Healthy eating but always starving?

ELLA

I always seem to get stuck in a rut when it come's to food - For example if someone said you should eat
fruit for breakfast
chicken for lunch
jacket pot for dinner

then I would have that everyday until i get bored and give up, I'm totally dumb trying to get the right foods and keep the cost down. It's a shame there isn't a book out there that tell's me what to eat day after day lol

I have been on the Treadmill again today for two sessions of 30 mins at a fast walking pace , also very typical that I have come down with my second stinking cold within weeks of each other :-(

Thank you all for your advice

kirstiex

jenniewb wrote: »

Water is also important- 2 litres a day, keeps your kidneys working properly. If your kidneys don't work properly, then your body does not work efficiently. Toxins don't get flushed out as quickly as they should do, it can affect your water retention levels- leave you feeling bloated, and can also stop your body metabolising food as well as it would do if it had enough fluids. Meaning it affects the rate at which you lose weight.

:eek::eek::eek: OMG - 2 litres a day!!!!!!!!! I can't even manage 1 cup full. I don't like water at all - lucky if I manage 2 cups of tea a day plus a small glass of orange juice in the morning and a large glass of wine in the evening! I'm truly shocked!!!!!!

Fire_Fox

It doesn't have to be two litres of plain water, two litres of non-caffeinated/ non-alcoholic drinks (tea/ weak squash) is fine. If you are having seven to nine portions of fruit and veg a day you can get away with less than two litres, if you are exercising regularly you will need more!

tara747

kirstiex wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek: OMG - 2 litres a day!!!!!!!!! I can't even manage 1 cup full. I don't like water at all - lucky if I manage 2 cups of tea a day plus a small glass of orange juice in the morning and a large glass of wine in the evening! I'm truly shocked!!!!!!

I'm shocked right back! :rotfl: I like drinking water, and at work the air can be quite dry so it is vital to keep drinking it. I would drink 2L a day easily, plus herbal tea. My skin likes it too.

jenniewb

kirstiex wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek: OMG - 2 litres a day!!!!!!!!! I can't even manage 1 cup full. I don't like water at all - lucky if I manage 2 cups of tea a day plus a small glass of orange juice in the morning and a large glass of wine in the evening! I'm truly shocked!!!!!!

You serious? you've not heard the recommended daily water intake for a person? (where have you been:rotfl:)

Heres a link to the BBC website but otherwise just ask google and you'll find more sites http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/healthy_living/nutrition/healthy_water.shtml

Remember, if you are not drinking enough, your body will still ask for water but its very easy to get this confused with hunger, this can mean your eating when you need to really be drinking!
Caffiene can mean you pee more often as caffiene is a natural diretic (makes water leave your body) so if you drink many strong coffees or highky caffinated drinks, you may need even more water to compensate for what you have lost.

Try to stick to things like water and if you must, diet/no added sugar squash (remember this does still have calories especially the high-juice versions which can be up to 75 kcals a glass if its no-added sugar- God forbid a normal full sugar version!) and diet drinks (fewer calories) as it can be very easy to drink calories and forget you have had them, a 350ml glass of orange juice or fruit juice would be around 175 to 200kcals, a smoothie can be much more. The last thing you want is for all your hard work to be stunted by forgetting you've had up to 25% of your daily intake just in a glass of fruit juice.

Exercise can increase your "appetite" to drink, try walking at a fast speed for 30 minutes in one go, it took me a long while to get myself to drink enough water- it used to make me gag or even make me throw up, I'd frequenly end up with a sore stomach after drinking. I was disgusted with myself- water is totally natural and I was reulsed by it yet could easily down a can of pepsi Max in one sitting! I had to train myself to drink little and often and now its much easier and I actually get thristy when I workout! (Believe it or not I never used to crave water after an aerobics class!!) its something I had to focus on doing and so had to want to change in the first place (I had to want to change, not others wanting me to change- important!) but it can be done! I went from not being able to take more then a sip to easily getting through an entire 1 L bottle in an hour of the gym! (I should add, if you exercise to a level where you sweat the going suggestion is to replace 500mls per every half an hour of exercise)

Kay_Peel

Stave off hunger pangs with some home-made soup.

Boil up a chicken carcass in water, with an onion and a carrot. let it bubble away on the hob for 30-45 minutes. Save electricity/gas by turning off the hob and letting the carcass cook in the residual heat for a couple of hours. Strain the liquid and you've got a good stock for a soup base.

Vegetarians should just boil up onions, carrots and any other vegetables for their stock.

Get a load of veggie stuff - carrots, onions, cabbage, celery, potatoes, swede and whatever else takes your fancy. Boil the veg in the stock and add some water. Season with pepper and lemon juice rather than salt.

Put in a handful of dried puy lentils or a tin of either lentils or chick peas. When all the vegetables and lentils have softened, mash or liquidise them into a thick and filling soup. Keep a couple of days 'portions' in the fridge and freeze the rest for later in the week.

Any time you feel hungry, have a bowl of soup. You can use salt at this stage - but go easy. It's filling, it's nourishing and it's warming comfort food. Add noodles, small pasta bits, rice or leftover chicken if you want a bit more bite to it.

Good luck!