Re : Reposted - Newbie Help

Ignoramus this is for you.

I just wanted to respond and ask you another thing if I may. In regards to
the 7-14 day eating plan, I was not after this just to eat for 7-14 days
healthy and then lose my weight and go back to my old habit. I was after a
meal plan of this length so that I could follow it and keep repeating it so
that I had 7-14 days worth of healthy eating idea/meals to give me variety
to help me stick to it. Also, with a meal plan of either one or two weeks I
can then have a shopping list of things I need for my meals and therefore
only buy what I need. Some people don't maybe need a meal plan, but if I
had a 2 week list of all my meals, and provided that they are nice and keep
me full (I can cook) with a little disicpline it would be so much easier to
start eating healthier. Just for your knowledge I am a 20 year old Uni
student male who is newly engaged and only wish to lose 6-7 kilos and tone
up for my own happiness and the wedding in december this year.

Thanks again for any help

Nath.

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In article , Nath wrote:
I have 3 1/2 weeks of work in February, so in that time I am wanting to
start my new eating habits as well as exercise.

you might as well start your new eating habits tomorrow, and start
some exercise. And then do lots of it in February.

I am thinking of training
in the pool 5 days a week maybe quite hard for an hour to an hour and a
half. With the sort of exercise and a healthy eating plan will I lost
some
weight off my stomach (5kgs)? I am really all up on after about 8-9 kgs
and
overall tone.

Training in the pool is better than nothing, but it does not consume
that many calories. That said, it is a great idea to swim, so I don't
mean to discourage you, but rather I want to suggest supplementing
swimming with something else, such as walking, running, bicycling
etc.

Also of help to people who try to lose weight is weightlifting, which
builds up muscle and improves how many calories you burn per day.

If this seems good then that is great - now I am stuck on the 'healthy
eating plan' bit. I do know some healthy foods but does anyone have like
a
PDF with a 7-14 day eating plan with recipes so that I can purchase foods
that I 'need' and have variety in cooking my meals. I have heard that the
John Abdo's Eating Plan is suppose to be really good - does anyone have a
copy of that?

If you have this idea that you can use some 7-14 plan and be done with
it in two weeks and keep weight off, you are mistaken. You have to
stick to lifelong changes in eating, exercise etc.

More or less any sensible diet plan in some way restricts how much you
eat. So, it is not just foods that you choose, it is also how much of
them you eat.

The last thing I am after is fact or fiction - that you should eat 6 meals
a
day, 3 mains and 3 snacks as the more healthy food you eat the more fat
you

It is bull****.

Eating lots of small meals may be beneficial to diabetics and such,
but healthy people can do as well on 3 meals as on 6. It is a personal
preference sort of thing. Just remember, 3 or 6 meals, you have to
limit the total amount of food eaten daily.

burn and also that you need one day a week when you have takeout so you
body
can release that weeks stored fat cells?

What is that "takeout"?

i


Thanks in advance and I appreciate any help.

Regards,

Nath.

Ignoramus32199 wrote:
In article , Nath wrote:
Ignoramus this is for you.

I just wanted to respond and ask you another thing if I may. In
regards to the 7-14 day eating plan, I was not after this just to
eat for 7-14 days healthy and then lose my weight and go back to my
old habit. I was after a meal plan of this length so that I could
follow it and keep repeating it so that I had 7-14 days worth of
healthy eating idea/meals to give me variety to help me stick to it.
Also, with a meal plan of either one or two weeks I can then have a
shopping list of things I need for my meals and therefore only buy
what I need. Some people don't maybe need a meal plan, but if I had
a 2 week list of all my meals, and provided that they are nice and
keep me full (I can cook) with a little disicpline it would be so
much easier to start eating healthier. Just for your knowledge I am
a 20 year old Uni student male who is newly engaged and only wish to
lose 6-7 kilos and tone up for my own happiness and the wedding in
december this year.

Oh, I see, so it is kind of a way to learn to buy the right quantity
of foods and then to learn to cook various good foods, right?

i

yeah that is exactly 'it'!!.


Thanks again for any help

Nath.


