Ruby Weight Loss

November 30, 2010

Tips to Set Up a Diet Plan?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , — Ruby @ 7:01 am

A diet tips question that should definitely interest you all this week

Question: my husband is in a body building program(I have no interest in this) whatever, I can not give much time in kitchen as I work outside. How can I help him?
Answer: As you go about your muscle building diet plan, there are a few things that you should be keeping in mind that will make it much easier for you to maintain so you can see the muscle growth results that you’re looking for. To know about these helpful tips, you can visit this site: http://muscleprogression.com/muscle-building-diet-plan/

November 29, 2010

I Need Some Dieting/weight Loss Tips?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , , — Ruby @ 7:01 am

A tough diet tips question this week. Let’s dive straight in

Question: I had my son nearly 9 weeks ago. I was about 125 pounds pre-pregnancy and the day I went into labor, I weighed in at 180 pounds. Here we are, 9 weeks later, and I’m about 148. I’m breastfeeding, which seems to have helped in the beginning, however, I have about 20 pounds that I need to drop. How can I speed up the process? Any tips?

By the way, I’m 5′6 if that matters at all. Thanks. :)

Answer: Of course the typical thing you can do is increase cardio activity. It really depends on your diet now. If not already, try to incorporate banana’s, oranges and multi-saily vitamins. Fruits have sugars and vitamins that can help metabolism speed up slowly, but surely. Another GOOD thing you can consume is oatmeal, have a bowl of oatmeal(raw or microwaveable) a couple days a week. It will help you get GOOD carbs that will help you keep up with cardio workouts and helps build a fat burning metabolism, not to mention it also provides fiber.

-Walking/jogging 3-4 days a week for atleast 20-30 mins eachtime.
-Light free-weights/machines at the gym 2-3 days a week(like 5-15Ib dumbbells) to help burn arm fat.

Diet will be the biggest factor. But of course cardio and physical activity is critical. DON’T starve yourself like some women do to lose weight. Just simply reduce or extract what you know is not healthy in your diet.

I bet you will notice a difference in your weight within 2 weeks after implementing this diet, exercise and messing with your diet(in a good way).
Good luck, and hope this helped.

November 23, 2010

Any Good Dieting Tips?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , , , , , , — Ruby @ 7:01 am

What’s this week’s question? Let’s dive straight in…

Question: Hi there,

Does anyone out there have any good, healthy diet tips? I am a student, and can’t afford anything like joining a Weight Watchers programme or expensive foods etc… I also live rather far away from a gym, which is annoying but there is no way around that.

Anyway, any diet tips? Any exercises that I could do at home? I’m looking to lose weight on my stomach and thighs in particular. I’m far from fat, but I’ve put on a little weight in recent months and I am looking to get it off…

Answer: Diet is a perfect well to lose weight. I personally believe that its what you eat that affects your body.

Here are a few tips

1. Don’t eat anything that is white. Name every single food that is white and chances are you shouldn’t be eating it: bread, pasta, crackers, most cereals, flour based products, white potatoes, white rice, and pasteurized dairy and cheese are all no-no’s during this time.

2. Only drink water, NOTHING else!

3. Don’t eat anything with the word wheat in the ingredients list. What if it’s whole wheat? Look, if the word starts with W and ends in T and has the letters h e a in between, you can’t eat it. This includes bread, pasta, crackers and cereal. Many packaged snack foods also contain wheat so be sure to read the ingredients list carefully.

Good Luck
Go to my source for more tips
cheers

November 20, 2010

What Are Some Tips to Stick to a Low-carb Diet?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , , , — Ruby @ 7:01 am

A diet tips question that should definitely interest you all this week

Question: I have previously been on a low carb diet and lost 4 kilos in the first 2 weeks, but after i noticed that i wasn’t losing any more weight, so i ended up quitting the diet and went back to my regular diet. I’m planning on starting the atkins diet again but am worried that i won’t lose more than 4 kilos again. I was consuming 30g of carbs a day, with plenty of water. Have i done something wrong? How can i maintain my weight loss on the atkins diet?
Answer: The body loses weight very easily the first 6 weeks on Atkins program. The body readjusts for up to 2 weeks at this point, which freaks a lot of people out. They make the mistake of cutting calories (which slows metabolism) or quitting. I assumed my body had lost all it was going to lose. (I never thought I could lose weight & wasn’t even trying, I just had to quit gaining weight. I was scared of low calories so forced an extra 1000 calories a day & still lost massive amounts of weight.) So I increased my calories & carbs another 5g and a few days later "poof" I lost 10# overnight. I didn’t think that was even physically possible, but the weight lost continued albeit, much slower thereafter.

Lowering calories has the body in full conversion mode to slow metabolic process & preserve the fat stores while "releasing" lean tissues (which become extraneous). Low carb works by "releasing" excess fat stores, while low calorie works by catabolizing the body’s lean tissues & fat stores. So the body adjusts occasionally, makes sure there is plenty of food & sees there is no reason to continue holding onto excess fat stores. People think low carb is for weight loss, when in fact it is for normalizing a body & excess fat stores are not normal. Carbs force fat storage with a high carb diet & that is not normal either.

