slimming food

[Guest guest]

I have a real hard time deciding if the food that I make is considered

" slimming " . For example, here are a couple of things I made over the past day,

what do you think?? (first off, my diet consistly mostly of a vegetarian diet,

I do occassionally eat fish, I know that means I am not a true vegetarian, so

please don't crush me, I do understand.)

 

Lunch yesterday:

 

2corn tortillas heated with Pam, not oil or butter

 

each filled with:

2 T. avocado hummus (can of chick peas, 1 avacado, garlic, red pepper and

cilantro)

4 or 5 shrimp sauteed with lemon juice, garlic, salt and mushrooms (again no

oil or butter)

 

Does this sound fairly " slimming " ? If not, other than the avocado, what is

wrong with it?

 

Smoothie made with a banana, 1/2 c. orange juice, 1 cup 1% cows milk, vanilla

and 4 ice cubes.

 

What do you think? I am a person who has never, ever had to lose weight until

now. I've always had a very high metabolism. Once I hit 33, it was shot to you

know where and I am having a really tough time keeping weight off.

 

Thanks for your help!

Christene

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I don't see anything wrong with what you mention - bananas are high in

calories but they're also high in potassium and I think getting the

potassium in is more important than getting the calories out. The

avacados are also high in calories but you only had about 4 T. -

actually, it all looks pretty yummy as well as healthy!

 

Susan

Alberta, Canada

[Guest guest]

" No one can lose weight on a diet. " I don't understand this statement.

Elaborate, if you will, please....

 

" Bob C. " <comarow wrote:

There really are no slimming foods. The key to weight loss is a life

style change, and one doesn't eat to lose weight, one eats for nutrition.

No one can lose weight on a diet.

 

 

 

On Behalf Of Susan Flewelling

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:12 AM

 

RE: slimming food

 

I don't see anything wrong with what you mention - bananas are high in

calories but they're also high in potassium and I think getting the

potassium in is more important than getting the calories out. The

avacados are also high in calories but you only had about 4 T. -

actually, it all looks pretty yummy as well as healthy!

 

Susan

Alberta, Canada

 

 

[Guest guest]

Gee Bob,

I am not disagreeing with you but this is all a matter of opinion. The word

" diet " has many different definitions so it all depends on the one that you use.

Diet for me does not nessesarily mean " weight loss " , It means what I eat and

drink. I whole-heartedly agree with the lifestyle change part of what you wrote,

whether it be to lose weight, get in shape, and/or just get healthier.

Thing is, and this is just my opinion but, the thing is, to lose weight,

the body needs to burn more calories than it takes in, we all know that. If you

are regularly exercising and eating good food and STILL not losing weight, then

you have to either burn more calories or cut down on the intake of them. I

understand the " starvation mode " that the body goes through. After the many

years I did of yoyo dieting, I have found that to be a proven fact. But, IMO, it

is important to keep track of the calories and foods that you take in and by

doing that, you realize that some foods are, what we all like to refer to as

" slimming " . Foods that are high in nutrition and low in calories are consider

" slimming. " I know that you know that and maybe that is not what you are saying.

Because I'm vegan, I do regulate my what I eat and that is why I call it a

vegan diet...could also refer to it as a vegan lifestyle. I know what you are

saying Bob, but sometimes it's easier for people to understand it when you use

the words and terms they are used to. I have been able to lose most of my

unwanted weight (60lbs), maintain that for 4 years now, and I play with 5lbs all

the time. I did this by watching my calorie intake and, of course, getting

exercise. There is such a thing as " too much " exercise though.

Did I make sense? I just wanted to say that nothing is black or white.

BTW, I consider bananas a " slimming food " even though they are alittle high on

the calorie side. The nutrition is good and portion control is the key. I never

buy large bananas, only small ones because that keeps me honest. When I first

started trying to lose weight, my sister, who is vegetarian and has been thin

most of her life, told me something that she learned at Weight Watcher's. She

said anything can be low in calories and points if the serving is small enough.

So, I try to get the maximum nutrition from the calories that I take in.

Thanks!

Stef

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

One little thing Bob, when I say " count calories " I don't nessesarily mean to

keep them low. When I got into the whole " dieting " and change of lifestyle mode,

it was natural for me to just cut way down on calories and we both know, that

that can produce just the opposite effect. I found that by " counting calories " I

could maintain a healthy calorie intake for the day...not nessesarily " low " but

what I found to be the intake that kept me happy, not starving, active, and

either maintaining or lowering my weight. It's probably different for each

person.It was almost harder for me to find my " maintaining " calorie count.

I realize that we are all different. Weight Watchers was great for me. When

I hit this plateau half way down the line and I couldn't lose another pound to

save my life, they told me to up my calories and guess what....it worked.

I'm just one of those people that needs to " see " exactly what I'm putting

into my body everyday. I know that doesn't work for everyone.

Stef

 

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[Guest guest]

There really are no slimming foods. The key to weight loss is a life

style change, and one doesn't eat to lose weight, one eats for nutrition.

No one can lose weight on a diet.

 

 

 

 

On Behalf Of Susan Flewelling

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:12 AM

 

RE: slimming food

 

 

I don't see anything wrong with what you mention - bananas are high in

calories but they're also high in potassium and I think getting the

potassium in is more important than getting the calories out. The

avacados are also high in calories but you only had about 4 T. -

actually, it all looks pretty yummy as well as healthy!

