From Tiffany, Age 18 - 06/19/08 - IP#: 66.57.192.xxx Click here to reply Ht. 5'6", Start: 160 lb, Today: 165 lb, Goal: 155 lb - I need som help with my eating habits. Well, not so much help, but suggestions. I'm in college and im doin summer school right now so i get up around 8 or 9 and hve one of those carnation breakfast drinks cuz i usually not have much time to eat. After class, i go straight to work and really dont have time to et anything healthy. I might eat a pack of crackers or something while in class but thats about it. When im at work, i usually have a snack about an hour or so before i get off so i can work out without my blood sugar dropping (im a diabetic). By the time im done working out, its about 7:30 or so and im the type of person who cant eat that late because thats where most of my weight comes from. What can i do about my eating schedule? Also, have you guys found that setting a certain date to be at your goal weight easy to follow rather than just having the weight be off by whenever? I'm the type of person that needs to be told what to do and i'll follow it...such as what foods to eat and what exercises to do...as long as they get me to where i need to be rather than just doing trial and error myself. I dont know why im like that...just am. But yeah, all comments are welcome. Thanks
Reply from Sammi, Age 16 - 06/20/08 - IP#: 69.123.117.xxx First of all, I just want to say if you need a friend to go through this with, you can always email me: sunkissed_lb1991@yahoo.com or if you have AIM, my screenname is SammmmTM. Ok anyway, your main problem is that you're not really eating anything throughout the day, so you're metabolism is very slow so when you do eat, the food isn't getting burned off as quickly as it should. Try to make all of your food the night before, so you can just grab it and bring it with you wherever you are. Try not to let more than 4 hours go by without eating anything or else your metabolism will crash. I suggest eating 5 or so lower calorie meals so you're not hungry as often as if you ate 3 higher calorie meals. For breakfast, the Carnation Instant Breakfast is fine, and has about 220 calories (including the milk). I love FiberOne bars, because they're filling, only 180 calories, and full of fiber which makes it very filling, so have that as your midmorning snack. Fruit is always good, and so are veggies, so if you have access to them, (I know, in college it's really hard to eat healthy) eat up!. Peanut butter is great (You can keep that in your dorm!)and so is water. Make sure you drink at least 60 ounces a day to prevent water retention.
Reply from Motivated, Age 19 - 06/20/08 - IP#: 71.192.26.xxx crackers aren't that great for you- get something with nutrition like fruit or a kashi bar, and concentrate later in the day on eating well when you have time as well. my fav. food is low carb whole wheat wraps which have only 90 cal.s and 10g of fiber! i make a super quick wrap with them and know it's nutritious and low cal.
Reply from sophia m, Age 13 - 06/20/08 - IP#: 68.220.221.xxx if u start eating wheats more than whites youll see a difference. even with the crackers, white ones arent good for you adn you can get wheatish ones... it helped me a whole lot to set myself a date. i started at the beginning of june and set my goal for june 29 (the day i go to the beach!!!) and ive lost 11 of the 12 pounds im trying to lose.
Reply from jacquie, Age 18 - 06/20/08 - IP#: 75.13.32.xxx i understand about that completly... but you have to make time and figure something out.... even if you have to pre make all your food... or get up earlier.. it is possible you just need more time managment
Reply from michelle, Age 14 - 06/19/08 - IP#: 67.235.242.xxx you could make food when you get done exercising and put then take it with you the next day