In article , Nath
wrote:
I have 3 1/2 weeks of work in February, so in that time I am
wanting to start my new eating habits as well as exercise.

you might as well start your new eating habits tomorrow, and start
some exercise. And then do lots of it in February.

I am thinking of training
in the pool 5 days a week maybe quite hard for an hour to an hour
and a half. With the sort of exercise and a healthy eating plan
will I lost
some
weight off my stomach (5kgs)? I am really all up on after about
8-9 kgs and overall tone.

Training in the pool is better than nothing, but it does not consume
that many calories. That said, it is a great idea to swim, so I don't
mean to discourage you, but rather I want to suggest supplementing
swimming with something else, such as walking, running, bicycling
etc.

Also of help to people who try to lose weight is weightlifting, which
builds up muscle and improves how many calories you burn per day.

If this seems good then that is great - now I am stuck on the
'healthy eating plan' bit. I do know some healthy foods but does
anyone have like
a
PDF with a 7-14 day eating plan with recipes so that I can purchase
foods that I 'need' and have variety in cooking my meals. I have
heard that the John Abdo's Eating Plan is suppose to be really good
- does anyone have a copy of that?

If you have this idea that you can use some 7-14 plan and be done
with
it in two weeks and keep weight off, you are mistaken. You have to
stick to lifelong changes in eating, exercise etc.

More or less any sensible diet plan in some way restricts how much
you
eat. So, it is not just foods that you choose, it is also how much of
them you eat.

The last thing I am after is fact or fiction - that you should eat
6 meals a day, 3 mains and 3 snacks as the more healthy food you
eat the more fat
you

It is bull****.

Eating lots of small meals may be beneficial to diabetics and such,
but healthy people can do as well on 3 meals as on 6. It is a
personal preference sort of thing. Just remember, 3 or 6 meals, you
have to
limit the total amount of food eaten daily.

burn and also that you need one day a week when you have takeout so
you body can release that weeks stored fat cells?

What is that "takeout"?

i


Thanks in advance and I appreciate any help.

Regards,

Nath.

Nath, do you know what way of eating you are going to follow? What I
found really helpful is to get a three ring binder, sheet protectors and
a subscription to an appropriate magazine (I do Cooking Light and Eating
Well both but YMMV). Then copy or tear out the recipes that you like
and put them in the binder. Anther source to check into is
allrecipes.com. They have nutritional info with their recipes.

On 1/7/2004 5:53 PM, Nath wrote:
Ignoramus this is for you.

I just wanted to respond and ask you another thing if I may. In regards to
the 7-14 day eating plan, I was not after this just to eat for 7-14 days
healthy and then lose my weight and go back to my old habit. I was after a
meal plan of this length so that I could follow it and keep repeating it so
that I had 7-14 days worth of healthy eating idea/meals to give me variety
to help me stick to it. Also, with a meal plan of either one or two weeks I
can then have a shopping list of things I need for my meals and therefore
only buy what I need. Some people don't maybe need a meal plan, but if I
had a 2 week list of all my meals, and provided that they are nice and keep
me full (I can cook) with a little disicpline it would be so much easier to
start eating healthier. Just for your knowledge I am a 20 year old Uni
student male who is newly engaged and only wish to lose 6-7 kilos and tone
up for my own happiness and the wedding in december this year.

Thanks again for any help

Nath.


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jmk in NC

Sorry, I should probably have posted this link instead of the link to
the main page:

http://healthy.allrecipes.com/

I hope that this helps!

On 1/9/2004 10:54 AM, jmk wrote:
Nath, do you know what way of eating you are going to follow? What I
found really helpful is to get a three ring binder, sheet protectors and
a subscription to an appropriate magazine (I do Cooking Light and Eating
Well both but YMMV). Then copy or tear out the recipes that you like
and put them in the binder. Anther source to check into is
allrecipes.com. They have nutritional info with their recipes.

On 1/7/2004 5:53 PM, Nath wrote:

Ignoramus this is for you.

