So, I don't know how to diet.

[Cuddle_Muffin]

well, I must say..I have horrible eating habbits.

I don't eat breakfast...sometimes skip lunch...on rare days even dinner.

But usually I eat dinner and go to sleep.

Dinner is usually cream cheese toast and jelly with apple juice.

On good days when I have home cooked meals I stuffed my face with pork,chicken,rice etc...and sometimes throwup from over eating.

So, a while back I remember when all I ate was mini wheat cereal..2 percent milk served hot in the microwave with maple syrup..

That made me take many craps and loose weight like hell.

So, I stopped.

I tried it with oatmeal too..and same effect.

So..now I wanted to try eating fruits and veggies and cut out all types of added sugar foods, added salts, meats and fried anything.

The problem is I don't like the flavor of veggies without meats...

I have been eating only bananas, oranges and yogurt for 2 days

now...but I feel like I am not dieting right.

I have a heard time eating breakfast..It make my stomach hurt...I never eat directly after getting up from sleep...I eat at least 3 or 4 hours after.

[WoIIie]

You're not gonna fix your eating patterns unless you want to. No amount of advice is going to put you in the mood to eat breakfast and spread your portions throughout the day.

The best thing you can do for yourself is only eat what you buy, and maybe have one plate for dinner when it's offered. You seem to have an issue with veggies. Well, if you walk down the fresh produce isle at your grocery store, you'll see bags of spinach, lettuce, etc. These are all prewashed and ready to eat. So make a salad with them.

As far as meats go, try canned meats like tuna (sometimes canned chicken is available too) and just mix them into your salad bowl. Sound confusing? I'll break it down.

1. Rip open bag of salad.

2. Pour some into bowl.

3. Open can of tuna.

4. Put some into the salad.

5. Add healthy dressing.

Once you have those 5 steps mastered, you can add things that really make the salad insanely good. Tomatoes go well with a ranch salad. Red onions are also great. Alphalpha sprouts are these stringy things that give a nice texture and flavor to the salad, they should be near where you got the bags. Red wine vinegar is something I like to add as well.

[Cuddle_Muffin]

LOL, I would have asked you on diet advice if the chat thing was here.

I don't feel like typing what I am going through atm.

[martyfellow]

All that is crzy as you know. You need help from a traned dietician. The easiest way to get that is to sign up with Weight Watchers or a similar organization taht will lay out a healthy diet for you and provide you with key parts of it, pre-packaged.

Or you can read all aobut healthy eating here on the Internet, but you must not be interested!

[rachiee]

Dieting is easy once you get used to it and know what to eat. Have you tried salads? You can add grilled chicken or turkey to them. Just watch the dressing. A lot of calories are high in calories. Make sure you pick the right dressing and don't over use it. You really need to get protein in your diet. Try to get it through chicken or fish. Adding veggies with lean meats that aren't fried or cooked in butter is definitely okay to do.

You don't have to eat a big breakfast. Just a fruit and bowl of a cereal made with whole grains and 2% or skim milk is fine. I don't eat breakfast usually either, it makes my tummy hurt too. Usually I'll eat snacks once I feel okay to eat in the morning.

Also, drink plenty of water! Cut out sugary drinks. Even a lot of juices can be bad for you. Just read the labels. You want to workout as well. You want your calorie intake to be less than what you burn (your body burns calories naturally through out the day too).

[Cuddle_Muffin]

thankyou rachiee :D

I usually drink only water anyway...but I feel like meat may be givening me excess protein and fat..I wanna try being veggetarian for like a month to see if I can loose 10 pounds. I know the benefits of lean meat. But I might just try beans and nuts as substitutes...my problem is I can't find a way to make them taste good without adding unnessecary salts and other things for flavor..I like honey roasted peanuts..lol

[rachiee]

Lol yea sugar def sneaks up. But chicken/fish is fine for you. It won't give you excess protein/fat as long as you cook it right. Without protein you're body is going to start to feel worn down and you're going to lose a lot of energy so def try to get some sort of it in your diet. Being a vegetarian can work too. "Fake" meats made with soy protein can actually be pretty good and hard for you to tell the difference. Tofu can give you protein and still taste good too. Just depends on how its made.

[Cuddle_Muffin]

Thanks Rachiee.

[rachiee]

Of course! Let me know if you need any more help.

[misuzi]

Try eating the 3 traditional meals each day in smaller portions with a small snack between them to hold you over. This keeps your overall amount of consumption lower, hopefully, and also keeps your metabolism running more continuously which will make it more effective.