Diets

[Imthachamp]

Originally posted by lovelyivy84
I live in NYC. 500 bucks/month for food is still excessive. What the heck were you buying?

I lost weight when I learned to cook. That was instrumental.

i was eattin out for lunch, dinner and a second dinner. i was droppin 25$ a day for awile.

when i eat out, i spend almost 10 bucks everytime.

[cashmoney]

I used to eat out all but one night, that stuff kills the wallet. And more so when you have a GF. At any rate, 500$ a month is not outrageous. Most people don't live off of chicken breasts. Steaks are expensive, there's been plenty of times when I went shopping for the week and I spent over 150$ for the week. And it was more so when I was on a high Protein diet to help gain muscle mass. but, I do agree though, going shopping for food for the week saves you TONS of $$$ compared to eating out every night.

[Shelacious]

Originally posted by ThetaPrincess24
I watch what i eat, beign a diabetic my diet consists of low fat, fat free, sugar free, or reduced sugar items. I also avoid fast food whenever possible and when i cant watch where and what I order. I also am mindful of serving sizes and how much fat and calories are in each serving.Then I never eat pork, and ground beef is extra lean, and I cut excess fat of chicken, and never eat the fat on a steak. I also cook with either olive oil, or fat free Pam cooking spray.....I'm also mindful of ingredients in particularly "hydrogenated" and "partially hydrogenated" oils due to trans fats(fat that is not usually accounted for in the fat content on the labels)

I also drink only skim milk, water, and 100% fruit/vegetable juices.(also again being mindful of serving sizes, except with water). I lost 4 pounds in water when I cut out soft drinks alone in my diet.

I also take a multi-vitamin and lots of exercise, and I try to put more physical activity in my day for example, taking teh longer way to class, parking far from the front door of a store, taking the stairs when it's three floors or less(unless i'm feeling fat that day and i'll take all the stairs) etc.

I pretty much follow what you do to the "T". I'm on a low- glycemic" food "diet" (diet meaning I eat like this as a part of my daily diet, not to lose a few pounds) although I am not diabetic. You will not lose a bunch of weight quickly, but you'll lose key inches, pounds and most importantly, a good percentage of body fat. I've probably lost 3" off my waist and 6% body fat since I've been eating like this. I love it.