Woolstitcher said...

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> "GRANNYllongoria0" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I was wondering about a diet I could stand to lose about 20 lbs. I
>> recently lost my dog and had gained weight. I tried looking up some
>> good diet and recipe pages to lose it, along with excersise. I am not
>> good at searches though. Any help on a good site that is free and
>> shows daily menus to help lose a little weight?
>
> 20 pounds isn't much. If you lost about 6 oz a week for a year ... it
> would be gone. That's not even a half a pound.
> I would look for ways to cut cals and do something active. Go for a
> walk 2 X a week ... go for a swim. Take the stairs, park far away from
> the store and walk through the lot ... all very easy things to do to
> lose 6 oz a week. Find a hobby and do that at night if your a night
> eater. I knit, it's hard to knit and eat at the same time (hard, but it
> can be done lol) I wouldn't bother with WW for 20 pounds, use the money
> you would spend on WW to pay for the gym, pool or healthy foods.
> Also, I use www.fitday.com to track my weight ... It helps me keep
> track. I don't use the food part of fitday ... IMO that part sucks, but
> the weight tracker is pretty good and if your motivated by charts ...
> that helps too.


I'd add, get a food scale and measure portions according to labeled serving
sizes.

Eat unprocessed or as minimally processed foods as you can.

Eat whole grain bread, brown rice, spaghetti, etc.

DRINK LOTS OF WATER.

And EAT YOUR VEGGIES!!!

SKIP dinner, in favor of a good breakfast. Who exercises after dinner?!?

Breakfast is your motor energy for the rest of the day!

Or not,

Andy