Dieting... Like A Boss

[honeydip]

I did intend to set out on a 3 day starvation but it was too uncomfortable. So I am eating 600-800 calories per day either tomatoes, eggs or celery or melon, maybe a tangerine. But today I have had 2 bowls of soup, and some melon with 2 small tangerines. I have calculated 700 calories. It is my birthday tomorrow so going to give the diet a miss but its not too hard to stick to 800 calories every day. If you do this would you lose weight quickly?

[honeydip]

ps i made the soup myself with no cream

[Prudie]

It's a crash diet and very unhealthy. You'd probably lose weight, feel like death and then put it all on again. Totally unrealistic calorie intake for a man.

[honeydip]

Well I have been meaning to transform my diet to all natural products anyway. This is just the start. Its not intended to be a short fix.

[Maydup]

Please add some pulses and more vegetables. I had a lentil and bean stew this evening which was also very natural, but wholesome and filling.

[Maydup]

PS Happy Birthday for tomorrow honeydip

[honeydip]

sounds nice maydup. Might try lentils actually and thanks

[boxtops]

what do you mean "like a boss"?

You're not eating nearly enough, your body will go into starvation mode - it won't lose weight.

[murraymints]

Add some protein...lean meat..chicken fish egg..good luck and a very happy birthday tomorrow..x

[pastafreak]

You wanted to do the intermittent fasting diet-which requires that you do it *only* 2 days per week,and that you eat properly. Barely surviving on just fruit-and feeling like you could eat your own leg-is not the way to do it. You were given good advice on your other thread,but seem unable to take any of it. You're doomed to fail with this,and will do your health no good.

[Maydup]

Dahl over a baked sweet potato would be good too. Tasty,healthy and filling.

Here's the recipe for dahl

http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calories.asp?recipe=18160

and the facts about sweet potato

http://voices.yahoo.com/how-lose-weight-eating-sweet-potatoes-5128329.html?cat=5

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2667/2

[honeydip]

This is what I mean 'like a boss'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NisCkxU544c

[honeydip]

maydup thanks thats got some really good ideas. Pasta i did take the advice hence I am eating .

[Nini74]

honeydip - it worries me that you think this is okay - you should not be restricting yourself so much on your calorie intake. if you are intending to eat just fruit and salad items, please don't count or measure them and eat them freely. if you want a calorie controlled diet, then count the calories in any other items you eat such as cereals, jacket potatoes, chicken etc. your body needs protein, fibre and other goodness. a limited amount of fruit and nothing else is not sustainable, not healthy. and then you're saying your having a day off the diet tomorrow - this is yo yo dietting at its worst - please go on the ww or sw websites, and read about healthy ways to lose weight long-term. this won''t work - i've tried this sort of thing before, so i know exactly what i'm talking about. you need something that you can stick to for a long time, not a quick fix which will only be a short-term fix - as soon as you start eating normally again, it will go back on, and more.... happy birthday for tomorrow - why not buy yourself a 12 week countdown at sw with your birthday money - join a class on Monday and look forward to a new you!