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harr

hi
i need some help on what foods to eat as i need to get rid of about 3 stone of weight.i have a knee op in 4 months time the doctor told me that i would have to lose the weight before the op can be done due to the location of the op he said the extra weight would not help my recovery after the op.at the moment i am 16 stone so i would need to get nearest i can to 13 stone.where do i start i have lost weight before nearly 4 stone at one stage but that was through gym work,at the moment i can ony walk maybe a mile or 2 before my knee gives up.HELP:eek:

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Lantus

You diet lifestyle is awful.

Start eating right first and foremost right now! (or else any amount of exercise will be totally unaffective.)

In terms of exercise you need to focus on cardio that is non load bearing so consider a static bike or swimming as your body weight does not load the joints. I would suggest you do this 5 to 6 times a week to achieve the sort of loss you need and even 7 if you can manage it.

If you can do some resistance training as well (v.careful on the legs there.) then that will strengthen you up and improve your overall fitness and calorie burning effort that would be great.

metamorphosis

the reason you are hungry so much is because your body is used to eating so much - it does not mean you actually need all that food.

Look - you know how atrocious that diet is for weight loss ... and health. If your recovery is important to you after the surgery you need to snap out of this bad eating routine. Yes, you will feel hunger at first when adjusting from your current diet to a more nutrient based one. Are you ready to make a change? becasue you have to be. Once your body adjusts, the hunger will go.

You really need to cut out/back on cornflakes/white bread/take aways/pizza - most of your diet really.

Get good foods into you - microwave porridge oats or eggs foe brekkie, lean meats and fish with veggies for lunches/dinner. Add spices and herbs/vinegar/EVOO for flavor.

Snack on nuts/cottage cheeses/yogurt

If you really need chocolate go for a dark - 70% up.

Sign up to a website like fitday.com or caloriecount.about.com and you can log everything you eat and it will give you a rough calorie guide to follow and how much you are actually eating.

Try to have a nice balance between good carbs, healthy fats and protein.

harr

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Cut down on the food big time unless you train a good bit, replace the corn flakes with an omelette or something similar, I think you'll find if you don't start the day with a huge amount of carbs you won't be as hungry later on. Your diet seems very high in carbs

was big into gonig to gym used to love cardo would send 2 hours 5 times a week in gym.but had to stop due to my knee injury,so can do very gym work at moment. i know my diet is **** but i have eaten like this for the last 10 year or so and never but up weight.i get so hungry now i always end up snaking between meals.i have tried eating 5-6 small meals a day with no joy.the weight flew on when i stoped training i think 3 stone in 4 or 5 months.

--Kaiser--

harr wrote: »

i could try the pool or cross trainer the problem with me is the amount i eat.
a typical day would be large bowl cornflakes with full fat milk an then from lunch 4-6 slices white bread with ham or other meat and real butter and a pint of milk.dinner would meat and veg and spuds with sauce or 2 chicken breasts and jar of curry or simalr with rice.my biggest downfall is crips and stuff.i would also have mcdonalds 2-3 times a week and a chinnese on saturday and pizza on sundays also sunday lunch time a indean buffet all you can eat.dont drink much.as i said i have lost it before with traing but going to find it hard without that.my wife loves bakeing at weekends but she can eat what she and never puts on weight

Cut down on the food big time unless you train a good bit, replace the corn flakes with an omelette or something similar, I think you'll find if you don't start the day with a huge amount of carbs you won't be as hungry later on. Your diet seems very high in carbs

Dixie Chick

Dixie Chick wrote: »

Oh jesus, is that a joke?:D

Im sorry that wasnt constructive in any way but to me it seem fiarly obvious how to lose weight by just adjusting the crap food from that and eating more fruit and veg

Dixie Chick

harr wrote: »

i could try the pool or cross trainer the problem with me is the amount i eat.
a typical day would be large bowl cornflakes with full fat milk an then from lunch 4-6 slices white bread with ham or other meat and real butter and a pint of milk.dinner would meat and veg and spuds with sauce or 2 chicken breasts and jar of curry or simalr with rice.my biggest downfall is crips and stuff.i would also have mcdonalds 2-3 times a week and a chinnese on saturday and pizza on sundays also sunday lunch time a indean buffet all you can eat.dont drink much.as i said i have lost it before with traing but going to find it hard without that.my wife loves bakeing at weekends but she can eat what she and never puts on weight

Oh jesus, is that a joke?:D

harr

i could try the pool or cross trainer the problem with me is the amount i eat.
a typical day would be large bowl cornflakes with full fat milk an then from lunch 4-6 slices white bread with ham or other meat and real butter and a pint of milk.dinner would meat and veg and spuds with sauce or 2 chicken breasts and jar of curry or simalr with rice.my biggest downfall is crips and stuff.i would also have mcdonalds 2-3 times a week and a chinnese on saturday and pizza on sundays also sunday lunch time a indean buffet all you can eat.dont drink much.as i said i have lost it before with traing but going to find it hard without that.my wife loves bakeing at weekends but she can eat what she and never puts on weight

dubsgirl

Hi Harr

First of all try to not get too stressed about the whole situation as the more stress you put yourself under to lose weight the bigger the chances of you overeating

Lots of great advice on the stickies at the top of this forum for your nutrition.

Excercise wise I would reckon the best thing you could do would be to swim as you would have no pressure on your joints. Is there a pool near you?

muffinn

harr wrote: »

hi
i need some help on what foods to eat as i need to get rid of about 3 stone of weight.i have a knee op in 4 months time the doctor told me that i would have to lose the weight before the op can be done due to the location of the op he said the extra weight would not help my recovery after the op.at the moment i am 16 stone so i would need to get nearest i can to 13 stone.where do i start i have lost weight before nearly 4 stone at one stage but that was through gym work,at the moment i can ony walk maybe a mile or 2 before my knee gives up.HELP:eek:

You might want to try those cross trainers for your excercise routine. They cause minimal impact on your joints. Give them a try and see how your knee responds.

Dixie Chick

Hi Harr,

Post what you eat now and exercise that you do (if you can) and thats where people can start advising from