Read more: Can Lime Juice Help You Lose Weight?"
| eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_5454464_can-lime-juice-lose-weight.html#ixzz27jm6OWVH
your body interprets lime as an alkaloid.
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Brandasaur
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I went to my doc for my weight problem and was prescribed no advertising of brand names please its awesome! It blocks 30% of all fat you consume from being obsorbed. I highly recommend it.... If you dont mind shitting out liquid fat after every meal.
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modern buddha
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^ I can easily say that consuming this type of product is not helping you.
Also, have you lost weight?
Also, have you lost weight?
hthr007
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Cheap & healthy alternatives
So I have recently moved from my parents home where I had a healthy, home cooked meal every day. However, now that I'm on my own (almost 1 week) all I've been eating is JUNK. Chinese food, carbs, breads...ugh I feel DISGUSTING.
Does anyone have any healthy food alternatives that are reasonably priced? I'm on a budget, but I need to know some healthy satisfying alternatives that reduce bloating (I'm real bloated from the carbs lately), promote good immune health, are affordable, do not take much preparation, and promote healthy weight loss. I'm 5'4" and about 125lbs, but wouldn't mind losing about 10-15lbs. Thanks all!
Mods: if this has already been answered, feel free to merge or move. I searched but wasn't really able to find anything.
So I have recently moved from my parents home where I had a healthy, home cooked meal every day. However, now that I'm on my own (almost 1 week) all I've been eating is JUNK. Chinese food, carbs, breads...ugh I feel DISGUSTING.
Does anyone have any healthy food alternatives that are reasonably priced? I'm on a budget, but I need to know some healthy satisfying alternatives that reduce bloating (I'm real bloated from the carbs lately), promote good immune health, are affordable, do not take much preparation, and promote healthy weight loss. I'm 5'4" and about 125lbs, but wouldn't mind losing about 10-15lbs. Thanks all!
Mods: if this has already been answered, feel free to merge or move. I searched but wasn't really able to find anything.
CHiLD-0F-THE-BEAT
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^Mered with Weight Loss thread. 
Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
Honestly with those req's i'd say it's more about you learning to cook than any specific foods. For me/my goals (but still a generally healthy approach), i focus on staying on the "outside" perimeter of the grocery store, with only "staples" coming from the aisles (flour/sugar/coffee/oats/pasta/rice). pick darker fruits/vegetables over lighter ones. make sure my macro groups (fat/carb/protein) are covered. etc etc
really tho you need to think of general "types" of things you can/will prepare (if needed), and just get to the grocery store and familiarize yourself, now that you gotta shop ;PP
(edit: since you probably wanted some kind of tangible list to build on, here's my go-to. it's unlikely to be ideal for you and your goals, but it's a good starting point to check out
http://www.wannabebig.com/forums/showthread.php?46565-what-a-bodybuilder-eats...
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