So...
There are a variety of weight loss tactics that I either know work for me or I think are a good idea. And my plan of attack is to combine some into a doable plan. Low-fat is good for me, I do lose weight well on it when I don't overeat. And since the overeating is something I just don't seem to be able to master without some help, I will count my calories. I determined the caloric amount after reading about the idea of finding out the calories needed to sustain a sedentary person at your goal weight. So, picking 125 out of the air, I looked it up and learned that a sedentary 125-lb. person needs 1550 calories a day. Just about everyone and their dog these days says to eat 5-6 meals a day or every 3 hours or so; I'll be doing that then. Those are the things that I am definitely doing.
Now, something else that I am intrigued by and plan to experiment with is the Rice Diet. Don't panic, it's not a diet of all rice, LOL. That's just the name of it. It's low in fat and low sodium and the calories should be right in line with my goal. It supposedly allows you to lose weight fairly quickly. I figure I'll give it a shot and if the results aren't any better than the standard 2 lbs/week or the food is intolerable, I'll just eliminate this part from my regime. And if I end up not doing the rice diet, I will likely try calorie cycling or zig zag dieting, whatever you want to call it. Or I may just allow one free day a week. I'll worry about that later.
Dinner tomorrow is pot roast with potatoes and carrots. I add no fat to the crock pot so I can easily measure and account for what I eat. So I shall start tomorrow. Dinner tonight was noodles, chicken, broccoli and red bell peppers in a low-fat creamy sauce. I loathe try to figure out calories on stuff like that so I won't be eating stuff like that anymore. Only things I can easily measure and account for. And that's mah plan in a nutshell. Oh, I will exercise too but more on that later.
Now, something else that I am intrigued by and plan to experiment with is the Rice Diet. Don't panic, it's not a diet of all rice, LOL. That's just the name of it. It's low in fat and low sodium and the calories should be right in line with my goal. It supposedly allows you to lose weight fairly quickly. I figure I'll give it a shot and if the results aren't any better than the standard 2 lbs/week or the food is intolerable, I'll just eliminate this part from my regime. And if I end up not doing the rice diet, I will likely try calorie cycling or zig zag dieting, whatever you want to call it. Or I may just allow one free day a week. I'll worry about that later.
Dinner tomorrow is pot roast with potatoes and carrots. I add no fat to the crock pot so I can easily measure and account for what I eat. So I shall start tomorrow. Dinner tonight was noodles, chicken, broccoli and red bell peppers in a low-fat creamy sauce. I loathe try to figure out calories on stuff like that so I won't be eating stuff like that anymore. Only things I can easily measure and account for. And that's mah plan in a nutshell. Oh, I will exercise too but more on that later.