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Actually, I would still say that's not eating enough. You may *just* about scrape your 2000 calories there, but a sandwich does not constitute a meal, and your other (note, only one other!) meal was pretty much saturated fat city, with a load of sugar and salt thrown in for good measure! Those are no way the calories your body needs.
Yep - you definitely need to sort something healthier out
Here's a suggestion (which I use a heck of a lot as I don't have a lot of cooking time). Instead of eating that shit (kiev and chips), try shoving a piece of meat (steak, pork, chicken etc) under the grill, a couple of backed potatoes in the microwave and buy some mixed salad and throw that on a plate. Bit of butter and cheese on your jackets and you're away!
There, a full, well balanced meal, in a little over 10 minutes
Cooking doesn't have to take half the night.
If your friends live by the '3 square meals' thing and don't snack, then anyone would feel like they're eating 'too much'. Humans are better suited as grazers, not taking on 3 big meals.
Of course not, but if you continue with your habits, you're naturally going to increase your body fat levels as you're not eating breakfast, you're not eating enough, and you're not eating enough of the right things. As g_angel said earlier, there are plenty of slim women out there who look wobbily, I used to be one.
Totally understandable, I tend to have long uni days (now = reading week). There are plenty of things you can do to go around it. I sometimes have my breakfast on the bus, and my mid-morning snack after my first lecture. I make my own lunch, so microwave it in the common room and have it at lunchtime, or eat it cold. Then my afternoon snack during my afternoon lectures. If you get into the habit of making your own things, you develop a better relationship with food, you know what's going into it, and it's much cheaper in the long run.
But it isn't though. Do you honestly think that warrants a thread for appetite suppression? :eek:
Anyway, people have given you enough good advice to give you info/inspiration. Tis up to you what you do with it. I'm always available via PM if you want any info or tips.
I quite often pour a glass of smoothie for my bf in the morning cos otherwise he wouldnt eat till 4pm or something.
Tbh though, I dont agree with everyone else that you need to drastically up your food intake. I just think you could probably eat better, more sustaining foods that didnt make you feel guilty and fat for eating them.
Its more about making every calorie worth it, than cutting down what you eat.
Sorry SCC, I know that wasn't your point, but I do agree that healthy eating should be about knowing what you should eat and eating it, rather than just cutting out what you shouldn't.
If I recall, a calorie is the amount of energy it takes to boil 1 litre of water... Or something similar.
But yes, you're right, it's something that is not widely known. I'm actually gonna check that's right now...
WTF?! Did you give her a good slapping?!
Just checked - I was not too far off, in principle, but still completely wrong:
The large calorie or kilogram calorie approximates the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1 °C. This is about 4.184 kJ, and exactly 1000 small calories.
unfortunately it doesn't work like that for everyone hehe. i'm a naturally slim, small built person. i used to be able to eat what i wanted and didn't do a great deal of exercise. now i'm a bit older (i'm only 21..and a half!) it started to creep up on me - so i eat less, and i eat healthier as well as going to the gym.
and SWQ - you say you cooked chicken kiev and chips because you couldn't be bothered to cook. but surely you cooked these?! you could've made a healthier alternative in the same time/half the time. i'm not saying i don't eat stuff like that, because i do. but your excuse is a bit lame.
Thanks for all of your tips though. Go away - obviously I don't eat as much as I think I do going by what people have wrote in here! I just wanna cut down my hunger periods thats all.
SCC - Smoothies sound good! I just don't have a smoothie machine! I think I might buy one when I move house though when I have the cash!
I think I might and swap my snacks for healthy alternatives and try to bring breakfast into my diet. Thanks for everyone's advice
i've eaten quite a bit already today. porridge and a banana for breakfast followed by some quavers, a granola bar, some raisins and an apple. that'll see me through till tea time.
Really??
So far today I've had:
Porridge and honey
Apple
Cheese and coleslaw sandwich (wholemeal)
I will also be having another sandwich
I got the recipe online and use it for beetroot, parsnips, sweet potato and carrots. It is important to slice them thinly. I prefer to cook them in the oven rather than frying but if you are frying them do not overcorwd then pan as it will reduce the heat in the pan and they will end up greasy. I sprinkly mine with sea salt and cracked black pepper but you could use other stuff too.
Baked Parsnip Crisps
6 servings.
1/2 lb parsnips, peeled
2 to 3 tablespoons mild olive oil
Coarse sea salt
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees / gas mark 4
Line 1 or 2 baking sheets with aluminum foil. Line a plate with paper towels.
Use a vegetable peeler to shave wisps of parsnips into a bowl. Drizzle with oil. Using your hands, toss gently to coat each wisp. Scatter the parsnips on the baking sheets; spread into a single layer. Roast, stirring and checking every few minutes, until evenly and lightly browned and crisp, 8 to 12 minutes.
Transfer the crisps to paper towels, season generously with salt, and serve hot or at room temperature.
PER SERVING: 42 calories; 2g fat (43 percent calories from fat); trace saturated fat; no cholesterol; trace protein; 7g carbohydrate; 2g fiber; 50mg sodium.
Variation: To fry the crisps, heat about 1/2 inch oil until hot but not smoking in a pan (or use a deep fat fryer) Toss a small handful of parsnip wisps into the oil, using your thumb and forefinger to separate each wisp. Do not crowd the pan. Fry, stirring and checking as necessary, until evenly and lightly browned and crisp. Takes around a minute or so. Repeat with remaining wisps. Drain on paper towels, add salt and serve.
Do you just store them in tupperware?
I normally store them in something similar to the attached. Not too sure how tupperware would work
yeh.
Whoa - if you're barely eating from lunchtime right through until dinnertime and you're wanting to go to the gym, I'd at least suggest a cereal bar and a banana/apple to get some energy into your system - working out with no fuel in the tank can lead to exhaustion, which is not good. Eat approx an hour before as you'll need the carbs for an effective workout.
Also, what kind of "not very well" is it? If it's a cold etc etc, I'd lay off the gym until you're better. if it's something more serious, have you been given the all clear to work out?
i had a gastroscopy last week. i've had abdominal pain/nausea since september. :grump: gastroscopy was largely clear but there's obviously something wrong with me. she thinks it may be ibs (though i knew i had that already, just not this bad and in my tummy
and the things i ate this morning would've normally been spread throught the day until late lunch time, i don't normally eat it all before 12 o'clock.
Ouch - that doesn't sound too nice
I would still recommend eating what I said an hour before you go to the gym though!
and thank you.
I've had a cheese, lettuce, cucumber and onion sandwich! I had a banana as well.
Hoping to have something healthy for tea. I don't know what though :chin:
I'm quite little too
but did you have breakfast?
I've bought some fruit and stuff today though so shall start and try eating breakfast tomorrow
I was the same - I force myself now. readybrek, some dried fruit, an Actimel. Nice and easy to get down...