I just wanted to respond and ask you another thing if I may. In
regards to
the 7-14 day eating plan, I was not after this just to eat for 7-14 days
healthy and then lose my weight and go back to my old habit. I was
after a
meal plan of this length so that I could follow it and keep repeating
it so
that I had 7-14 days worth of healthy eating idea/meals to give me
variety
to help me stick to it. Also, with a meal plan of either one or two
weeks I
can then have a shopping list of things I need for my meals and therefore
only buy what I need. Some people don't maybe need a meal plan, but if I
had a 2 week list of all my meals, and provided that they are nice and
keep
me full (I can cook) with a little disicpline it would be so much
easier to
start eating healthier. Just for your knowledge I am a 20 year old Uni
student male who is newly engaged and only wish to lose 6-7 kilos and
tone
up for my own happiness and the wedding in december this year.

Thanks again for any help

Nath.



--
jmk in NC

"jmk" wrote in message
...
Nath, do you know what way of eating you are going to follow? What I
found really helpful is to get a three ring binder, sheet protectors and
a subscription to an appropriate magazine (I do Cooking Light and Eating
Well both but YMMV). Then copy or tear out the recipes that you like
and put them in the binder. Anther source to check into is
allrecipes.com. They have nutritional info with their recipes.

I agree with allrecipes.com. Another great feature of this site is the
ability to get a shopping list for those recipes you want to make. I did
this for Christmas dinner and loved it.

Beverly


On 1/7/2004 5:53 PM, Nath wrote:
Ignoramus this is for you.

I just wanted to respond and ask you another thing if I may. In regards
to
the 7-14 day eating plan, I was not after this just to eat for 7-14 days
healthy and then lose my weight and go back to my old habit. I was
after a
meal plan of this length so that I could follow it and keep repeating it
so
that I had 7-14 days worth of healthy eating idea/meals to give me
variety
to help me stick to it. Also, with a meal plan of either one or two
weeks I
can then have a shopping list of things I need for my meals and
therefore
only buy what I need. Some people don't maybe need a meal plan, but if
I
had a 2 week list of all my meals, and provided that they are nice and
keep
me full (I can cook) with a little disicpline it would be so much easier
to
start eating healthier. Just for your knowledge I am a 20 year old Uni
student male who is newly engaged and only wish to lose 6-7 kilos and
tone
up for my own happiness and the wedding in december this year.

Thanks again for any help

Nath.


--
jmk in NC

"Beverly" wrote in message
...

"jmk" wrote in message
...
Nath, do you know what way of eating you are going to follow? What I
found really helpful is to get a three ring binder, sheet protectors and
a subscription to an appropriate magazine (I do Cooking Light and Eating
Well both but YMMV). Then copy or tear out the recipes that you like
and put them in the binder. Anther source to check into is
allrecipes.com. They have nutritional info with their recipes.

I agree with allrecipes.com. Another great feature of this site is the
ability to get a shopping list for those recipes you want to make. I did
this for Christmas dinner and loved it.

Beverly


I like allrecipes.com and also Cooking Light magazine. Whenever I snip a
recipe from there or any source, I put it in one of those accordion type
filers you can get at any office supply store. I have tabs for poultry,
fish, vegetables, etc.. It makes things easier to locate and doesn't take
up much room.

Jenn

On 1/9/2004 1:50 PM, JMA wrote:
"Beverly" wrote in message
...

"jmk" wrote in message
...

Nath, do you know what way of eating you are going to follow? What I
found really helpful is to get a three ring binder, sheet protectors and
a subscription to an appropriate magazine (I do Cooking Light and Eating
Well both but YMMV). Then copy or tear out the recipes that you like
and put them in the binder. Anther source to check into is
allrecipes.com. They have nutritional info with their recipes.

I agree with allrecipes.com. Another great feature of this site is the
ability to get a shopping list for those recipes you want to make. I did
this for Christmas dinner and loved it.

Beverly



I like allrecipes.com and also Cooking Light magazine. Whenever I snip a
recipe from there or any source, I put it in one of those accordion type
filers you can get at any office supply store. I have tabs for poultry,
fish, vegetables, etc.. It makes things easier to locate and doesn't take
up much room.

