AboutLea Expertise I can help people who want to eat CARBS and still lose weight. A balanced approach to weight loss (all food groups). Also I can recommend calorie levels for weight loss based on weight, height, age and gender. I am also hear to remind you WAIT to get on that scale, the weight loss doesn't always show up after 3 days. Stick with it!
Experience Weight Loss - a balanced way; carbs, protiens and fat.
Education/Credentials none
Awards and Honors for 2.5 years (very recently) I was THE top weight loss consultant at an Internationally recognized organization.
Question Hi!
I have gone through many different incarnations of a vegetarian diet over the
last 10 years. (I'm 29) Right now I'm 5'6" and weight about 145. I'm really
feeling pretty "floppy" and uncomfortable and wanting to devise a logical plan
to eat heathfully, responsibly (in the global sense) and lose weight through
running.
I've settled on a pescatarian diet and am recently looking at alternatives to
wheat/gluten . . . I swear- I think that the whole process of making bread is
like sacred or something. I love bread. I'll never totally give it up. But my
diet is super carb-heavy and I consume way more sugar than I should. I use agave
nectar sometimes.
I just want to be healthy and figure out a way to not spend my whole life in the
gym and the kitchen! I would honestly like to lose about 20lbs, but moreover I
want to feel solid and strong.
I'm an elementary school teacher and am totally lost on how I could maybe do
about a week's worth of shopping for really healthy stuff on Sundays for my
husband and I. Is there any way you could give me an example of a good grocery
list for one week and maybe an example of what I should eat in one day?
Hope that's not too much info or confusing! I just emailed this question to a different expert a moment ago - your profile caught my attentions so I am writing you as well.
Thanks ahead of time for whatever
you can tell me!
:)
Kristin
Answer Hi Kristin,
I can do my best with the eating for a day, 1200 calories for weight loss (1700 to maintain weight). Bfst: 3/4 cup of natural cereal (ex: aspen, muslix) and 1/2 - 3/4 cup milk. Mid morning: fruit. Lunch: (not white) bread (which you love) 2 slices, 2 oz protein and tomatoes, lettuce etc. sandwich. Mid Afternoon: yogurt (or milk) 1 cup and 8 almonds. Dinner: 3 oz protein, 1/2-1 cup starch (potato, rice, pasta, i slice bread). Snack: small square of chocolate, 3 cups popcorn, 1 cup pretzels or 2 cookies.
In regards to the grocery list, that is just too tough as I don't know your tastes etc.
The key for me has always been eating the same things all week for bfst, snacks and lunch, it's just easier for a healthy lifestyle. Although proper planning could provide a lot of variation in the meals if you like. Lunch could also be 1.5 cups of soup and a wheat bun or a california roll and 2 pieces sushi (if you eat sushi), Bfst could be 1 slice toast, 1 tbsp, peanut butter, 1 cup of milk.
In regards to feeling strong, I would recommend lifting light weights, lunges, squats and situps. Doing this on a regular basis will add strength (but may also slow weight loss on the scale, don't worry, your body will be shaping!)
