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Does anyone have tips. I am looking to lose a good amount of weight (no specific number, but over 30).
Here's my problem, I am a foodie. I care about what's in it. I don't eat much packaged food. I like to cook most of my meals, and typically buy local or organic ingredients. My groceries are from the local produce mart, the farmers market, whole foods and trader joes. I go to a mainstream grocery store 1X every few months.
I get occasional fried chicken cravings and I find that too much to make at home. I also am easily tempted by homemade or housemade pastries. And lately empanadas.
So for you other foodies: what worked for you to take off a few pounds -- without resorting to the packaged plans.
Weight watchers points plus program, I am on it and have lost 41.4 lbs so far. I cook all my own meals and get recipe ideas from the website. I have the montly pass whis is $39.95 a month and they don't charge for missed meetings. The website is very easy to navigate abd the program works if you stick to it.
Cooking whole foods for yourself is half the battle; you don't have to be a "foodie" () to do so and to appreciate what's going into your body.
The trick is to find which foods keep you satisfied with less. I'm probably safe in saying that fried chicken -- no matter where you get it -- and pastries aren't the trick.
I found Atkins to be a cook's dream and quite effective. You can make a lot of good stuff with butter, cheese, eggs, meat, nuts and vegetables. You can even have fried chicken as long as you don't coat it with heavy carbs (I used almond flour instead). The only thing I really missed were sweet desserts but I got used to it.
Mark Bittman, Mr. Premier Foodie, lost a lot of weight on a low carb diet while maintaining his high culinary standards and wrote quite a bit about it. You might want to look that up.
Being a 'foodie' means you have an advantage. If you like to cook stick with whole fresh foods you can come up with hundreds of delicious, healthy meals. My husband and I love to cook and the real key is to buy the best ingredients you can. Also stay away from butter, creams, and simple carbs. Be sure to eat good fats such as olive oil, avocado and nuts, and other mono-saturated fats. Salmon is a power house of good fats and nutrition.
Oven fried chicken is easy and healthy and a fraction of the fat and calories of real fried chicken.
And for goodness sake stay away from any form of pastry. Talk about wasted calories.
I agree that Weight Watchers is a great way to get started. They have the most sensible way to eat and they also have wonderful cook books.
I found Atkins to be a cook's dream and quite effective. You can make a lot of good stuff with butter, cheese, eggs, meat, nuts and vegetables. You can even have fried chicken as long as you don't coat it with heavy carbs (I used almond flour instead). The only thing I really missed were sweet desserts but I got used to it.
Mark Bittman, Mr. Premier Foodie, lost a lot of weight on a low carb diet while maintaining his high culinary standards and wrote quite a bit about it. You might want to look that up.
Atkins is not for everyone. also the weight may come off fast but it goes right back on. At least with weight watchers you get a balance of carbs, proteins, whole grains ect and you can maintain your weight better. You need to have some carbs in your diet. I did atkins once and I did not like all the high fat foods they make you eat. plus on WW you are not denied anything. When I did atkins I can remember going out to breakfast at a bagel store and looking upset because I could not have a bagel, I ended up with a cheese omelette. At least with WW I can still have my bagel and still loose weight. I also don't like that on atkins they tell you to use heavy cream in your coffee, too rich for my taste.
Atkins is not for everyone and I know someone who was on it and they got sick, also the weight may come off fast but it goes right back on. At least with weight watchers you get a balance of carbs, proteins, whole grains ect and you can maintain your weight better. You need to have some carbs in your diet. I did atkins once and I did not like all the high fat foods they make you eat.
I agree. Atkins is not for everyone. For some it works great. But it is very restrictive and all that saturated fat is not good for anyone. It is an extremely hard plan to stay on for any real length of time. But again, some have embraced it and it works for them. It is absolutely a disaster of a plan to go on and off and back on. You have to commit right off the bat for the long haul.
I agree. Atkins is not for everyone. For some it works great. But it is very restrictive and all that saturated fat is not good for anyone. It is an extremely hard plan to stay on for any real length of time. But again, some have embraced it and it works for them. It is absolutely a disaster of a plan to go on and off and back on. You have to commit right off the bat for the long haul.
Atkins is not for everyone and I know someone who was on it and they got sick, also the weight may come off fast but it goes right back on. At least with weight watchers you get a balance of carbs, proteins, whole grains ect and you can maintain your weight better. You need to have some carbs in your diet. I did atkins once and I did not like all the high fat foods they make you eat.
There's nothing about Atkins that says you can't eat carbs. It's "controlled carb" not "no carb". If someone you know got sick they were probably doing it wrong and eating a bunch of artificial crap just because it didn't have any carbs. I control my carbs but still eat plenty of them (mainly from fruits, vegetables, and whole grains). Most people would do better over the long run by upping the fat and protein and cutting back on starch and sugar. It's when they revert back to eating the too much of the latter that they put the weight back on.
It is more difficult to stick with if you're not a pretty good cook. However, I don't have that problem.
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) to do so and to appreciate what's going into your body.
