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Any good sites for Food Management ?

Last post 05-02-2007, 10:59 AM by ISparkyI. 7 replies.
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  •  05-01-2007, 10:24 AM 40780

    Any good sites for Food Management ?

    G'day all

     I am obviously on a serious mission to change my body and lose the weight I have always had. I just wanted to give you an example of a standard day since I started and was wondering if there was anywhere I was going wrong.

     Breakfast: All Bran Tropical with Skim Milk - Coffee with skim milk.

    Snack: Apple

    Lunch: 4 pieces of wholegrain bread, no butter or marg, with either a can of tuna and salad, or ham and salad. If I dont have those Ill have a Healthy Choice microwaveable meal.

    Snack: Yoghurt and Fruit piece.

    Dinner: Meat serve, 200 - 300 grams whether it be steak, chicken breast served with 5 types of vegetables. No sauces of any kind except for maybe a 99% fat free salad dressing. 4 Slices of wholegrain bread.

    Snack - Fruit cup in natural juices with a yoghurt and a piece of fruit

    The only drinks I have are either water or diet drinks with no sugar.

     I am also after a website that could tell me the advantages and disadvantages of some foods.

     Any assistance would greatly be appreciated.

     Shaun





  •  05-01-2007, 11:42 AM 40782 in reply to 40780

    Re: Any good sites for Food Management ?

    Hi Shaun, 

    Not knowing anything about you, perhaps your having too much bread.  Its really hard to say. 

    Can you put some stat's in like height, weight so that Ray could possibly help out a little more.
    Sorry couldn't be of more help.

    Jen


    SW: 96.1
    CW: 81
    GW: 61

    Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!
  •  05-01-2007, 1:05 PM 40785 in reply to 40780

    Re: Any good sites for Food Management ?

    www.calorieking.com.au has a heap of articles, and the ability to keep a food journal that can calculate the nutritional info on your food, too. It is free!

    Caution: Sarcastic and Cynical!!!
  •  05-01-2007, 1:45 PM 40790 in reply to 40785

    Re: Any good sites for Food Management ?

    My stats are as follows:

    Height: 180 cms

    Weight: 104 kgs

    Not even sure of my target weight as I am a reasonably big framed guy anyway.

     Shaun





  •  05-01-2007, 3:35 PM 40796 in reply to 40790

    Re: Any good sites for Food Management ?

  •  05-01-2007, 5:03 PM 40799 in reply to 40780

    Re: Any good sites for Food Management ?

    Hi Shaun,

    Just to give you a brief overview in relation to your question here's a few tips:

    No more than 2 slices of multigrain bread or 1 multigrain roll per day. In your example, you have 8 slices of wholegrain bread - that's 6 too many!

    Fruit cup in juices - you'd be better off grabbing a piece or two of fruit in it's natural form ie) a whole apple, banana, peach etc.

    Breakfast looks fine. Shake it up with some breakfasts such as rolled oats (not instant porridge); baked beans on your 2 slices of toast; fresh tomato & cottage cheese (i recommend the weight watchers cottage cheese) on 2 slices of toast; a poached egg & grilled tomato with perhaps some mushroom & spinach and even 1 slice of bacon with the fat cut off (you wouldn't do a big breaky like this more than once a week)... you could also have your cereal (ie weetbix, oats or all bran) with a tub of low fat yoghurt & 1 slice of toast (leaving you the other slice of bread for with lunch or dinner)...

    Try to keep any microwaveable meals to an absolute minimum - sure they say healthy and so on, but you can't beat using fresh unprocessed products. That could mean having tuna & salad for lunch, or a salad roll or a baked potato (no butter) with cottage cheese (instead of cheese & sour cream) with salad. 

    Vegetable soup is also a great add in either as a snack or a meal - and preferably not something from a packet. Happy to send you a simple soup recipe that is filling & nutritious if you wish - and it's very easy to make.

    Dinner - a super simple way to figure out dinner is this: divide your plate into quarters: one quarter is your meat (it should be no larger than the palm of your hand, and you should have fish or chicken over red meat, and red meat only say twice a week)... grill it don't fry it. One quarter of your plate is your carbohydrates, whether this is a potato (no more than one), or some pasta or rice or cous cous or your bread (if you have bread left over from your daily guide of 2 slices)... the other half of your plate should be vegetables - either salad or steamed vegies. You can also stif fry your vegies, and rather than using sauces, you can use many beautiful herbs & spices. I am a huge fan of chilli & cumin & garam marsala... limit your oil/fats to no more than 1 tbs of olive oil or a spray of olive oil. You can also just as effectively use a bit of water to stir fry your vegies.

    Essentially, try to avoid processed & packaged foods as much as possible, and use fresh fruit and vegetables as much as you can, as well as wholegrains & legumes & cereals. Keep an eye on your meat/protein portion - no more than the palm of your hand, and try to drink 2-3 litres of water daily. Limit your coffee & caffiene to no more than 2 - 3 drinks per day (caffiene is great for inhibiting weight loss if you have too much). Keep your fat intake to a minimum - no more than the size of your thumb. If you would normally eat a lot of cheese, try & switch to cottage cheese as it's high in protein & very low in fat.

    Hope that helps some -

    Kaz

  •  05-01-2007, 5:05 PM 40800 in reply to 40799

    Re: Any good sites for Food Management ?

    ps:

    as to your goal weight, start by looking for a 10% loss. that is a good guide and will help you really kick things off, whether it takes 6 weeks or 6 months, it's a better way to approach it. that would mean a loss of around 10.4kgs, which will bring you down to around 94ish kilos. reasses once you get there, you might aim for something like 80-83 kg as your goal weight in the end.

     cheers

    kaz

  •  05-02-2007, 10:59 AM 40820 in reply to 40800

    Re: Any good sites for Food Management ?

    Thanks heaps you guys and gals.

     A few things I was definitely getting wrong especially the amount of bread in a day. I have now designed a calories counter and bread was definitely one of the highest, even wholemeal.

     Have cut down my calories by a third with just a few simple things from the information I have been reading on here and a couple of calories specific sites, definitely should be a good thing.

     Thanks again, the information has been greatly appreciated.

     Shaun





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