Jenn

That's also a great tip. I've been using the binder and sheet protector
because of easy cleanup but I can certainly see how the accordion files
would do the trick :-) I think that the main thing is to get some good
sources of recipes and organize them in a way that is easier for you to
use. I'm still following the "must have nutritional info" requirement
so that I have some clue about that. I think that in the past I haven't
been too great with my estimantes.

Oh, I should also mention that Eating Well has some recipes on their
website --
http://www.eatingwell.com/articles_r...ipe_search.htm.
The "easy salmon cakes"
(http://www.eatingwell.com/articles_r...mon_cakes.html)
in the current issue were a hit with DH -- we didn't do the dill sauce
though.

--
jmk in NC

"jmk" wrote in message
...


On 1/9/2004 1:50 PM, JMA wrote:
"Beverly" wrote in message
...

"jmk" wrote in message
...

Nath, do you know what way of eating you are going to follow? What I
found really helpful is to get a three ring binder, sheet protectors
and
a subscription to an appropriate magazine (I do Cooking Light and
Eating
Well both but YMMV). Then copy or tear out the recipes that you like
and put them in the binder. Anther source to check into is
allrecipes.com. They have nutritional info with their recipes.

I agree with allrecipes.com. Another great feature of this site is the
ability to get a shopping list for those recipes you want to make. I
did
this for Christmas dinner and loved it.

Beverly



I like allrecipes.com and also Cooking Light magazine. Whenever I snip
a
recipe from there or any source, I put it in one of those accordion type
filers you can get at any office supply store. I have tabs for poultry,
fish, vegetables, etc.. It makes things easier to locate and doesn't
take
up much room.

Jenn

That's also a great tip. I've been using the binder and sheet protector
because of easy cleanup but I can certainly see how the accordion files
would do the trick :-) I think that the main thing is to get some good
sources of recipes and organize them in a way that is easier for you to
use. I'm still following the "must have nutritional info" requirement
so that I have some clue about that. I think that in the past I haven't
been too great with my estimantes.

Oh, I should also mention that Eating Well has some recipes on their
website --

http://www.eatingwell.com/articles_r...ipe_search.htm.
The "easy salmon cakes"

(http://www.eatingwell.com/articles_r...nt04/salmon_ca
kes.html)
in the current issue were a hit with DH -- we didn't do the dill sauce
though.

--
jmk in NC


I have access to a laminating machine at work but if I didn't I could see
needing some way to protect them because I am one of those people that gets
stuff everywhere when I cook. Nutritional info is a requirement for me
nowadays before I'll buy a cookbook, but I also have my logging software -
Diet Power - that will calculate the nutritional info for any recipe I put
in. It's great for when you want to tweak things.

Jenn
a tweaker

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 13:26:26 -0600, "JMA" wrote:

I have access to a laminating machine at work but if I didn't I could see
needing some way to protect them because I am one of those people that gets
stuff everywhere when I cook. Nutritional info is a requirement for me
nowadays before I'll buy a cookbook, but I also have my logging software -
Diet Power - that will calculate the nutritional info for any recipe I put
in. It's great for when you want to tweak things.

Jenn
a tweaker

Have you seen those clear perspex cookbook holders you can buy (or at
least you can over here). You stand the cookbook up in it, open at
the relevant page, behind a layer of clear plastic. They're very
effective.
janice
(who is also messy, both when cooking and when eating)

"janice" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 13:26:26 -0600, "JMA" wrote:

I have access to a laminating machine at work but if I didn't I could see
needing some way to protect them because I am one of those people that
gets
stuff everywhere when I cook. Nutritional info is a requirement for me
nowadays before I'll buy a cookbook, but I also have my logging
software -
Diet Power - that will calculate the nutritional info for any recipe I
put
in. It's great for when you want to tweak things.

Jenn
a tweaker

Have you seen those clear perspex cookbook holders you can buy (or at
least you can over here). You stand the cookbook up in it, open at
the relevant page, behind a layer of clear plastic. They're very
effective.
janice
(who is also messy, both when cooking and when eating)

I know what you're talking about and could use one for sure. Many of my
recipes are clippings from magazines, photocopies, or printed from websites
so I tape them to the range hood sometimes.

Jenn