hey, you can do it, it just takes motivation (which im trying to get), but ive seen it work by witnessing my former boss, who is a doctor
Basically she cut down on her meats, excessive amounts of breads, rice, pastas, NO chips, NO sweets, NO fast foods (except salads), and increased her intake of raw vegetables, fish and whole grains. She told me foods in grocery stores, such as meats, tomatoes and fruits have a lot of growth hormones, so to purchase your fruits and veggies from a health food store or make sure they say "Organic" on the label.
She also said the key is to NOT starve yourself, you have to eat to lose weight because not eating slows your metabolism, in addition to drinking lots of water and exercising.
She didn't do anything extreme, she just used her stair master, about 30 minutes a day. She also did things that would keep her moving more, like if she had to go to the mall, she parked further away so she had a longer distance to walk.
When she would eat at work this is some of the foods she would eat. She ate her carbs (good carbs) in the morning.
Morning
Cherrios w/ skim milk
bowl of fruit with pears, watermelon, grapes and bananas
Morning snack (if she got hungry)
whole grain bran muffin (low in sugar and saturated fat)
Lunch
cabbage w/ tiny small amount of cut up beef or chicken
diet coke/pepsi
Afternoon snack
chickpeas (she loved this stuff! LOL)
carrot sticks
half an apple
Dinner
Salmon
Collards/Kale/or Spinach
Tiny bit of brown rice (no butter, and sea salt for flavoring)
beverage: water
this is just an example, but she guzzled on water all day, would drink almost a gallon a day.
She lost 36lbs in six months. She chose to do it slower so she didn't feel like she was starving herself.
hope that helps
Last edited by Sparklez; 09-14-2005 at 11:29 AM.
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