For breakfast i eat one slice of bread enough amount of cheese and some honey and dirnk a glass of milk
For lunch a bowl youghurt
in the afternoon i drink a glass of milk
For dinner i usually eat vegetable or boiled chicken
Is this really a good way to lose weight??If it is,how long does it take for me to see that i'm losing weight.I've been following this diet for a week but i havent lose any kilos yet.

Cheese, milk, and yogurt are full of fat and calories. Honey has a lot of calories as well. I'd think about substituting some fresh fruit for some of the more fatty items you are eating. Switch to 2% milk and low fat cheese if possible. When you eat the chicken remove the skin (also high in fat) and make sure your vegtables are not cooked in oil or have any sauce on them. If you do this and add exercise you should be able to lose about 1 or 2 pounds a week. Remember, caloric intake needs to be less than what is needed to maintain your current weight.

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Well I am no diet expert but it usually takes much more than a week to loose weight.. Dont get frustrated if you dont see results within a few weeks. If you eat healthy and excercise moderatly then you WILL see results eventually. I lost 15 lbs by cutting off cokes completely and instead drinking water. It took about approximately 5 months.. but Georgia has some good advice and perhaps a good link to go to. Take care

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Originally posted by BubbleGiRL:
For breakfast i eat one slice of bread enough amount of cheese and some honey and dirnk a glass of milk
For lunch a bowl youghurt
in the afternoon i drink a glass of milk
For dinner i usually eat vegetable or boiled chicken
Is this really a good way to lose weight??If it is,how long does it take for me to see that i'm losing weight.I've been following this diet for a week but i havent lose any kilos yet.

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Well Dear this is an interesting diet I'd have to say....

I think your best option at this time is to really start reading up on the subject of nutrition, what has the most calories, and learn a bit about the functions of the human body.

The diet you described is high in calories and there is just to little good stuff in it to really be benificial.

Further, I suspect that you may feel that the less you eat the more you will lose is the key - I'm afraid it isn't.

The human body is designed to survive - when we starve it, it begins to shut down systems, the more we starve it, the more systems are shut down- the bodies main goal is to keep the two major needed organs working, the heart and the brain. Both of these organs require a lot of energy (food) and with out the energy will die.

Being over weight isn't caused from eating too much, it is caused from eating too many calories. There is a difference.

A table spoon of fat (Cooking oil, butter, margarine, lard, bacon drippings) containes between 120 to 150 calories for a Table Spoon!

A can of corn containes 180 calories - you could eat 2/3 of a can of corn for the calorie price of a table spoon of fat. - that would be about a cup of corn.

This is why most diets insist on eating more vegetables and fruits - so you will eat less calories, but not less volume.

Western Civilization has a tendency to add fat and sugar to everything - empty calories are everywhere - this is where the extra weight is coming from.

There are books on the subject of Low Fat diets, one particular one which I reccomend is 'Bodystat, resetting the bodystate for life' by deWitt.

It is a very good book on the subject of where al those extra calories are, and it sets out explaining the hows and whys behind the body's functions, why low calorie diets (starvation diets like yours) just fail each time.

You did not gain those extra pounds over night, do not expect to loose them fast either.

I posted here in another post or too about how the low added fat/low added sugar diet works.

Cheers

David

I read an interesting article in the paper the other day (have been searching for it for an hour but can't find). It said it is not recommended to try to lose weight by reducing calories, as the minute you do a hormone in your body starts telling you you're starving yourself and harasses you until you eat again. Recent studies have shown (according to this article) that weight lost that way will come right back on. They have recently discovered another hormone or some substance that blocks this action and given it a name, which I can't remember. Anyway, the article suggested that as soon as they can get it synthesized we will have a "fat pill" that will take all these problems away. I will keep searching and if I find it, I will post it here. I think we should lower calories by eating more fruits and veggies but I believe it's a mistake to starve yourself.

Two problems: 1) you are eating the wrong things and 2) you aren't eathing enough.

Try this:
Breakfast: Three egg whites, a piece of fruit (skip the toast), glass of skim milk
Snack: 2 oz. lean protein (chicken breast, lo-fat cheese without skin, not cooked in oil, fresh tuna, lo-fat cheese, etc.) and a cup of leafy greens (a salad is fine here, use only lo fat dressings or balsamic vinegar)
LUnch: 3 oz protein (as above), 1 cup veggies (no added oil), a small potato or 1/2 cup rice
Snack: Same as A.M. snack
Dinnner: Similar to lunch
Optional Snack: Piece of fruit

I did this diet for three weeks and lost a total of 6 inches from my waist and inches off the rest of my body as well.

Drink tons of water 100 oz per day, squeeze lemon into some of your water to help flush your system and avoid anything canned, over processed etc. Skip the bread and the pasta. Eat only pure natural foods that you prepare for yourself. Don't add salt or fat to anything. It's strict, but it works and works fast. I lost my weight last November and have not put it back on. Of course, I still limit my carbo intake and eat 6 small meals a day to keep my metabolism in peak shape. Sure I enjoy a cookie or two now and again, but I don't make a habit of it anymore.

Also, try and work in 1/2 hour of cardio exercize 3 days per week. Make sure you exercize after you have a carbo (such as rice, oatmeal, potato, etc.) If you are going to exercize in the AM for instance, add 1/2 cup oatmeal to your breakfast meal.

Good luck, keep us posted on your progress.