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Good, healthy, meals
Hey. I'm trying to loose some pounds for my birthday party that's coming up. It's a pool party and now that gym's over and everything I'm afraid I haven't been very active. I've been going on the tredmill for a half hour each day since yesterday. Lol. But anyways, I want to loose about 10 pounds which would be great. I'm 14/f if it helps. Anyways, I'm also trying to eat healthy but the meals I've been eating really have no flavor. Such as, a bagel with no butter, or plain pasta, or salad. So if anyone can come up with some tasty healthy meals that would help me loose weight or at least that are healthy I would be so greatful. As many ideas as possible would be wonderful too. So just meals that will help with weight loss but are really tasty too! Thank you so much in advance!
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well yoplait yogurts are really good, they come in alot of flavors and are only like 110 calories but they have alot of nutrients, it also says the help you burn more fat.
low fat milk also helps.
you can also go to
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you can input what your going to eat and it will tell you all the nutrients.
&you can eat preety much whatever just in proportion like instead of a bagel only eat half, then maybe the other half later.
things like that, just eat less of it.
good luck.
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First off from what you write, your meals lack protein. A good protein source should be the base for most of your meals. Things like:
Skinless chicken
Skinless turkey
Low fat beef
Tuna
Cottage cheese
Egg whites
Your meals should also be balanced. This gives you the opportunity to mix tastes a bit. Generally they should be composed of a good protein source, a modest carb source, and a small amount of good fat.
So how about something like 100 grams of barbequed chicken breast, a small portion of whole wheat pasta with a spicy tomato sauce, and a small salad with canola.
Or for breakfast, one whole egg and three egg whites scrambled, a slice of whole wheat bread, and some fruit.
You get the idea. To help you I have a link to a bodybuilding site where they share healthy recipes (dont be afraid of the "bodybuilding" part, that just means they eat good healthy meals with ample protein really).
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There will be stuff here thats not for you (e.g. some strange shakes and stuff) but you can also find great inspiration.
Anyway good luck. Remember to get 5 healthy meals in every day, drink plenty of water, be active, and get plenty of rest as well.
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Ok first of all, focus more on being healthy than loosing weight, and honestly, loosing ten pounds is a LOT of weight and unless you actually have a weight problem (which it doesn't sound like you do)I wouldn't suggest just loosing it like that. Think: do what makes you feel good - like if you're eating healthy and excersizing right you'll know in other ways besisdes the scale
ok now the fun part. FOOD!
If you really did want to loose weight carbs aren't so good.... only the really whole grain stuff. Think whole wheat pasta with tomato sauce, pumpernickel bread with crem cheese, YUM! Instead of plain crackers get the stone round kind because the stuff is coarser and takes more to digest, meaning you get more energy for longer and less hungry. (I personally like mine with cheese). You can also get rice that is made of coarser, browner grains. This makes wayy more of a difference than eating stuff without that tiny bit of butter.
For salads, you can try mixed greens to make it more interesting, or just buy lots of different kinds of lettuce and mix it together. A really low fat sauce is vinegar and olive oil (yeah I'm Italien) or you can go with the pre-mixed kind. Try getting kinds that are more liquidy than the extra chunky/creamy stuff.
Mostly otherwise just stick to the basic. Don't eat fast foods, don't eat junk food. And eat lot's of veggies and don't eat too much red meat or potatoes.
Most importantly, eat as much as you need to be full. Snack when you're hungry. Honestly the whole portion control thing is complete baloney.
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