What are specific foods you should stay away from when trying to lose weight? (smoothie, weight loss)
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Get checked by a doctor. You might have conditions that slow down your weight loss. Depending on findings, your doctor can recommend diet that will fit your needs.
Generally - eat less than you burn. Don't let your body starve. Get good hydration (water!). Don't eat fried and processed food. Don't eat lot and late at night.
For me it's carbs...sweets, bread, pasta, rice...I eliminate those and I lose weight. Different people need different things though, and also your age may determine what you can eat and still lose weight. When I was younger, I could just limit my calories and I'd lose weight, but as I've gotten older, that doesn't work for me anymore.
Do you think I should sign up for a diet program like Nutri-System?
I only eat once a day so I tend to gorge myself. I think I need structure and healthy foods chosen by experts cause I am totally clueless.
No and do not sign up for something that you are not going to follow the rest of your life.
Eating one time a day is bad, good healthy meals and snacks. A program like Weight Watchers is good and has been good for years. Just do not start using the frozen over processed products sold as Weight Watchers brand. Use real food that you prepare from the market.
I eat just about everything: fast food, ice cream, pizza, fried chicken, beef jerky, ramen noodles, cupcakes, cookies, soda, juice, etc., which is probably why I am not losing any weight even though I run 7-10 miles a day.
So what are specific foods I need to avoid to lose weight?
Or is it just about limiting calories and doesn't matter what food I eat?
Calories in vs. calories out.
If you are a distance runner you definitely should be eating bread, pasta, potatoes and other high carbohydrate foods.
I eat just about everything: fast food, ice cream, pizza, fried chicken, beef jerky, ramen noodles, cupcakes, cookies, soda, juice, etc., which is probably why I am not losing any weight even though I run 7-10 miles a day.
So what are specific foods I need to avoid to lose weight?
Or is it just about limiting calories and doesn't matter what food I eat?
You just listed foods to avoid. I'll presume you also have no set rules about what you eat when you eat or how much you eat.
While at the moment you maybe running 10 miles a day the diet you've listed will ultimately have you confronting obesity and most probably diabetes related issues.
If losing weight is a priority you need to discover what a balanced diet is.
You just listed foods to avoid. I'll presume you also have no set rules about what you eat when you eat or how much you eat.
While at the moment you maybe running 10 miles a day the diet you've listed will ultimately have you confronting obesity and most probably diabetes related issues.
If losing weight is a priority you need to discover what a balanced diet is.
Exactly!!!
Its why I thought the OP's post was all just a joke. That and the fact that he hasnt participated in this thread that that started made me think that he has no intention really of curtailing his diet so that he can lose weight and/or improve his health/fitness.
When I was losing weight, I stayed away from nothing.
I did, however, count and log all of my calories, which meant I ate out less during that time. Unless the calorie information was available for me, I wouldn't know my intake. So I would approximate based on some research, add on a few and rounded up. But days like those would be my "off" days, meaning I maybe had a day a month where I ate whatever I wanted. Exercise all you want but if you are eating even 5,000 calories in "healthy" foods per day, you're going to gain weight unless you are burning off thousands of calories per day over your maintenance calories.
I also made sure I didn't buy and have in the house big packages of anything. Salt n vinegar chips---I can eat an entire bag like nothing, so I made sure if I wanted them, I only bought the small bag. I also tried to avoid soda on most days.
Count your calories! You have no idea how much you are eating.
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