Have you read the nutrition articles in the "Gordo Tips" section at gordoworld.com? If you haven't, check it out. I think this is some of the most sensible advice I have read on nutrition for the triathlete.
A few years ago I was about 25 to 30 pounds overweight. Now I'm 55 years old and am at about 6% body fat. Here are some other ideas I used to get into shape:
Just forget about that pizza and beer thing.
Before you eat anything that comes in a package, read the nutrition information on the label. If it's calories are coming mainly from fat or sugar maybe it's not a good choice.
Stop eating late in the evening (last food at least 2 hours before bedtime).
Eat a real breakfast every day. (I eat oatmeal, blueberries, and an egg- white omlet with some cooked chopped tomatos and some flax oil on it.)
Stop eating at McDonalds, Burger King etc. If you just have to eat at fast food try something like Wendy's Mandarin Chicken Salad with a plain baked potato and catsup,and go easy on the salad dressing. At Burger King try the Veggie burger, no cheese, with only catsup, mustard, extra lettuce and tomato.
Think about giving up dairy products, or if you do continue to eat them go to fat free dairy. 2% milk is 30% fat by calories. Look at the nutrition label and calculate the total calories per serving and how many calories of that are from fat.
If you eat red meat think about giving it up. It's hard to get red meat to be under 50% fat and it's not the kind of fat you want to be eating.
Limit your fat intake to healthier fats like extravirgin olive oil, flax oil, nut and seed oils or fish oil. About 15 to 20% of your calories per day.
Try and eat more whole grain or complex carbs and limit the amount of simple carbs.
Six smaller meals are better than 3 big ones.
Always carry a healthy snack and a water bottle with you when you leave the house.
If you lose weight slowly as a result of small changes in your lifestyle and eating habits, it will tend to stay off.
Try making a one or two small, changes in your eating habits at a time. After a couple of weeks they will be part of your lifestyle, not a "diet your on".
I don't mean to imply that "diets" like Atkins don't work for weight loss, but I think there are other ways to eat that will result in a healthier you in 10 or 20 years.
I hope some of these ideas help you.
You can do it!
Richard
A few years ago I was about 25 to 30 pounds overweight. Now I'm 55 years old and am at about 6% body fat. Here are some other ideas I used to get into shape:
Just forget about that pizza and beer thing.
Before you eat anything that comes in a package, read the nutrition information on the label. If it's calories are coming mainly from fat or sugar maybe it's not a good choice.
Stop eating late in the evening (last food at least 2 hours before bedtime).
Eat a real breakfast every day. (I eat oatmeal, blueberries, and an egg- white omlet with some cooked chopped tomatos and some flax oil on it.)
Stop eating at McDonalds, Burger King etc. If you just have to eat at fast food try something like Wendy's Mandarin Chicken Salad with a plain baked potato and catsup,and go easy on the salad dressing. At Burger King try the Veggie burger, no cheese, with only catsup, mustard, extra lettuce and tomato.
Think about giving up dairy products, or if you do continue to eat them go to fat free dairy. 2% milk is 30% fat by calories. Look at the nutrition label and calculate the total calories per serving and how many calories of that are from fat.
If you eat red meat think about giving it up. It's hard to get red meat to be under 50% fat and it's not the kind of fat you want to be eating.
Limit your fat intake to healthier fats like extravirgin olive oil, flax oil, nut and seed oils or fish oil. About 15 to 20% of your calories per day.
Try and eat more whole grain or complex carbs and limit the amount of simple carbs.
Six smaller meals are better than 3 big ones.
Always carry a healthy snack and a water bottle with you when you leave the house.
If you lose weight slowly as a result of small changes in your lifestyle and eating habits, it will tend to stay off.
Try making a one or two small, changes in your eating habits at a time. After a couple of weeks they will be part of your lifestyle, not a "diet your on".
I don't mean to imply that "diets" like Atkins don't work for weight loss, but I think there are other ways to eat that will result in a healthier you in 10 or 20 years.
I hope some of these ideas help you.
You can do it!
Richard