 

Susan

Alberta, Canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I would think these foods are slimming:

 

1. Substituting whole milk with skim milk

 

2. Eating more vegetables and salads and less starchy food

 

3. Cutting down on sweets, eating more fruit

 

4. Making soup with salad the center of the meal (non-fat dressing)

 

5. Eating yogurt instead of ice cream

 

 

, " Bob C. " <comarow

wrote:

>

>

> There really are no slimming foods. The key to weight loss is a

life

> style change, and one doesn't eat to lose weight, one eats for

nutrition.

> No one can lose weight on a diet.

>

>

>

>

> On Behalf Of Susan

Flewelling

> Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:12 AM

>

> RE: slimming food

>

>

> I don't see anything wrong with what you mention - bananas are high

in

> calories but they're also high in potassium and I think getting the

> potassium in is more important than getting the calories out. The

> avacados are also high in calories but you only had about 4 T. -

> actually, it all looks pretty yummy as well as healthy!

>

> Susan

> Alberta, Canada

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

 

 

On Behalf Of Christene Eggie

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 6:26 PM

 

RE: slimming food

 

" No one can lose weight on a diet. " I don't understand this statement.

Elaborate, if you will, please....

 

Dieting has been proven to have no statistically significant long term

weight loss effect. The body has too many factors that prevent it from

working. When one reduces calories, the body goes into starvation mode, and

reduces the metabolism. Every drive of the body is to sustain the eating.

 

What does work, as determined from the National Weight Control Registry is a

life style change, no weight loss diet. Exercise must be upped, and

statistically, resistance training is also required to speed up the body's

metabolism.

 

The meaning is, don't try to diet. Eat for health, exercise for health,

push weights for health, and let weight control become a natural consequence

of a healthy life style.

 

This does not mean one should not avoid empty calories, dense calories, but

should seek the joy of healthy foods. To lose weight, which *must* be

coupled with exercise, eat more. Yes, more, large salads WITHOUT oil based

dressings. Life style changes means some foods simply do not exist anymore.

There is no white flower based cake, cookies. Soda pop does not exist. We

can not eat empty calories.

 

 

 

 

 

" Bob C. " <comarow wrote:

There really are no slimming foods. The key to weight loss is a life

style change, and one doesn't eat to lose weight, one eats for nutrition.

No one can lose weight on a diet.

 

 

 

On Behalf Of Susan Flewelling

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 10:12 AM

 

RE: slimming food

 

I don't see anything wrong with what you mention - bananas are high in

calories but they're also high in potassium and I think getting the

potassium in is more important than getting the calories out. The

avacados are also high in calories but you only had about 4 T. -

actually, it all looks pretty yummy as well as healthy!

 

Susan

Alberta, Canada

 

 

[Guest guest]

Stef,

 

I agree with your definition of diet. The concept of eating slimming foods

was what I was referring to. Diet is what we eat, but the definition of

diet in our society is what people do to change their weight.

 

Your view that one can simply count calories should be obvious, is common

sense, logical, reasonable, and of course, wrong. The body goes into

starvation mode, slows down the metabolism, does everything to function,

often in a less healthy mode while using less calories. And the drives to

eat more are overwhelming. It would be like saying I will stop breathing

till I die.

 

As far as exercise, the key is resistance exercise, as that changes the

ratios in the body.

 

Bob

 

 

 

On Behalf Of steff davidson

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:01 AM

 

RE: slimming food

 

Gee Bob,

I am not disagreeing with you but this is all a matter of opinion. The

word " diet " has many different definitions so it all depends on the one that

you use. Diet for me does not nessesarily mean " weight loss " , It means what

I eat and drink. I whole-heartedly agree with the lifestyle change part of

what you wrote, whether it be to lose weight, get in shape, and/or just get

healthier.

Thing is, and this is just my opinion but, the thing is, to lose

weight, the body needs to burn more calories than it takes in, we all know

that. If you are regularly exercising and eating good food and STILL not

losing weight, then you have to either burn more calories or cut down on the

intake of them. I understand the " starvation mode " that the body goes

through. After the many years I did of yoyo dieting, I have found that to be

a proven fact. But, IMO, it is important to keep track of the calories and

foods that you take in and by doing that, you realize that some foods are,

what we all like to refer to as " slimming " . Foods that are high in nutrition

and low in calories are consider " slimming. " I know that you know that and

maybe that is not what you are saying.

Because I'm vegan, I do regulate my what I eat and that is why I call

it a vegan diet...could also refer to it as a vegan lifestyle. I know what

you are saying Bob, but sometimes it's easier for people to understand it

when you use the words and terms they are used to. I have been able to lose

most of my unwanted weight (60lbs), maintain that for 4 years now, and I

play with 5lbs all the time. I did this by watching my calorie intake and,

of course, getting exercise. There is such a thing as " too much " exercise

though.

Did I make sense? I just wanted to say that nothing is black or white.

BTW, I consider bananas a " slimming food " even though they are alittle

high on the calorie side. The nutrition is good and portion control is the

key. I never buy large bananas, only small ones because that keeps me

honest. When I first started trying to lose weight, my sister, who is

vegetarian and has been thin most of her life, told me something that she

learned at Weight Watcher's. She said anything can be low in calories and

points if the serving is small enough. So, I try to get the maximum

nutrition from the calories that I take in.

Thanks!

Stef

 

 

 

 

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