On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 08:43:12 +0000, bornentertainer
m wrote:


I have been an on and off dieter for many years. I have lost a total of
20 kilos in all and am just now trying to lose the final 5.

My diet goes something like this:

Breakfast: 2 eggs poached or scrambled occassionally with 1 slice of
low-cal wholemeal bread

Lunch: Tin of tomato flavoured tuna with a small tub of tabouli

Snack: Another tin of tuna

Dinner: Some sort of meat or poultry (fish, steak or grilled chicken)
with veges or green salad

I go to the gym 5 days a week for an hour and a half combining weights
and cardio in the mid-morning. Usually I walk 5km on the treadmill, 20
mins on the cross trainer and half an hour of weights.

I have been doing this for 3 weeks and have lost half a kilo. Is there
any reason for the slow weight loss? It is disheartening. Can anyone
see anything wrong with this diet?

This seems like an approach that would lead to weight loss, but I
think we need more information in order to offer suggestions.

How much do you weigh now? (A diet that's effective for someone who
weighs 105 kilos and is trying to get to 100 might not work too well
for someone who weighs 60 and is trying to get to 55. And vice
versa.)

Are you male or female? Roughly how old?

Is this the diet you followed while losing 20 kilos?

Can you provide a little more information on quantities of some of the
food, like the tabouli and the meat or poultry with dinner? Any idea
how many calories you're consuming in a day? (There's a free web site
that will help you figure this out -- www.fitday.com.) If you're
small, it's possible that you're eating too many calories to lose very
quickly. If you're larger, perhaps you aren't eating enough to keep
your metabolism going effectively.

That's a lot of exercise, but how vigorous is it? It might be that
you'd get better results with less time and more intensity -- heavier
weights, some sprints on the treadmill, or whatever.

Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004