It takes the body a full 6 weeks to become fat adapted. The brain uses glucose & it takes 6 weeks for it to fully convert from being fueled by glucose to being fueled by fats. So during this (I believe, once in a lifetime) period your body is using glucose & converting excess protein to glucose. After the conversion, the body has a choice to either lower metabolic functions or release excess fat stores & your diet dictates which direction the body will go.

I lost lots of weight the first few month & then weight loss stopped. It didn’t matter what I did, the body wouldn’t release any more fat stores. Since I never planned to lose weight in the first place, I was glad to just maintain this weight loss. I continued on with low carbing for the health benefits for several years with no change in weight. I finally quit weighing altogether. I started on thyroid meds & was shocked to find that I lost 60# in the next 2 years. I didn’t even notice til someone I hadn’t seen in a year mentioned that I had lost so much weight. I didn’t think it was possible with what I thought was maintenance level carbs (& quite a few cheats).

It’s been almost 7 years now & every year I’m smaller than I was the year before & much smaller than I was 20 years ago.

Low carb is different but what it’s done to my health has been miraculous, the weight loss was just a nice bonus. It takes awhile to discover different foods but I can have (low carb versions of) pizza, ice cream & cheesecake & still lose weight. High carbs are so seriously detrimental to health, I guess with my health problems, I have a greater incentive to stay on plan.

The greatest tip I can share is to increase your carb levels 5g net carbs every week after induction til you reach a comfortable level that you have foods you enjoy & still lose weight & not worry about weight loss. It may not happen as quickly, but you create a lifeplan.

Visit the low carb forums, learn new recipes & foods. Before low carb, I hadn’t tried 90% of the vegetables at the grocery store. Vegetables, seeds & nuts are the bulk of my diet now.

I highly recommend chia seeds (getchia.com), ground flax seeds & shirataki noodles to greatly expand the diet.

Check out the recipe sites posted below -

Thin and Crispy Pizza Crust

http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/recipe-forum-sticky-threads/549376-thin-crispy-pizza-crust-easiest-ever-pics-included.html

Chilidog Casserole

http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/recipereview/showproduct.php/product/3399/sort/8/cat/all/page/1

Easy flax bread with pics -

http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/breads/r/flaxbasicfoc.htm

Cheesecake -

http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/recipereview/showproduct.php/item/3571_cheri%20A%20Cheesecake%20Factory%20Cheesecake%20%28converted%20to%20lowcarb%29

Pumpkin soup & others

http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/lowcarb-recipe-help-suggestions/608599-low-carb-soups.html

http://www.atkins.com/Program/Phase1/WhatYouCanEatinthisPhase.aspx
low carb recipe websites -
http://forum.lowcarber.org/forumdisplay.php?f=2
http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/low-carb-recipes-menus/
http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/recipes.html

November 16, 2010

How Bad is My Diet? Any Tips for a Busy Teen Constantly on the Go?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , , , , , , , , — Ruby @ 7:02 am

Keep the diet tips questions coming! I liked this one:

Question: I don’t eat meals, I only snack.
My diet pretty much consists of:
- Bananas
-Fresh fruit cups from a local deli
-Beef Jerky or Slim Jims
-String cheese or 100 calorie cheese packs or cow pals or Babybel cheese (whichever I feel like or have on hand. Sometimes all three xD)
- 1 oz packages of planters nuts
- Carrot and Celery sticks
- Yoplait lights
- 100 calorie cottage cheese doubles
- Sunflower and pumpkin seeds

I take a raw whole food vitamin from whole foods daily.
I drink a ton of water (at least 80 oz since I prolly take in a lot of sodium) and green tea (generally 5-6 cups on the weekend, 2-3 on weekdays) throughout the day, however, I do grab a diet Arizona green tea from the gas station on my way home from school.

I’m constantly on the go and absolutely hate sitting down to eat a meal. All these snacks I eat at school/with friends/while walking around outside or riding my bike.

How bad is my diet? I’m 16 and female by the way :) haha Glad I’ve inspired you :D

Perhaps :) I do like pestachios, I actually forgot they exsisted hah! I suppose I could sit down for a home cooked meal or two every once in a while.

