Hi folks,
I'm trying to lose some weight as at the moment and hence am trying to incorperate a new diet into my life. I have posted on other sub-forums on here about what I need to do and a gym routine combined with a good diet seems to be the way to go. I've been told to eat several times a day to stop me being hungry as I work as a bus driver and am inactive for between 8-12 hours a day and find this makes me binge on food when I finish work. I can understand the logic in that but the problem is what should I be eating/drinking. I have already been told to stick to water to drink but on the other hand what foods should I be eating. At the moment I have been having some low fat cereal breakfast or wholemeal toast which I enjoy but sometimes I skip due to work. For lunch I usually have a tuna salad sandwich or thinly sliced turkey/ham salad all on brown wholemeal bread and a banana and a low fat yoghurt, I will then go till tea time and have a substancial meal I really enjoy fish, pasta and roast dinners I also enjoy lots of vegetables on my dinners but am not very keen on most fruits (except banana's and grapes which I love) but if its a necessary evil I am more than willing to eat these... I then do not usually eat again until late night when I will pick at food I shouldn't.. I can see this is no good and several smaller meals would be better but what should I be eating??? Any help would be greatly appreciated
I'm trying to lose some weight as at the moment and hence am trying to incorperate a new diet into my life. I have posted on other sub-forums on here about what I need to do and a gym routine combined with a good diet seems to be the way to go. I've been told to eat several times a day to stop me being hungry as I work as a bus driver and am inactive for between 8-12 hours a day and find this makes me binge on food when I finish work. I can understand the logic in that but the problem is what should I be eating/drinking. I have already been told to stick to water to drink but on the other hand what foods should I be eating. At the moment I have been having some low fat cereal breakfast or wholemeal toast which I enjoy but sometimes I skip due to work. For lunch I usually have a tuna salad sandwich or thinly sliced turkey/ham salad all on brown wholemeal bread and a banana and a low fat yoghurt, I will then go till tea time and have a substancial meal I really enjoy fish, pasta and roast dinners I also enjoy lots of vegetables on my dinners but am not very keen on most fruits (except banana's and grapes which I love) but if its a necessary evil I am more than willing to eat these... I then do not usually eat again until late night when I will pick at food I shouldn't.. I can see this is no good and several smaller meals would be better but what should I be eating??? Any help would be greatly appreciated