Lose Weight

I am a female, 18 years old that is ~140 pounds, 5′5", I need to find a 1600 calorie diet to lose weight, can someone direct me to a free plan and/or a book that has sample daily plans

Thank you in advance

That is unsafe and ineffective. You need at least a 2,000 calorie diet to remain healthy and if you try to eat less than your body will go into "starvation mode" and once you give up on your diet (which any physician would suggest you do) you will be unable to maintain a healthy/low weight, this is the cause of yo-yo diets (and stretch marks).

Many time direct sales party-plan consultants will comment their phone suddenly weighs 500 pounds when they need to make business calls. Particularly when those calls are to get bookings. What is it that prevents consultants from getting on the phone and making those calls? Fear. There is the fear of making a mistake. Fear of not knowing what to say. Fear of making a fool of yourself. All of these are manifestations of the fear of rejection. The question really is; what if they say no? Rejection is the fear that prevents us from picking up the phone and making the calls you need to make. How to deal with rejection is the difference between success and failure in your business.

Getting a no can be traumatizing. Your positive thoughts can turn to negatives in the time it takes for someone to say no to you. You think things like “this will never work.” “What was I thinking getting involved with this?” “This is stupid – I’m going to quit.” All of these are self-deflating, ego blasting thoughts.

To get past the feelings of rejection from “the no” look at what “the no” is doing to your life. Let’s say you have two bookings on your calendar and you decide to get on the phone and get more bookings. The first person you call says no. The second person you call says no. Even the third person you call says no. What has changed in your life? Did you have two bookings before you made the calls? Do you still have two bookings? Do the people in your life who mean the most to you stop loving you because someone said no to you? Is your house going to fall down around you because someone said no? What has really changed in your life? Nothing. By realizing someone saying no to you changes nothing in your reality makes a significant difference in hearing no.

What no means is you need to be working smarter. Someone saying no to you is not a rejection of you, but rather, a rejection of the offer. To work smarter consider how you are presenting yourself over the phone. Are you coming from a mindset of “I need bookings” or a mindset of “this is what I can do for you” when you make your calls? By changing your mindset and focusing on what you can do for the person you’re calling you’ll find your phone has suddenly gone on a diet as you collect yes after yes to booking.

Ruth Fuersten
http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/a-diet-for-the-500-pound-phone-127992.html

can you just give me a very strict, very clear diet? like:
breakfast: tea, salad, water
lunch: salad, tomato, water
you know like that, just very direct. i tried googling it but i only got books on how to do it. thank you!

You need to eat lean meats (chicken, fish, turkey, lean beef) , low gi fruits (apples, bananas, pineapple, oranges), green veggies (broccoli, celery, green lettuce, spinach), only whole wheat breads (look on the package and see if the first ingredient is whole wheat flour, if it is it should be good unless it has high fructose corn syrup like Mrs Bairds does). Jillian Michaels from biggest loser has a great quote, "before you eat your food ask yourself, does it have a momma or did it come from the ground? If not don’t eat it." Eat 5 – 6 small meals a day, this will increase your metabolism and help you to not feel so hungry in between meals. It’s all about portion and calorie control regardless of what food you are eating, but remember cleaning up your diet and eating X amount of calories of lean good healthy foods instead of X amount of calories of candy bars (I know you are probably not eating 4 candy bars a day but its just an example) will help you lose it faster. The leaner you are eating the faster you will lose it, and you will get a toned healthy look instead of a skinny jiggly look. You also need to drink at least 8 glasses (8oz) of water a day. Sometimes hunger is mistaken for thirst so if you are hungry drink 8 oz of water and wait 30 minutes, if you are still hungry then eat a light healthy snack. Water also helps you feel fuller longer and helps flush out toxins that may prevent fat loss. Also allow your self a cheat day (but don’t go over board and eat everything in sight or like 5 cakes in that day). Allowing yourself a cheat day once a week will help cut out cravings… Think of it like a reward if you did well with your diet and exercise that week have a piece of pie… If not just stick with you healthy food. You can find recipes for decent tasting healthy foods on sights like bodyforlife.com and bodybuilding.com and also on recipe sights like allrecipes.com, foodfit.com, cookinglight.com and foodnetwork.com

You need to do a good mix of both cardio and strength training, strength training is not going to make you look like Arnold, I promise (unless you are taking test). Toning and building muscle strength will help you lose fat quicker as you will be burning calories all day to feed your muscle tone instead of just while you doing cardio activity and it increases metabolism. Running, walking, rollerblading, swimming are good cardio work outs. You can also get some at home videos. I personally like Gilad’s Kick boxing, Cathe Friedrich, ten minute solutions videos (ten minute solutions are good because they have 5 ten minute segments and you can do one or all five or three or what ever you want to do at the time and they have a variety, like dance, pilates, yoga, etc.), shape and woman’s health videos. Also if you get cable/satellite, find the Fittv channel and scroll through the guide and see if anything sounds interesting and do it or record it if it doesn’t fit into your schedule at the time the program comes on. Get your self some 5 pound dumbbells or a gym member ship and do bicep curls, push ups, sit ups, squats, dead lifts, lunges, tricep over head extensions, chest presses, shoulder presses, etc. You can do most of this on your own if you just go and buy some free weights, but a gym membership is helpful as well. If you do end up getting a gym membership I would consult a personal trainer (most memberships come with a free session) they can show you what to do and come up with a meal plan for you… You can find the videos I mentioned on the web at collagevideo.com, or at ross (cheap cheap at ross) or walmart or any other place that sells dvds.

