What to eat to get there.

[joyanders]

I just started on Monday and have supposed to have 1400 cals daily but stopping the crisps etc between meals I've found it hard to eat this amount ( which seems ludicrous as I need to lose weight so have obviously eaten much more than that to get here.) Can anyone help me to work out what to eat for meals? So far I've had porridge, berries, kiwi fruit for breakfasts, 2 wholemeal sandwiches with salad and gammon for lunch and stir fry veg with chicken both dinners and an orange mid afternoon on both the days but know I'll get fed up with plan if I don't get variety. Know also you must eat to lose. HELP PLEASE

[Hidden]

You do need Those calories. You can allow yourself some low calorie snacks. This works fir some people.

[joyanders in reply to Hidden]

Thanks I want to change my approach to bad eating habits. I will look for the lower cal snacks so that I can use them and leave room for proper meals.

[Hidden in reply to joyanders]

I think the first two weeks while you are trying to institute a new regime are the hardest. Being hungry is not good so try and avoid it by planning for snacks. You may not need them and can then have a little treat sometimes instead.

[bakersdozen]

Veggie soup, fish which is very little calories. As Aqua says you must eat your daily amount as that is the only way to loose plus doing exercise. Have a look around this site there are fab ideas for meals. Good luck on your journey.

[joyanders in reply to bakersdozen]

Thanks I will go on the hunt for recipes.

[moreless Administrator 7 stone]

Hi Joy

When you started, I gave you a link to our newbie thread. If you revisit that, you'll find a link to a thread started by Lucca10 which contains recipes for people's favourite meals.

Hope that helps

[joyanders in reply to moreless]

Thanks will give it a visit

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to joyanders]

This is a link to one of our brilliant cooks on the forum, she's posted dozens of recipes for us

healthunlocked.com/shelliel

[Zest Healthy BMI]

Hi Joyanders,

You've probably already found this link, as I know Moreless mentioned it, but incase you haven't seen it yet, here is the link to Lucca10's thread about healthy meals and snack ideas:

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

Lowcal

[joyanders in reply to Zest]

Thanks what a super lot of ideas - lucca10 you are wonderful. Can't wait to try them. Many thanks to everyone for their help

[flavourfiend]

If you need more calories, you can have some of mine! Any time you like!

[joyanders in reply to flavourfiend]

Thanks but I don't expect it with be long before I'll be back to normality and going to bed early because I've run out of cals!

[lovelightlee]

I need help just can't stop eating the wrong things.

[joyanders in reply to lovelightlee]

I would like to try and not have " wrong things". It has always been about that. Now I'd like to be able to have whatever I want but to recognise my limitations and just have a little of whatever it may be. That's the hard bit!!! A lot of successful dieters I know say that is the secret - Huh!

[Sandra44p]

I make sure I have at least 2 portions of fruit and three of veg every day. 8 glasses of water. I have two Jaffa cakes or two squares of 70% cocoa dark chocolate a day.