i like lara bars bora bora bars and trio bars. good vegan organic fruit and nut bars.

i like double fiber whole wheat bread, with low fat peanut butter. and chicken breast sandwich's with lettuce and mustard. some fish, ground turkey, a little red meat, lots of apples, grapes and green veggies.

i also eat a ton of whole grain cereal and skim milk. i eat probably 4 meals a day, and ride about 25 miles/day average throughout the year

question: on regular days when you're not sweating, i've always heard that over 100 oz of water is bad and flushes out nutrients you need. is this true?

Also, lots of Craisins. I think I just have a fixation for them. :)

Plain soda water or talking rain(carbonated water with a slight fruit flavor - nothing else). This helped me curb my Coke habit. Something like 70¢ a 2-liter and I get my soda fizz fix without the calories or any of that stuff that is in diet sodas. Pretty good with lime as well.

A change to a healthy diet is a bit of a lifestyle change... it's a good thing. Good luck!

Yes it is! I'm going through that change right now...or trying to at least..

I'm burning probably about 4000 calories a day and I've taken advantage of that a little bit and let my diet slip. Essentially, I eat alot of total crap because I know I'll still be really thin since I'll burn off the calories.

For alot of reasons, this isn't really ideal. I'm trying to get back to a healthier diet now

Whey protein.

almond butter
fruit
veggies
lots of water
green tea...with brown rice is delicious
eggs
cliff bars
cottage cheese
trying to cut back a bit on beer...maybe one with dinner and one after
sandwiches for lunch with faux meat and cheese and spinach and cherry tomatoes
carbs
tofu
tempeh

Stop drinking soda and replace with water
Avoid processed sugars or replace with fruit
Take daily vitamins, I also take glucosamine
Eat when hungry not because it is a certain time

this thread is actually making me feel pretty good about my diet. i eat a lot of whole grains (pasta, rice) vegetables with almost every meal, and a good bit of fruit, usually a banana a day and some sort of mixed fruit salad, not canned. i eat eggs a few days a week, and tofu. my problem is eating large quantities only once or twice a day, partially due to schedule and just being a brokish college student. i like to eat nature's valley granola bars or cliff bars as snacks. i drink mostly water, a few coffees depending on class/ work, and every once in awhile i'll grab a gatorade. my 2 biggest problems are pizza and beer. i've cut my pizza consumption back from like 5 days a week to maybe 1 or 2, and i always get them loaded with veggies. living in nyc its just so readily available, cheap, and delicious. beer as well, i'm in college, beer just comes with the territory, i probably have 2 or 3 maybe just on a normal hangout night with friends, and a little (lot) more on a night out at a bar or something. lately i've been wanting to eat so much though, which greatly conflicts with my girlfriend whom i usually eat with, and works in the fashion industry, where eating more than 1 meal a day is frowned upon. she doesn't get why i'm always so hungry, but she doesn't ride 20 + miles a day either. trying to balance meals becomes a bit of challenge when living with her.

Tell your girlfriend eating 6-8 small meals will keep her more petite then one large meal. Body just goes into starvation mode and stores whatever it holds.

Wow a lot of you seem like you rely strictly on carb. Don't forget proteins and healthy fats. Fats are good for you. It seems like man of our macronutrient ratios are 85% carb, 10% protein, 5% fat. hehe.

Get enough exercise and you can eat pretty much anything you want... that doesn't mean that you should eat anything as it will come back to bite you in ass when you are older.

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this is my church

Super food known as Acai. When I lived in Brazil I ate this all of the time. When paired with granola and banana it is fibrous and packed with energy (calories).

From Universaltaste.com (the place I get my Acai from)...

http://www.universaltaste.com/acai.htm

I eat: oatmeal and a smoothie made with almond milk, yogurt, and frozen fruit - blueberries and strawberries, sometimes frozen bananas, since they's so cheap, and green tea powder, and a quinoa based protein powder. Like to make home made bars of varying sorts. They include Almond butter, chopped nuts, usually almonds or pecans, dried fruits of sorts, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, and either quinoa or millet. You bake them, and they will hold a shape. Dinner's I fail at, and just usually eat something lunch like or breakfast like. Eat only sprouted bread. No soda... really only water... probably too much. Hummus/falafel sandwich. Pepper Jack Cheese on everything. Yeah. No meat.