Lastly, don’t get discouraged, it takes time (it didn’t didn’t get there over night, its not coming off over night)… you should be losing 2 pounds of fat a week safely, more is not typically safe. but you could gain weight especially if you are gaining muscle. So if you get on the scale and it says you’ve gain two pounds don’t freak out… just look in the mirror and go by how your clothes look and feel on you. Hope this helps! email me if you have any other questions!

This is what I do typically:
on work days(it is different because I get up at 4:30 and literally leave within ten min of waking to leave for work)
1st meal: protein shake in cream or any kind of milk
2nd meal: tuna/chicken/beef, brocolli
3rd meal: campbells select harvest
4th meal: protein shake
5th meal: grilled chicken salad

on other days
1st meal: eggs, meat and maybe a small amount of hashbrowns, oatmeal, or cheerios
2nd meal: protein shake
3rd meal: grilled chicken salad
4rth meal: protein shake
5th meal: some sort of meat and a green type of veggie, lettuce, brocolli spinach etc

another thing I like is to make a protein pizza, message me if you wan to know how to make it..

Any medical problems you ran into as a direct result of your change in diet, and how did you get around them?
Yup I am a big fan of quinoa too! AND I love to eat tofu nonstop! I think that should be more than enough proteins I will need.

I never did. In fact, the change made me feel better and I didn’t get sick as much (like stomachs and whatnot)

I am going to start walking and lifting weights to tone my arms- I am 5 months pregnant. I have been drinking mainly water – eating salads, but not ALL the time. I eat Special K cereal in the morning with yogurt.. There have been a few times that I’ve had not-so healthy things. And I want to know what’s considered a sensible diet while being pregnant for someone who would like to lose weight in her arms and tone her arms and start excercising. I want to be on a good diet, but at the same time I get cravings some times… Could someone be kind enough to possibly direct me to a website that has a list of great stuff to eat while being pregnant that will help me somewhat lose weight and be healthier? Or could someone form their own list for me? THANKYOU!!!!

Lift very light things to start, like soup cans. Don’t over do it though, it could hurt the baby.
And trust me, your arms are going to get plenty of work out carrying that baby around. Tone up the natural way! And keep eating healthy. If you breast feed the pregnancy weight will come off in no time, really. I was smaller than my pre-pregnancy weight in about two months.

Yes, I know it is illegal to keep native wildlife as pets, I am only asking because I recently obtained a fledgling who has a wing problem and I am temporarily taking care of him. I have spent most of my life working with hard bills like parrots and cockatoos, but I have never worked with a corvid. Right now I have him set up in a 3′ high x 3′ deep x 4′ long cage with proper perches etc. and he is quite happy, I have cleared him of external parasites and I am now administering de-wormer, I leave the cage open and he comes into my room and sits on his perch that I constructed for him, he steps up to me and enjoys attention as any macaw or cockatoo would. I’ve been feeding him thawed out mice here and there along with a diet of fruit and dog food (wet and not too rich), I have also prepared for him a few meals I read up on for ravens, I was just wondering if anyone could direct me to a caresheet for corvids, I haven’t really been able to find any solid leads and any help would be great.
Okay here we go, I re-did this because I accidentally deleted the other one. Let me explain a little bit more, I don’t keep other birds, I work with them at a seperate facility as I do care taking and training of hard bills. I have the raven in quarantine and do not intend to KEEP IT as a pet, I am temporarily taking care of it with intent to re-release in the mountains where it was found by someone who knows me and took it because it wasn’t moving from under a tree and didn’t move when he approached, from what he could see it had a problem with its wing. I told him it would have been better to leave it and let nature take its course but he didn’t then had no where to put it, and since I didn’t want to let it die on the street I took it as he could not contact fish and wildlife rehabilitators. I know how to take care of birds, I simply wanted to know if anyone could direct me to a useful corvid care sheet more so about food recipes and wild re-release.
If you want to question me further about the situation etc. please feel free to message me.
Again I don’t want to keep it as a pet, I’m still waiting to hear back from the rehabilitators at CA fish and wildlife.

iN MY EXPERIENCE IF I GIVE OUT ANY ADVICE, A PERSON WILL NEVER GIVE THE BIRD TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES AND I LOOK AT IT AS AIDING AND ABBEDDING. PLUS ALL THOSE VIRUSES I MENTIONED LAST TIME, YOU CAN STILL CARRY TO THE BIRDS YOU WORK WITH. PLUS EXOTIC NEW CASTLE AND SALMONELLA CAN MAKE A HUMAN VERY VERY SICK.

