Advice on my diet for weight loss

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Hi All,

I've posted thread in Health & Fitness but I think I am better posting my eating habits here for a better response diet wise


I’m female, 28, 64 kilo's, 5’ 6” approx.
I’m top heavy, and everything seems to go to my tummy!! I have quite big calves from years of gymnastics, horse riding and swimming when I was younger.

I go to the gym Mon-Thurs (sometimes Fri) for approx 1.5hrs (mainly cardio). I have a personal training session once a week for 45 mins or so (mainly weights).

My Diet

Breakfast:
Mon – Fri:
Porridge, made with low fat milk and raisins thrown in for taste.
Occasionally I’d have a breakfast bar instead of the porridge.
Cuppa tea with low fat milk and sweetener.
I’d usually have a piece of fruit or some nuts between breakfast & lunch

Weekend:
Boiled/Fried Eggs, rashers & toast (wholemeal bread)
2 x cups of tea with low fat milk and sweetener.

Lunch:
Mon – Fri:
4 x Ryvita’s / Cruskits (can’t remember what they’re called at home anymore, Crackotts??!!) buttered (weight watchers butter).
4 slices of packet ham/chicken/turkey, tomato & cucumber topping.
Yoghurt or another piece of fruit.

Try to drink water during the day. Would probably drink 3-4 pints a day if not more.

I wouldn’t always have lunch at the weekends, if I did, maybe a hotdog or some bread & hummus.

Dinners:
Meat (Chicken, steak, lamb or pork chops) and two veg, 2 small boiled potatoes or mash.
Spaghetti bolognaise with taco shells instead of pasta (could be worse than the pasta??!!)
Chicken curry – (Home made) Boiled chicken, flour, spices and chicken stock in water to make the sauce with white rice.
Breaded fish, homemade oven chips & veg
Stew
Sunday roast with all the trimmings
I absolutely love beef Vindaloo and would probably have one most weekends if not every second weekend (from the local Indian) with white boiled rice.

(Use alot of chilli & cayenne pepper powder in the spag bol & curry dishes)

If I fancy something sweet after dinner, I’d have buttered (weight watchers butter) crackers with strawberry jam & a cuppa.

I usually don’t drink Sunday – Thursday but I do drink quite a lot when I do drink, beer drinker too so carb overload!! I would easily drink 8-10 drinks on Fri & Sat nights. I know I need to cut down on this.

I would like to get down to 58 kilos so any diet advise would be greatly appreciated. What alcohol is better than beer (calories wise)? What can I substitute bread, pasta & potatoes with?

Thanks

if you must drink, spirits and a diet mixer are lower calorie per alcohol unit.
Be careful on a calorie deficit to be a bit more responsible drinking as your tolerance level will change.

Substitute bread with no bread.
Substitute Pasta and Potatoes with Cauliflower and Brocolli and Pak Choi and Bean Sprouts and alllllll the other low carb vegetables in the world!

Try to eat far bigger portions of good vegetables, throw some butter or cheese and mash it up if needs be for satiety. 200g meat & 250g of brocolli and cauliflower cheese makes a serious dinner, all low carb, high protein, and with the right meat choice high in good fats.