Is this an OK diet? How can I change it up?

[Anonymous]

I've been on it so far for 3 months and have lost weight by the diet and exercising.

For breakfast I eat a salad with lettuce,tomatoes,carrots,grapes,oranges,cucumbers and lemon juice as the dressing and a piece of whole grain toast with peanut butter on top of it.

For lunch I eat a salad with lettuce,tomatoes,cucumbers and onions with lemon juice as salad dressing along with an apple.

For dinner I eat a salad with lettuce,tomatoes,almonds,carrots,cucumbers and lemon juice as the dressing.And maybe an apple or banana.It depends on my mood,like once I ate a peach.

Once a month I treat myself to a piece of baked chicken.

My boyfriend has been bugging me about losing weight so I've been on this diet for 3 months and I go to the gym where I run on the treadmill for an hour and the elliptical machine for 30 more minutes.I'm now 5'4 and 121 lbs.

about how many calories do you think I'm eating a day?I'm also really bored with what I'm eating,what can I do to vary it?I have to force myself to eat it because I can't stand it anymore.

[WeaponZero]

1. You're a good weight for your height and don't need to lose any.

2. You're not getting nearly enough fiber or protein. For protein try to have two servings of lean meat a day (fish, chicken breast, lean beef, etc) and even that still won't be sufficient.

Start using fitday.com (or a similar site) to keep track of your diet/weight loss progress. It will help tell you how much and of what you need. Try to get in 25g of fiber and 80g of protein per day. For reference, a single 4 oz. chicken breast usually contains about 30g of protein. Vegetables like the kinds used in salads contain absolutely none. The only protein you're getting in your diet at all is from the peanut butter (probably about 15g or so) and the single piece of whole grain toast (about 5g or so). You need to step that up a LOT more.

[Jonny_]

I'd recommend more meat... Your diet is OK, but lacking in essential Iron and Protein. For the record you aren't overweight at 121lbs, I'm 146lbs... Sure I'm a guy and taller, but I'm very slim. If you are going to stick to your dieting I'd only suggest losing another 11lbs and no more. Personally my own diet is terrible, I eat seven meals a day... High in salt and carbs. I also snack a lot in between. My diet isn't the best. I'm blessed with high metabolism and do exercise quite often. I think the workout is more important than the diet.

[Asker]

My boyfriend says I should weigh around 100 lbs so I have 21 more pounds to go

[Jonny_]

So? Does he know everything about dieting and weight boundaries? He is asking abit much of you, why should you change for him? Is he making some ultimate sacrifice that means you have to do what he says? It's a lot of trouble to go to for a guy who may or may not be around for that long. No offence.

[truejbig]

ahhhh you aren't getting enough protein in your diet(don't "treat" yourself to chicken once a month, you need to eat that daily or something. meat has a lot of vitamins in it that you don't get from vegetables) and you need to do some weight lifting to develop muscle. also I don't think you need to lose weight, I'm 5'4" and 125-130. and I'm on the skinnier side. and that's rude of your boyfriend to tell you to lose weight, if you're 5'4" 121 lb and he wants you to loose weight he has the wrong body image idea for a girl. also the min weight you can weigh and be healthy is 120. the way you calculate it is 100 at 5 feet, and for every inch over that add 5 lb. and that's the very very skinny minimum. you should never weigh 100 lb as an adult.

[ILoveCefalu]

Protein is good for you- you could eat fish for dinner, or more lean meat. Eat eggs with veggies for breakfast, or do oatmeal and brown sugar. It'll fill you up, and it's delicious. For lunch, eat things like turkey on whole wheat (pack on the veggies) or eat pasta. Your diet's a bit extreme, but kudos to loosing weight.

As for your reason to loosing weight, you should not weigh 100 pounds because your boyfriend told you to. A healthy weight isn't dependable on pounds, but on your body frame and how much exercise you get, and how healthily you eat.

[Dan2287]

Forget what your boyfriend says - you're a good weight for you're height, and fit since you're going to the gym. Weight on its own is very misleading as muscle weights more than fat. I'm 6'2 and 215lbs. Lots of people think that's too much weight but I'm a very slim looking guy - my weight is going up as I develop strong leg muscles.

So you could be on a diet and losing fat; and working out and gaining muscle - and at the end of the day your weight either stays the same or increases. As long as you stay in shape by going to the gym, you should't be so strict on your diet. Especially because your boyfreind has a target set for you - maybe he should go on a diet himself...

[happygirl18769]

u got to worry about carbs not calories .. carbs are what makes you fat and there are a lot of carbs even in some fruits . to lose weight don't eat anything sweet or with a lot of carbs the rule is if its made with suger or flower don't eat it. you should really try the atkins diet its really good and easy to lose on and you don't have to eat like a rabbit. there is a lot of info on the web about it. or you can go to atkins .com also

[missymoo]

Im vego, and I'm currently suffering from anemia. its not fun especially when you start having pains in your chest like your having a heart attack, and I'm only 18. Start taking vitamin supplements but especially iron and b12.

[peace-love-couture]

If it's helping you lose weight then it must be.

[peace-love-couture]

Oh sorry,change it up....

Try adding a boiled egg in the morning rather than the toast with peanut butter. or add other types of berries or perhaps a vinegar based dressing rather than just lemon juice or bacon bits although you might wanna take the fruit outta that one

[doctorwhofan23]

that does not really sound like enough food.

[trod199]

you could of had a V8!