Question by Newcastle Gal: what is a great diet to loose weight… anyone know any weekly recipes or advice what to eat 4 a healthy diet?
I would like some suggestions which others have used and find the diet recipes great and healthy…. I have tried to look up on google but there are thousands to search through and I would like some first hand recipes which real people have tried and think works… any ideas???
I am also planning to go swimming and do a whole bunch of physical activities aka bike riding and occasionally going to gym.
Best answer:
Answer by Piggychopps
Good, try these recipes
Lemon Coriander Soup
* Lemon juice – 2 tbsp
* Fresh coriander (hara dhania) leaves, chopped – 2 tpsp
* Oil – 2 tbsp
* Onion, chopped – 1 medium
* Spring onion bulb, chopped – 1 medium
* Ginger (adrak), chopped – 1 inch piece
* Garlic (lahsun), chopped – 5 cloves
* Gram flour (besan) – 2 tbsp
* Vegetable stock – 4.5 cups
* Cabbage (pata gobhi), chopped – 1/4 small
* Carrot, cubed – 1 medium
* Black pepper, crushed – 7-8
* Salt – to taste
Instructions
1. Reserve the stems of coriander leaves. Heat oil in a pan.
2. Add onion, spring onion bulb, ginger and garlic and sauté till translucent.
3. Add gram flour and continue to sauté till you get a nice aroma.
4. Add vegetable stock, coriander stems, cabbage and carrot cubes and bring to a boil.
5. Add crushed peppercorns and continue to boil.
6. Add half of the chopped coriander leaves and cook for five to ten minutes. Strain and keep aside cooked vegetables.
7. Heat the strained soup. Add salt, lemon juice and bring to a boil again.
8. Season with the remaining chopped coriander leaves and serve hot.
Coriander Mint Chutney Sandwich Recipe
Indian, Snack (Sandwich)
An fat-free, cholesterol-free, low-calorie sandwich. Perfect for the ones who are aiming for weight loss or are otherwise health conscious.
Good For Heart Disease, Weight Loss
Health Factor Low Fat, Low Cholesterol, High Fiber
Prep. Time 10 min
Cook Time 10 min
Ingredients (Makes 2 – 4 Serving)
* 1 bunch fresh mint (pudina)
* 1 bunch fresh coriander (hara dhania)
* 6-8 cloves garlic (lahsun)
* 1″ piece of ginger (adrak)
* 2 green chillies
* 1 tsp sugar
* 1/2 tsp salt
* 2 tsps lime juice
* 3 pieces brown (whole-wheat) bread
* 1/2 cup grated carrot
* 1/2 cup grated cabbage
* 3 tsp fat free yogurt (optional)
Instructions
For chutney:
1. Cut off roots from both mint and coriander, peel garlic and ginger and remove stalks from green chillies. Wash all these ingredients thoroughly.
2. Grind these and all the remaining ingredients into a smooth paste.
For Sandwich:
1. Mix yogurt and coriander-mint chutney thoroughly and spread a layer of it on one piece of brown bread followed by a layer of grated carrot. Cover it with another piece of brown bread.
2. Spread a thin layer of yogurt-chutney mix on it followed by a layer of cabbage and cover it with the second piece of brown bread. Bind the sandwich with a little pressure.
3. Finish the sandwich by trimming the four edges. Cut diagonally into two pieces.
4. Place in a plate and garnish with a few leaves of fresh mint.
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I really never enjoyed doing recipes coz it is sometimes difficult to look for the ingredients. what I did to loose weight was to eat 5 small meals throughout the day every 3 hours to aid my metabolism. Allowing your body to starve makes your system store fat.
I also consume at least 8-10 glasses (250ml) of water.
when shopping, I check the food label and look out for added sugar and high sodium content.
My diet consist of 5 servings of fresh fruits and vegetables. unprocessed meat, whole grains and healthy fats from nuts
I went to Weight Watchers…lost 42 lbs. with them. Their program works and it uses the techniques used by nutritionists…the people in charge of setting the guidelines…
You might want to pick up a book on nutrition while you are at it…Nutrition for Dummies is a good read as are The Everything Nutrition Book and Total Nutrition.
Oh dear, this space would surely be not enough to cover all the recipes i want to share with you. So, instead of listing one by one, i will just give you some basic principles.
Any recipe would do as long as it have the ingredients you need and it don’t have the ingredients you don’t need.
Fruits, vegetables, fish are no-risk food. You may consider chicken just make sure to have the breast part. You can have beef but on moderate amount. You can never go wrong on oatmeal and wheat bread. Also, chili can burn fats.
