I feel you man I usually dont keep track of my calories either but since I'm posting on a log mine as well post the calories!I've personally never counted calories when I tried losing weight (160 now from 210) .. I did watch carbs though but I mainly focused on upping the heck out of my veg/fruits and cutting out the fast food and soda and especially late night binging.
I like your diet plan though. Your first post looks just like my diet except I incorporate green smoothies and fresh fruit/veg juice and don't drink protein shakes.
The urges are hard to deal with. I quit smoking cigarettes (after ~8 years) and started trying to eat correctly at the same time. It's been three months and while I haven't had a smoke, I have had some bad nights of eating.
Being determined to reach your goal should help with the urges. Also, making the food you crave fresh instead of buying the processed stuff. And maybe give yourself a free meal or day each week to have what you want. Little incentive..
GL!
I feel you man I usually dont keep track of my calories either but since I'm posting on a log mine as well post the calories!
Hey keep up the good work brotha! Although I dont know how hard it is to quit smoking, I'm sure its nothing compared to dieting (or maybe similar depends on your urges haha).
I am trying not to buy processed food but its hard when your on a budget but I do buy organic vegetables and eggs. I would love to buy some organic chicken but again no cash. I'll work with what I have! I also do that free meal one a week and its only the third day I am definitely looking forward to the cheat meal.
Thanks man. Yeah, definitely track everything. I feel ya on how expensive eating healthy could be. I try to go for produce that's in season since it's usually cheaper. If you have a big freezer maybe buy bulk from a local butcher. Look around and some may have killer deals.
What are you putting in your chicken/turkey wraps?
Tuna with mayo n vinegar. Yum
Thats actually a good idea. I will take the local butcher idea into consideration!
I had two wraps yesterday the one in the chicken breast was:
Multi Grain Wrap (100)
swiss chesse (80)
Hummus (60)
Veggie Mix (10-15)
For the turkey:
Multi Grain wrap (100)
Hummus (60)
Veggie Mix (10-15)
Do you have any other recommendations? I wouldn't mind trying something different. I also have alaskan salmon and tuna (both canned) at the crib.
This is a good healthy meal I used to have pre-work out.
50g wholegrain brown rice, 1 teaspoon olive oil, 1 onion, 1 yellow pepper. Fry them up then add either tuna, 150g prawns, crabmeat, cod, haddock, with some sugar free chilli sauce to cook the fish n veg with.
Worked a treat. Pre or post workout.
Turkey steaks are also your friend.
I'm low carb so I don't have any rice anymore, I sure do miss that meal
Man those wraps sound good. I'm planning on bringing those into my daily eating. Yeah, some butchers have great deals. One by me offers
5 lbs Choice of Ground Beef or turkey
5 lbs Beef Ribeye Steaks
5 lbs Pork Chops (center cut)
5 lbs Chicken Wings
3 lbs Chicken Breasts(Boneless & Skinless)
2 lbs Bacon
For $75 and you can mix up the meats.
Have you tried staggering carbs? For a month I did 150carb day, 100 carb day, 50 carb day, 50 carb day, and repeated. I lost the most weight that month, but the 50carb days were horrible.
Also, try making stews. Good for leftovers .. Use some lamb/beef mixed with a bunch of veggies, cannellini beans, throw some spinach/chard on the top right before it finishes.
Romaine/spinach and some tuna in a wrap sounds good. I would ditch the PBj's for some almond/sunflower seed butter on toast.
Any progress so far? You can use sweet potatos/beans (legumes) rather than brown rice.
For your breakfast/snack/lunch I would eat more carbs while targeting high protein/less carbs for your dinner and snack afterwards. Having the carbs early should allow you to burn them throughout the day and the protein will work throughout the night.