Weight loss....

[amanda509]

Well, my school pants are officially too tight and i refuse to buy more. I need 25-30 pounds gone. My mom and i are actually going this together (for once).

I started yesterday, the goal is to go to the gym 3-4 times a week, do floor exercises on days off, and eat healthy. Lots of salad (bleck!). No dairy or grain for the first few weeks.

Sooo my question is, does anyone have any super awesome recipes that they have tried and liked, that are dairy and grain free, and healthy? Any other tips?

 

[IvoryBolt]

Well, my school pants are officially too tight and i refuse to buy more. I need 25-30 pounds gone. My mom and i are actually going this together (for once).

I started yesterday, the goal is to go to the gym 3-4 times a week, do floor exercises on days off, and eat healthy. Lots of salad (bleck!). No dairy or grain for the first few weeks.

Sooo my question is, does anyone have any super awesome recipes that they have tried and liked, that are dairy and grain free, and healthy? Any other tips?

I recently went paleo (no grains, no dairy, no legumes, no sugar, no processed food) and it's one of the best things ever. Don't just eat salad, as you'll get burnt out and be hungry a lot.

My favorite recipe is simple: sliced bacon, Kale, mushrooms all fried up. SO good. It's about as easy as it gets xD

 

[FlChamMom]

Whenever I try something insane like that (which is usually followed by positive self-affirmation "You look great with that extra 10 pounds!") I focus on seafood. I love grilled fish or shrimp on some sort of sauteed greens with chopped tomatoes, olives and herbs on top. You can also marinate a tuna steak just like you would a beef steak for when you are craving "meat". Salad every day makes me snarky.

 

[Olimpia]

Being Spanish, I'm all about fish and seafood in general. Two of my favorite recipes are these:

1. I buy fish fillets (typically something like cod), tomatoes, and onions. I slice the veggies into thick slices and put them in a glass dish with a little olive oil and throw it in the oven at about 350* for like 15 minutes or so. Right until the veggies are soft. Then I throw in the fillets (I usually bury them in the veggies), with a bit of dill weed and salt on top, and let the fish cook for another 5 minutes.

I'm a big fan of onion and tomato together so I love this dish, personally. Alternatively, I will make fish fillets very lightly fried with just the tiniest drop of olive oil and lemon juice, and pair with whatever vegetable I want (usually cauliflower.) You can do anything with fish, really.

2. I love a shrimp and avocado "salad." For a few people I will take a pound of pre-cooked shrimp, chilled, two avocados, a small red onion, two limes, a small tomato, and salt and pepper to taste. I will mince the onion and and let it soak in the lime juice from the limes while I chop up everything else (it takes out the sting from raw onion.) Meanwhile I will peal and chop up the shrimp, tomatoes, and avocado and mix it in a bowl with a little olive oil, salt, and pepper. Then I'll dump in the onion with all the lime juice and mix.

Avocado is an excellent food, full of good oils and antioxidants (as well as the raw olive oil), and who doesn't love shrimp lol. Shrimp is naturally high in sodium though so watch the salt you add to the recipe if anyone in the family is on a salt diet.

And my only other tip is to sign up for a class that you really LIKE. Something ridiculously fun like bellydancing or Akido! Something that is an exercise but where you're having so much fun that you don't even realize that you're losing weight and toning up. It'll be much more easy to go to vs. the gym, you'll have fun, and you may even come out of it with a few friends and a new skill.