you are what you eat

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rach wrote:

my other tip would be to think about switching to redbush tea - its great for antioxidants and is naturally caffeine free

That's the only tea I drink :T Then again I was brought up on it, and "normal" tea tastes funny to me :rotfl:
I can't tolerate caffeine - it gives me terrible insomnia, so Rooibosch it is. And water - I'm a water nut - love the stuff!

competitionscafe

julbags wrote:

Why does thinking "food is fuel" mean not enjoying food (or am I just getting the wrong end of the stick).
I love food and I love eating well and cooking and growing some of my own but I firmly believe that food is fuel - garbage in = garbage out. If I fuel my body with crap like high fat chips/burgers/crisps all the time it shows when I ask my body to do something like run or bike, I just don't manage it as well. If I eat well - lots of fruit, veg, good carbs, some meat/fish and little of the indulgent stuff my body runs very well. I have loads of energy to get me through the day etc.

Sorry to confuse you - I meant those who see food only as fuel and don't get enjoyment out of cooking and/or eating food - ie: either those who don't really care what they eat they just eat to live and those who (like GM) who recognise the benefits of certain foods on your health but don't necessarily get any pleasure out of eating. Of course simply put, food is fuel and you are what you eat, but I was referring to people who saw it only as 'fuel' and not also as one of life's great pleasures (which it is). Hope that explains what I was trying to say.

julbags

Cheers competitionscafe, that does clear it up.

I love food - which is why I do so much exercise - then I get to eat even more lovely food !

Sharra

If you do change your diet to a more healthy one, start taking the multivits and make sure you drink your 2 litres of water a day, within a month you will notice the difference, you will honestly start feeling loads better. And the reverse is true too, your body becomes much more tuned in to how its feeling. I ate far too much junk over xmas and was left feeling really awful, I'm just starting to get over the 'junk food hangover' now.
I will also add that after that much time eating 'good' food, your tastebuds change and junk food does lose some of its appeal. (we *treated* ourselves to a takeaway pizza the other night and it tasted minging!).

Mrs_A.

guineapig,
i love your take on things, budgetting for food and favourite recipes seems very logical to me, now that you have put the idea into my head (why did i not get that before) its an approach i think i am going to take
many thanks
regards
mrs a

Mrs_A.

guineapig,
i love your take on things, budgetting for food and favourite recipes seems very logical to me, now that you have put the idea into my head (why did i not get that before) its an approach i think i am going to take
many thanks
regards
mrs a

vixtress

just adding my 2 penneth worth!

i once read an article where someone had costed out various diets (if followed to the letter) the GM diet came out most expensive, cant remember exact figures but am sure it was about £60 per week, for one person!!!! thats my shopping bill for family of 4 for everything!!!!!!!!!! think weight watchers faired better but was still about £30

can imagine anything worse than her diet, i try to eat healthily but surely you have to have some 'nice' food.

agree with previous posts about smoothies though, they are fab for getting your 5 a day and are delicious

Sarahsaver

I think food is fuel but I also enjoy food - the goodness of the 'fuel' you put in the engine determines the quality of the output!
Having started off the new year on the 'right' foot I am actually enjoying celery/beetroot/carrot juice in the mornings, but right now I have a decent glass of red wine
Off to the gym and yoga tomorrow!

FannyHill

I watched that prog tonight by Gillian McKeith which was interesting apart from the drum solos in the background all the way thru.Play proper music in the background and not too loud.

If people change to her recommended foodstuffs are they allowed the occasional naughty food ? It must be terrible if you are never allowed a cheesecake or a bar of chocolate.Staying on her diets for years sounds horrendous.

I wonder if she occasionally has something forbidden ? I mean she looks like a scrawny little chicken.

CFC

Nicki wrote:

I'm not sure I understand this post! If the OP swops her crisps and chocolate habit for a fruit and veg one, then she will be greatly decreasing her calorie and fat intake, and is therefore likely to lose weight. One choc bar = 300+ cals, one piece of fruit around 60 cals. If the OP therefore eats at the moment 2 choc bars and one pack of crisps a day, and replaced this with 3 pieces of fruit, she would be saving approx 600 cals a day without making any other changes at all.

Don't forget that the heavier you are the more cals you need. There are lots of sites out there which will calculate the number of calories you need to maintain your current weight based on your height, weight, age and activity level. To lose weight you only need to eat about 200 cals a day less than this amount (which will add up to 1-2lb per week). A very seriously overweight person could easily be given a daily calorie total of 1600 cals a day to start off with (maybe more depending on how overweight they were), and this is a very generous amount of food and drink - especially with the 600 cal saving above.

The point is, Nicki, that unless you actually CUT calories down, you don't lose weight. Simply swapping a diet that makes you GAIN weight by cutting out extraneous calories doesn't make you LOSE weight, only actually cutting calories down so that calorific intake is LESS than calorific outgoings actually makes you LOSE it.

If your total intake is 2600 calories (or maybe more), cutting back to 2000 calories doesn't assist you in losing....

However, apart from the weight loss side of it, people whose diets are not very good are usually lacking in their full quote of vitamins, minerals and fibre so taking in more fruit and veg (preferably in whole form, but juicing is a lot better than not at all) will improve their overall intake.

Hope that clarifies for you.