- A DVM

My sister has recently developed renal failure as a result of Remicade treatments for her Rheumatoid Arthritis. The hospital says she must follow the Renal Diet to save her from ending up on dialysis.
The diet seems very complicated…research gives conflicting information…what is allowed on one, isn’t allowed on another. I want to help her out as much as possible. Anybody have any experience with this and can you direct me to someplace that will give difinitive information?? Thank you.

SODIUM restrictions are paramount. It is literally impossible to take in NO sodium, because that’s an element found in so many foods, but it is possible to limit the amount in a diet. First, obviously high sodium foods must be eliminated. These include cured meats (ham, sausage, bacon, corned beef, and the like), most cheeses, "fast" foods, pickles, bouillon cubes, soy sauce, and most Chinese or oriental foods.

FLUIDS must be restricted. Your physician will set a limit for you, somewhere between four and eight cups maximum per day. Fluid is defined as anything that melts at room temperature, so in addition to water and juices, you must count ice cream, gelatin desserts, sherbet, and watermelon.

POTASSIUM counts, too, and it’s harder to control for several reasons. You can’t taste it, like you can salt, it’s not a required item to be listed in the nutritional contents of packaged food, and it’s in many foods.

PROTEIN plays an important role in the diet of any kidney patient. For those who are pre-dialysis, the amount must be limited to conserve kidney strength. After dialysis begins, however, protein needs to make up the major portion of the patient’s menu, and the guideline will be set as a minimum, rather than a maximum amount per day — as much as 2 grams per kilogram of body weight. The physician will determine the recommended amount for each person, depending on their over all health and their specific needs.

PHOSPHOROUS begins to be a consideration once dialysis begins, also. Foods to avoid based upon phosphorous content are dairy products, whole grains, bran and barley, nuts, coconut, figs and dates, raisins, salmon, sardines, oysters, and organ meats.

can u please tell me the diet that has to be taken during recovery period?

These are symptoms not a diagnosis so there is no way to answer you.

Hormonal imbalance may be the primary cause of acne but what you eat may also have a positive or negative effect on your acne problem. Many of us believe that eating certain kinds of food could be a cause of acne. However, the researches conducted in this regard have concluded that food do not necessarily cause acne though some kinds of food can help prevent acne and assist to get rid of acne.

The foods that one should avoid if one is prone to acne outbreaks are those that are high on saturated fats because such foods can make the skin oily and trigger acne outbreak. This means that you have to stay clear of meats and dairy products because they are very rich in saturated fats. This does not mean that you have to remove it from your diet completely. You just have to restrict their intake. And if you have been told that chocolates cause acne outbreak, rest assured there is no final word on that.

{mosgoogle right} The researches conducted into acne-chocolate relationship did not find any direct relation between the two. But that does not mean you can eat as much chocolate as you want because the researches have failed to establish a connection between the two, there is no denying the fact that chocolates contain saturated fats in high proportions. And saturated fats can cause acne outbreaks. So, you may eat chocolate, but eating to your heart’s content may worsen your acne problem.

It has been proved that iodine encourages acne. Therefore, if you like seafood or chips or other such food that are rich in salt, it is better that you avoid them.

That was about the foods that are best avoided. But there are some foods that might help you fight acne. Among them, the foods that have higher protein content are particularly useful.

Why and how these foods work is not clear yet, but it has been found that high protein foods decrease the production of certain enzymes that cause excessive oil secretion. Therefore, when the production of oil is decreased the clogging of pores also decline which relieves the acne problem.

Water intake must be increased, and if you like tea, start drinking green tea because green tea has been found to impose effective check on oxidation process, which helps the body fight acne better.

All in all, I would say, being careful about what you eat can prevent acne outbreaks to a considerable extent.

Ashish Jain
http://www.articlesbase.com/medicine-articles/acne-care-what-to-include-or-exclude-in-your-diet-132562.html

i am a 27 year old male, having calcified pancreatis. it started at my 16th age and since about 1year i am living on human insulin. i am working as an engineer in construction field, normally have to work under pressure
i am 100% vegetarian by diet and usually avoiding direct sugar or sweets. But am fond of rice and usually eat rice twice a day. I am 151cm (5ft ) high and weighing 35.5 kg. i want to increase my weight without loosing my control on bloodsugar level. Please advise me

So sorry I can’t suggest much! But I do know a lot of people have the same problem of trying to gain weight without losing their control.

The strict vegan dietary plan allows for very little in the way of "fattening" foods other than pastas, breads and rices! Since these require more insulins to cover the grams of carbs, I am not sure what you can do.

Maybe your doctor can direct you to a dietician or nutritionist who can help you to gain some weight?