Eggs are a very source of proteing, and yes good on a salad. Yes you can overdose on eggs. Try having them only 3 days a week (hard I know but a good sacrifice. You can do it. Have some faith in yourself. You are worth it. There are alot of things that you can eat on a vegetarian diet. I usually sit down once a week and make some type of diet plan and try to stick to it as best as possible. Another thing you can do is get a journal and write down every day what you eat and see how many calories you are takin in every day. A dr would most likely say between 1500-1800 calories a day. Also there are alot of places that you can check your BMI. You may not have to lose as much as you say you do. Good Luck and keep us posted. Things will work out.
Barb
Thanks for your help, everyone.
As far as protein, being an herbivore, I do eat beans and eggs. The thing is, I really like eggs, and I probably eat them too much to the point where I'm overdoing it on cholesterol. It's such a pain to have a balanced diet and still eat what I like!
If you eat out alot and are a vegetarian, then eat a health salad. That should help the eating out situation. I know money is sparce. I am also a night muncher. They have those 100calorie snacks at Wal-Mart. They have ones that are like cookies. I also have to conserve money, however I treat myself when needed. Where I live they under 2.00.
Also walking is a great exercise.
Good Luck and God Bless
It sounds like you need to exercise to get your stomach muscle tone in better shape. My husband is 6'5" and weighs 210 with a 36 inch waist. When he focused more on the weight loss (he did weight watchers many years ago and dropped over 50 pounds after being really overweight), he got down to 190 and his arms and legs were skin and bone with no muscles and his waist was 38 inches. He gained more weight back and started walking. For some reason the walking helped his waist muscles too. Not sure why. But he got more in to proportion and his waist slimmed down even when he added a little bit of weight back on which made his waist slimmer and his arms and legs a little more padded. Also what you eat might influence your muscles. Are you getting enough protein for your muscles? Maybe your stomach muscles need you to have more protein?
Now if I could only lose that 50 pounds that my husband lost, I'd be in better shape.
If you don't eat meat, then for sure your diet (now or in the future) takes a lot more planning to get proper nutrients in.
From what sources do you get your protein now?
Thanks for your response! I don't eat meat, though, which is a big factor in my diet.
I don't HAVE to eat out a lot, but grocery store trips are so sparing in this house, and it's always so much easier to grab a meal somewhere than it is to spend hundreds at the store. I know it's way less expensive, but I live in a house 5 other people, so organizing shopping trips when everyone is working so often is very difficult. That is another thing to be considered when thinking about my diet.
My bias is simply towards eating in as healthy a way as you can. Lean meats, a minimum of 5 fruits or vegetables a day, 2 tsps of healthy oils a day, and at least 2 servings of fat free or low fat dairy a day. Stick with whole grains as much as possible, at least twice a day.
Don't eat until you are full. Try to learn to stop just before that point. Tricky to learn just what that point is. You can have beer--in the amounts you described, that's certainly not excessive.
Busy or not, eating in a healthy way should be a priority. It is not hard. Even when I'm working nights and am totally exhausted, I make it my priority to follow this plan. It just takes a bit of thinking and planning ahead. So far, I've lost a lot of weight and haven't suffered a bit. I'm eating better than I ever have in my life.
You are not really overweight, though. And you sound like you really have a fitness program ironed out. I'm hardly a fitness buff, so I can't help you there.
Why do you say you have to eat out a lot? Not sure I get that part. It certainly is hard to control what goes into food that you don't prepare yourself.
Good luck, and I hope others have better ideas for you.
Come on guys... no help at all?!