If you call for specifics, try these:
salmon
blueberry
tomato
cereals
pumpkin seed
broccoli
black currant
( I chose these not only for slashing pounds, they are good for the brain. Hit two birds in one stone, sounds great?)
Make sure to avoid great amount of salt, sugar, fats.
And of course, you will have the shape you want if you exercise. Yes, swimming is effective plus it will strengthen your heart.
Oh i almost forget, you might as well consider enjoying this process. I don’t believe this should be total deprivation. You can lose weight without being cruel to yourself.
If you really crave for the taste of pork and beef, you can cook as you always do, remove the meat after the cooking is done and put some toasted tofu. You will have the taste of the meat because the tofu will absorb the taste. The texture of toasted tofu is somehow similar with meat so you don’t have to get used to it. You enjoy the taste without sacrificing your figure.
Hope this helps
Mandy
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go wheat free. No pasta, pizza, bread and so on. And no food
after 7 p.m. People achieve marvellous results with it. Depending on
your initial weight, you can drop upwards from 20 pounds a month. If
you don’t eat wheat then you don’t eat all those sticky, fatty goey
cakes, you don’t eat junk food, and you don’t eat biscuits. But your
diet is still balanced. It costs nothing, and you do not have to
calculate points or to buy special meals or plans.
here is the list of foods, separated into 3 categories:
- good sources of protein
- good sources of carbs
- good sources of fat
Good Sources Of Protein
Chicken (without skin)
Turkey (without skin)
Lean cuts of beef
Lean cuts of pork
Lean cuts of lamb
Lean cuts of veal
Eggs
Egg whites
Tuna fish
Salmon
Shrimp
Lobster
Flounder
Sardines
Snapper
Swordfish
Trout
Crab
Clams
Scallops
Milk (2% or skim)
Cottage cheese (low fat/non fat)
Yogurt (low fat/non fat)
Tofu
Black beans
Garbanzo beans (aka chick peas)
Kidney beans
Lentils
Lima beans
Navy beans
Pinto beans
Miso
Soybeans
Peanuts
Almonds
Cashews
Hazelnuts
Pecans
Pistachio nuts
Natural peanut butter
Pumpkin seeds
Sunflower seeds
Protein powder, protein shakes and protein bars
Good Sources Of Carbs
Brown Rice
100% whole wheat bread
100% whole wheat bagels
100% whole wheat pita bread
Whole wheat/whole grain pasta
Sweet potatoes
Yams
Oatmeal
Buckwheat
Bulgur
Bran cereals
Garbanzo beans (aka chick peas)
Kidney beans
Black beans
Lentils
Navy beans
Pinto beans
Lima Beans
(Fruits And Vegetables)
Apple
Orange
Plum
Banana
Grapes
Strawberries
Peaches
Pears
Cantaloupe
Pineapple
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Asparagus
Spinach
Lettuce
Romaine lettuce
Avocado
Cucumber
Eggplant
Tomato
Cauliflower
Celery
Turnip
Bok choy
Mushrooms
Peppers
Green peas
Good Sources Of Fat
Salmon
Mackerel
Herring
Anchovies
Sardines
Scallops
Halibut
Fish oil supplements
Peanuts
Almonds
Walnuts
Cashews
Natural peanut butter
Olive oil (extra-virgin)
Flax seeds
Flax seed oil
Pumpkin seeds
Sunflower seeds
eat a well balanced diet with proper portions. drink lots of water. get at least 30 minutes physical activity every day. read all you can on weight loss and do the things that work for you. keeping a diary of what you eat and drink helps a lot. then you know when you goof up and when you did everything right. here are some site that helped me. I included the Slim Fast one because they have great ideas and tools and it’s free. you can use their products, but you don’t have to.
Get the recipe books (5) called Symply Too Good To Be True. They give all the recipes we love with a drastic reduction in caories. It is great. Available on line http://www.symplytoogood.com
i’m not so good in cooking so i just get the ready made health food.
weight watchers meals are pretty tasty and you can eat them in less than ten minutes time.
you can find a special promotion of $ 250 weight watchers lean cuisine meals giveaway here:
http://tinyurl.com/FREE-250WeightWatchers
you can grab it and try it for yourself to see if it works for you.
don’t cut out grains!! Eat 100% whole wheat ones. No white flour or sugar.
Once you lose the weight by going wheat-free, you might add some back into it here and there and fin yourself eating it again. Once you do that you’ll gain weight right back