Help me tweak my diet/eating habits?
Ok, I do not come from a family of healthy eaters or know any, lol. Even the nutritionists I know suffer from highblood pressure and poor eating habits. So I am left to my own devices: internet research and yahoo answers, lol. Looking to tweak my diet a bit for a combination of weight loss, rheumatoid arthritis, and general health. I try to walk four days a weak for thirty minutes or more depending on swelling/pain.
Breakfast
Smoothie – cup of Spinach, 1 cup of carrots, ¼ cup almond milk, 8 blackberries
¼ cup of Walnuts, and whole wheat/multigrain black bread roll (80 calories/4g protein) with a teaspoon of butter.
Snack ½ cup of raisins
4 prunes
Lunch:
Banana smoothie – 1 1/2 small banana, 1/3 cup of almond milk vanilla extract & cinnamon.
Snack: ½ cup walnuts
Half of a whole wheat role with organic natural peanut butter
Snack: orange
I eat lean chicken breast or fish three to four times a week for dinner
Dinner option 1: Berry smoothie, cup of berries, two pineapple slices, ¼ cup almond milk, 1/8 cup organic sugar, ½ cup of nuts on side
Dinner option 2: Fish baked (salmon, cod, halibut), whole grain rice
Dinner option 3: Chicken, green vegetable on the side, blue cheese dressing 2 tbl spoons
Dinner option 4: Shrimp with fruit as a side
I only bake or boil fish and chicken.
I also take a flinstone vitamin, fish oil, biotin, folic acid, potassium glucosanate, and calcuim with vitamin C supplements. I intend to add vitamin D, selenium, and probiotics.
Thank you!
I forgot to note that I am looking for a permanent change to my diet (as in the way you eat daily). I have been eating the above for almost three weeks, and want to know if I am on the right track or leaving something out or have to much of something in. I have already lost several pounds and want to make sure my new eating habits are healthy. Thank you.
The Slimfast ONLY diet. Just 3 to 4 slimfast drinks a day. Nothing else besides water….. At 600-800 calories a day. You’ll drop weight quick. I’m doing this right now. I’m one day into it and lost 2 pounds in one day.
Note: You can use any brand health shake as long as its under 200 calories. I just prefer Slimfast cause the Chocolate taste so good and it comes in convenient cans.
You’ll lose 7-10 pounds a week on average. Some people lose more.
Shake for breakfast (200) Shake for lunch (200) Shake for dinner (200) Snack another shake or juice (200) And tons of water. Unsweetened tea is okay too.
Total calories during diet- 800
After you lose all the weight you want. Slowly introduce solid food back. Small portions. And nutritious healthy food only. AFTER all you weight is lost ONLY…..
-Week one introduce breakfast back 250 calories or less, and a shake for lunch and dinner. Snack a shake or juice. Total calories – 850
-week two introduce lunck back 250 calories or less. small breakfast (250) small lunch (250) and shake for dinner. Snack a shake or juice.- 900 calories total
-week three introduce dinner back 400 calories or less. small breakfast (250) small lunch (250) dinner (400) Snack shake or fruit or veggie 200 calories or less.- 1100 calories
Then Maintain 1100 or less calories a day to keep off all the weight you loss.
I’ve spent a few years researching diets and have found several esteemed nutrition researchers who agree that a low-fat pure vegetarian diet is the healthiest diet for humans. This healthy diet along with a healthy lifestyle (avoiding alcohol, caffeine, and tobacco) promotes several years of additional healthy life and reduction of symptoms you described. Essentially, this is a diet that consists of leafy green vegetables, other colorful vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and fruits. Some people will require supplements of B12 (low dosage) and D3 (high dosage). If you avoid nuts, avocados, olives, and olive oils, you will also want to supplement your diet with ground flaxseed for Omega-3 fatty acids.
The work of Dr. Calwell Esselstyn, Jr. is probably the most appropriate for you. He is an esteemed cardiovascular researcher who has very specific dietary recommendations that are effective in reducing blood pressure and reducing cholesterol and making people “heart-attack proof.” His studies along with all of the researchers listed below show how you can reduce blood pressure through diet alone (assuming you don’t smoke or drink or consume caffeine).
I lost 80+ pounds and lowered my blood pressure to a healthy range by simply adopting this healthy diet. If you avoid animal food products, you can lower your cholesterol as well. This will lead to lower blood pressure as well.
Please do your own research to verify what I claim. Good luck!
Added note: Whey products including dairy (cow protein) promotes the growth of cancerous tumors. I suggest you review the work of T. Colin Campbell “The China Study” before consuming any form of diet drink that replaces meals.
Why don’t you try taking acai berry for weight loss? Acai berries will surely make you feel better.