I’m 30 and feel like I’ve got no idea on how to adopt and a moderately healthy lifestyle. I just find it so hard. I love junk food but obviously it makes me feel horrible. Of a morning I normally drink coffee until around 11 and then I find even if I make myself a healthy lunch I spend the rest of the day bingeing and eating chips, chocolate, lollies and soft drink. I have hashimotos disease so when I have tried exercise in the past I find I’m easily run down probably because I’m overdoing it. I guess I’m just after practical advice? I have tried the quick fixes but they obviously don’t work. I would love to hear what a day on everyone else’s plate is like just so I can get some ideas. I want to make my health a priority and start taking better care of myself.
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When I quit drinking coffee I was able to lose weight. I know everyone says coffee helps you lose weight but not the case if you're filling up on milk and sugar. It is a vicious cycle, coffee and sugar gives you energy you don't have so when it all wears off you feel like shit, and need to fill up on more crap food to feel normal. Try and give it up! You will feel so much better. Your appetite will go back to normal, start your day with a healthy breakfast, make yourself salad rolls for lunch, get low gi things for snacks. Don't fight your hunger but don't give in to what it wants either. I just keep things normal healthy, not too radical or strict just normal food and no junk. Works for me. Definitely give up the coffee!
caffeine makes me gain weight too! You have the caffeine crash so then you have to eat something.
I tried and failed so many time because I tried to make all the changes at once and that just doesn’t work for me.
Small changes worked for me and over time they made a big difference!
For me I started with a proper breakfast. Plenty of protein. Didn’t worry about what I did the rest of the day, as long as I ate that breakfast I was doing great. Half of the battle is not going into a spiral cause t he rest of the day wasn’t what I wanted it to be.
It took me about 14 days to establish breakfast as something I did. Then I added in a morning snack. Got that established and then I moved on to lunch. You can see the pattern here.
Exercise, I started with a walk around the block. That was it, it’s a small block. But gradually built from there. Now I’m a regular exerciser (dance, gym, swimming, walking) but it took a long time to get there.
I’d highly recommend some appointments with a dietitian. They are awesome, and can tell you what’s a great diet for you with no fads, and they will have knowledge on hashimotos disease and be able to take that in to account. They are much cheaper than a diet program in the long run.
But what is on my plate (I use the plate divider system) is about 1/4 protein, 1/4 carb and 1/2 veggies. My lunches I now make bento boxes a couple of days ahead, so I just grab and go.
Check out csiro total wellbeing diet website. It works!
Try changing one thing at a time. When my GP suggested I change to a low carb diet, she said to change one thing at a time. My biggest issues were breakfast, the drinks I was consuming and snacks. So I focused on changing my habits, one at a time over several weeks. By focusing on one thing at a time it didn’t take me as long as I thought it would to change my eating habits. A year on, I feel so much healthier than I did previously and I haven’t looked back.
Go keto.