Awww haha. Beef jerky is one of my favorites! I don’t eat much of it though, just a few pieces ;)

Answer: its not the best lol you need protiens besides beef jerky and i dont think slim jims count for that. i see you like sunflower seeds maybe some sort of nut macadamien perhaps or pestachios are good non salted of course. you gotta make time for a nice home cooked meal though you wont regret it

November 11, 2010

Pro Ana Diet Tips and Tricks?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , — Ruby @ 7:01 am

Well here’s a question I just had to answering straight away:

Question: I did this before and lost some about 20ish pounds which put me at 115 and ive managed to keep the weight off but, I really truly and honestly want to get down to about 95.
Answer: Yo Liz
wasnt gunna aswer this one, but it seems u r not getting many answers. Found this site which is exactly what u want.

http://pro-thinspo.com/proanatipsandtricksindexpage.html

November 8, 2010

Diet Tips. 10 Points.?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , , , , , , , — Ruby @ 7:01 am

I just love answering these diet tips questions. Here’s another:

Question: I want to lose like 30 lbs. I’m 16. I’m a vegetarian so I eat a lot of salads but I have a weakness for the microwave foods like pizza rolls, or pasta dishes. :p
What should my calorie limit be for each day?
Also, due to class schedules I cant go to the gym anymore and its to cold out to go for jogs now. What are some excercises I could do? Mainly for the thigh area.

Thank you. :]

Answer: well i am not the pro at diet tips but i have some good tips if you are ever really wanting cake or a type of cookie or tempted to buy it something sweet keep a pack of gum with you at all times if you are tempted chew the gum and you really will walk away because its the gums taste i am serious it will work! the pizzas you might have to deal with i dont even know how to stop from galloping it all down but thigh exercises one excellent one would be put a big bouncy or exercise ball against the wall put your back up against the ball and bend your knees so it looks like your sitting and it will help you thighs a lot just hold that position for a few second and do it over and over each day and that will help try and do normal exercises too and not just for the thighs practice push ups(which would be hard) maybe even do sit ups(which are more easier) and do some other basic ones there are lots of ways to get back healthy just set your mind too it and do what you know will help not eat ten pizzas a day keep it up and you can lose about 30 pounds and just to e healthy drink water too water is the most important thing for your body good luck! i hope i helped :D btw i hope i can have those ten points i tried my best at answering this :)

November 7, 2010

I Need Low Carb Diet Tips Please!! :)?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , , , , , , , , — Ruby @ 7:01 am

A tough diet tips question this week. Let’s dive straight in

Question: So, I am going into a low carb diet and I need a few tips.
1. What are the things I should eat? (I know meats and eggs, but I’ve also heard you need to eat fats? I don’t think so…)
2. What don’t I at?
3. On the first couple weeks I know I am supposed t stick to a specific diet, but what is that diet?
4. What is a serving size? How much do I eat?
5. Why can I at Veggies but not Fruits?
6. What drinks can I drink?
7. Am I allowed to eat any type of dairy?
8. How long will it take me to loose about 20 pounds?
9. What is a good meal menu for breakfasts, lunch, and dinner everyday?
10. Can I chew gum?
11. Do I need to do any extra exercise?

Thanks you guys for all the help!

Answer: I will answer in order for you.

1 ) Yes, you can eat fats, this is a low carb diet, not a low fat diet. It has been shown that carbs are more of a culprit for obesity than fats. Eat Lean meats, vegetables, nuts and drink water.

2) Avoid, enriched flours, sugar and pasta.

(you can have wheat products and fruit in moderation)

3) The first few weeks of a low carb diet is usually very restrictive with the carbs. For the first few weeks, eat very VERY few carbs.

4) A serving size is what the caloric and nutritional info is based on. A good rule of thumb is, something about the size of a balled up fist is a single serving. Most products will list what a serving size is.

5) Fruits should be eaten in moderation because of the high sugar in fruit. Even though fruit sugar is natural, it is still sugar, and sugar is a carb. The only carbs you should not worry about is fiber (because it just passes through the system).

6) What can you drink? Tea, water, flavored water like Propel or Crystal light will be fine if you need something with taste. Avoid soda and limit fruit juices.

7) Dairy in moderation, milk and cheese have much more carbs than you think, besides, the main benefit to dairy is the calcium, which can be found in brocolli.

8) Weight loss will be dependent upon exercise and how strictly you can keep to the diet. Under optimal conditions, you could lose that weight in 2 months, though I would expect 3-4 months to be more likely.

9) Just stay within the above quidlines and keep your calories low (1000-1500 again, dependent upon your current height / weight).

10) Yes, you can chew gum.

11) Yes, exercising will only speed the process up.

November 5, 2010

Can You Give Me Any Diet Tips?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: — Ruby @ 7:01 am

Another diet tips question has come in this week. Let’s tackle it straight away:

Question: i have gone to the nurtlroigist but it doesn’t seem to work,
i lose weight but then i gain it back
can you please help?
Answer: i’d love to help but we first need to know what you are eating. my email is at the website listed below if you’d like help.

talk to you soon.

You want to mainly eat fruits, nuts, vegetables, some seafood, some meats. if it grows naturally you can eat it. (apples, tuna, nuts, lettuce, etc).

poptarts, breakfast bars, pizza, raisin bran, etc shouldn’t be eaten. some of it may sound healthy but when you look at the ingredients it isn’t any healthier than the other things.

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