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after deciding i really need to loose weight (feeling very unsecure about myself right now..), and having tried in the past the whole healthy eating regime, how do other students manage it? i find it so expensive to buy all the healthy foods, yeah i know fruit an veg are cheap down the market, but what about all the other foods. its so cheaper to buy 88p microwave meals! does anyone have any good tips for student healthy eating & dieting? i know this probably be in the health forum, but i decided more students would be reading this here!!
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eg plummed tomatoes, chicken bites, tuna + sweetcorn and pea, spices, herbs, soups!!
spaghetti bolognese
chili con carne + naan bread
chicken curry + rice
roast chicken + chips
potato gratin
and you can do 1001 things with eggs.......
i tend to cook 3 or 4 days worth when i make these so i don't have to cook everyday, a bit monotonous maybe but i am lucky that i never really get bored of these.........when i can't be arsed to cook i just whoop some tinned pilchards in with frozen peas and microwave rice, bit of a random combination but works for me.........fruit and veg goes without saying really..........trust me once you get sick enough of eating shite and feeling shite your diet will change, i ate pretty poorly in 1st and 2nd year..........laziness is your biggest enemy, esp. if your a stoner.
i have no breakfast (never have done never will!) about 5 pieces of fruit for lunch and then a normal dinner.. plus exercise and over the last week after doing this i have lost 5 pounds! slow start but im getting there
breakfast is the most important meal of the day!!
If you can't eat healthily on a budget then you aren't trying. Go to the supermarket at about 8.30pm and raid the reduced shelves for meat, and base most of your calorie consumption on staples such as rice, pasta, bread and potatoes instead of meat. Buy your pasta in bulk: a huge 1kg bag for about £2. Compare that to your super-noodles, and amaze yourself at how 88p is a rip-off.
Veg is cheap, just put it on a steamer for 20 minutes (if you don't have a steamer buy one, £4.99 from tesco). Boil if you simply have to, but the best way to prepare veg is raw or steamed (more goodness is maintained).
Chicken thighs are very good value (£2.50 for 8, and you need 1-2 per meal depending on hunger and appetite), and can be used in a variety of sauces.
Get a small spice rack (pepper, basil, oregano, rosemary to start) and stock up on chopped tomatoes. Chicken thighs (skin off) in a tomartyo and herb sauces, with some pasta and veg is a healthy meal and it costs you pence to make.
Go and buy How to Boil an Egg, or another student cookbook, and there are lots of cheap recipes in.
Don't be afraid to balls things up.
so that's why it tastes much better than pitta.........japatti is best of both, prolly have to make yourself i dont see it in the shops........i was just saying what i eat, which i consider to be healthy eating.......wasn't a recommendation for weight loss per se..........the trick to losing weight is a sustainable, balanced diet.......i don't believe a 'weight loss' diet to be sustainable or even healthy e.g. atkins and what have you..........if you really want to lose weight you should get yourself down the gym.........your tips are spot on tho, i'm lucky i learned to cook before i moved out.
Ommlettes are great - really quick and easy to make and can be filled with anything. Also Tesco value 8p noodles are good too they taste better than supernoodles! Soup is good and heathy if you know how to make it - I don't but some of the ones my flatmate does are really good.
Also try to buy less chocolate bars and things on on campus - the money you save by taking stuff with you really adds up.
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