Thank you for your post. I am overweight and have limited ability to exercise due to some physical problems. So I am trying to shave off a few calories in the diet and just eat healthier in general. Perhaps I should have said that at the beginning but instead I just said "healthy eating." I really do appreciate the help.
Thank you for the very helpful replies! In my initial posting I should have said I eat variations on the items I listed. For breakfast I eat a variation of eggs and sausage almost every day. Today it was simple a single egg. For lunch I do eat a sandwich almost every day but on occasion I will shake it up with a bowl of tomato soup or I might go out with a friend for lunch (not very often). Dinner is a little more varied but does usually center around the chicken and salmon that I listed. Maybe it is Pad Prik King, chicken taco soup, spicy basil chicken, cashew chicken, a simple stir fry curry chicken etc. Last night I branched out with turkey enchiladas (mostly vegetables though).
GB had asked how my meals are prepared. The pasta I eat at lunchtime comes from the grocery store's deli counter and has spinach and some sort of oil on it. The chicken I eat at dinner is skinless breasts from costco cooked in a skillet with olive oil or vegetable oil depending on the meal. The salmon is wild caught and cooked on my treagger bbq (love it).
Ilona Gabrielle talks about using tuna and I'm very interested in that. I know tuna is a popular diet food. How would you suggest preparing it? I was thinking about a hawaiian style Poke but I've never made that before.
Substituting more healthy foods is the kind of advice I was hoping to get and I really appreciate it.
Hi Dave. Nice to have you on board.
I also have some physical limitations from an injury that makes exercise hard and sometimes impossible.
I was always was very active and never had any weight issues until the accident. I am now 5'-11" at 205 lbs. Its the heaviest I have ever been.
But, I do know I can shed this weight and I am working on it as we speak.
All that is required for me to lose weight is two things. 1) No late night snacks. 2) Very low carb intake. Very low!
I know this works as I can lose weight at will. So can you.
Eliminate as many carbs as you can from your diet. This part is the hardest, but it gets better.
If you could stay below 30 grams of carbs a day in the beginning, weight will start to come off quickly. 30 grams is very little. But looking at the back label on food products will allow you to estimate your intake and adjust it.
There are many foods that sound unhealthy that are extremely low in carbs. Like bacon. So there is a silver lining.
Once you start to lose weight and start to feel better, you can start adding carbs back into your diet.
Find a book on the Atkins diet and follow the instructions. Also find a carb counter.
I know it has worked for me. And should I get overweight as I am now, I know I can lose it.
Just my opinion and everyone is not the same. But I know several people that also have had very good success using a low carb approach.