need dieters/nutrionists input
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FitnessGoddess
Cathlete
When you say "the same diet" do you mean the same foods everyday? I can tell you from experience BOOOOORRRRINNNG! You might be healthy but you wouldn't stick to it for very long. In my own experience, I ate the same thing for breakfast everyday for a while because it was easy, it wasn't long before I began to gag at the thought of eating breakfast. Really. I just couldn't stand the thought of putting that food in my mouth again.
You can achieve the same ratio & still have variety. It will take more work, but it can be done.
You can achieve the same ratio & still have variety. It will take more work, but it can be done.
kathryn
Cathlete
I think that, unless you planned very carefully, you might be missing out on certain nutrients by eating the same thing every day, with no variation (as well as getting bored to death from it... though lack of variety does encourage one to eat less). Maybe set up a basic "template" of foods (a fruit, for example, could be an apple one day, a persimmon another day, melon the next, etc.).
YasBeFit
Cathlete
>Yes, you interpreted correctly - I meant the same foods
>everyday.
>Thank you for your valuable input. The work that accompanies
>variety is what I was trying to get out of.
You might want to put a little work into incorporating variety into your diet or you will surely get bored eating the same foods every day.
One way to simplify the process is to think in terms of food groups. A copy of Diabetic exchanges of Weight Watchers food list would be helpful. You would then plan how many daily servings of Starches, Protein, Dairy, Fruit, Vegetable, and Fat you would need to get a 40/30/30 diet at your goal calorie level. You can then have variety by choosing different foods within the food groups but still sticking to your recommended number of servings.
For example, I usually eat 2 starches, 2 proteins, and 1 Dairy at breakfast (~400calories 42%CHO/30%PRo/28%Fat)
To meet this goal I could eat:
*3/4 c. Cheerios, 8oz. 1% Milk, 1 slice wheat bread, 2oz. Turkey
*1/2c. Oatmeal made w/8oz. 1% Milk, 2 Hardboiled eggs
*2 Low-fat Nutrigrain Waffles, 2 oz. Lean Ham, 1 oz. Part-Skim String Cheese
*1/2 Bagel, 2 oz. Turkey, 8oz. Milk
Once you become familiar with serving sizes, then it takes very little effort to plan variety into your diet by substituting foods within each food group.
Hope this helps!
>everyday.
>Thank you for your valuable input. The work that accompanies
>variety is what I was trying to get out of.
You might want to put a little work into incorporating variety into your diet or you will surely get bored eating the same foods every day.
One way to simplify the process is to think in terms of food groups. A copy of Diabetic exchanges of Weight Watchers food list would be helpful. You would then plan how many daily servings of Starches, Protein, Dairy, Fruit, Vegetable, and Fat you would need to get a 40/30/30 diet at your goal calorie level. You can then have variety by choosing different foods within the food groups but still sticking to your recommended number of servings.
For example, I usually eat 2 starches, 2 proteins, and 1 Dairy at breakfast (~400calories 42%CHO/30%PRo/28%Fat)
To meet this goal I could eat:
*3/4 c. Cheerios, 8oz. 1% Milk, 1 slice wheat bread, 2oz. Turkey
*1/2c. Oatmeal made w/8oz. 1% Milk, 2 Hardboiled eggs
*2 Low-fat Nutrigrain Waffles, 2 oz. Lean Ham, 1 oz. Part-Skim String Cheese
*1/2 Bagel, 2 oz. Turkey, 8oz. Milk
Once you become familiar with serving sizes, then it takes very little effort to plan variety into your diet by substituting foods within each food group.
Hope this helps!
Personally I prefer a 40-40-20 plan instead, but that's just personal preference. I think any plan has to have total calories factored in there somewhere so the pounds dont gradually creep up. If you think about it already, most people already are eating certain foods over and over again, the key to a healthier diet is to change those 20 or so certain foods to 20 or so healthier foods.
My two cents,
Stacy
My two cents,
Stacy