Sprouted bread ftw. Best/healthiest bread hands down. Always makes me feel good for the next couple hours as well.

Bean and cheese burritos. Coca-cola. Clif bars. Peanut butter and banana sandwiches on whole grain bread.

I'd have to disagree with that one. Maybe it's just because the only time I've ever really thought about a specific diet was when I was trying to gain weight. But keeping to set times and eating 6 or more meals a day can help anyone, whether they're trying to lose, gain, or maintain their weight.

When I was on my weight gain kick I practically NEVER felt hungry, unless I skipped one of my 7 or so meals a day, and then I would be absolutely starving. And I was healthier than I've ever been in my life.

I have a blender so I make myself juices.

Ingredients include, and not limited to: Apples, oranges, grapes, blueberries, bananas, black berries, strawberries, mango, pineapple, carrots, celery, flax seed, bee pollen, natural yogurt.

Of course I don't put these all at once. It's usually in any combination that I happen to have in my fridge. Gives me energy and takes up a meal, so it keeps me away from fatty foods.

Definitely.



Eat a good breakfast. Best way to start the day. Not with Cap'n Crunch or Sugar Smacks but some good oatmeal with raisins or blueberries or dried cherries thrown in.

At work, I keep containers of almonds, raisins and prunes around for snacking. Also a box of assorted health bars like Clif Mojo bars in case lunch is running late. Lunch is something sensible and not too heavy.

Lots of veggies, preferably fresh and not overcooked. Spinach, turnip greens, mustard greens cooked in hot olive oil is great. Squash, eggplant, zucchini, rutabaga, carrots, onions, celery, etc.


You don't have to totally swap your diet right off the bat; that would be frustrating. Slowly rotate good stuff in and bad stuff out. I gave up most fast food years ago and now the smell of fried chicken doesn't appeal to me; much to Popeye's loss. I'll grab a small sub from Subway with no mayo or cheese instead. Took me a few weeks to get off sodas; now they taste hideously sweet and I don't miss them at all.

Have the pizza made with half the cheese. You won't miss it if you've got lots of veggies in there and it really cuts the fat.

Subway five dollar footlongs. Fried chicken with piles of jalapeños .Steak with feta cheese. man I could go on all day.

Earlier this summer I decided to give up white bread (and white pastas, rice, etc) as well as meat (for all the obvious reasons). I can honestly say it was probably one of the best decision I've ever made. Right up there with quitting smoking. Without even trying I've lost a lot of weight and in general I have much more energy. My weekday routine is:

Breakfast:
1 Hardboiled egg
Tall glass OJ
Coffee

Lunch:
Hummus (From "Hummus Place" in nyc, which is ******** heaven)

Dinner:
Something big but healthy. Salad, whole wheat pasta.

Check out this vid as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YkNkscBEp0
Bittman's cookbook, "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian" is a must for some simple, healthy stuff.

I make a breakfast oatmeal that contains more than oats.

My local health food store has bulk rolled-grains.

Rolled-grains look like what we call oatmeal, or rolled-oats.

I buy rolled-barley, rolled-rye, rolled-wheat, rolled-triticale and thick-rolled-oats.

Sold in bags, these travel well in my newspaperboy or messenger bag.

I buy about a pound of each, mix them together in a big tupperware-type container, and it costs me less than $5 for five pounds and lasts me about six weeks.

When I get up in the morning I combine a half cup of hot water, a half cup of skim milk, and a 1/4 teaspoon of salt in a small sauce pan, and put this on high heat on the stove.

When it starts to steam and threatens to boil, I turn the stove to its lowest heat, add a half cup of rolled grains, put the lid on the pan and forget about it while I go about my morning routine.

After a half hour or an hour, or an hour and a half or two hours, the grains have absorbed all of the liquid and have fluffed up and remain individual grains (instead of disintegrating into a gluey mush).

I put the cereal in a bowl, top it with three Splenda packets, add enough skim milk to dissolve the Splenda, and I fold it all together.

Each of the grains cooks a little differently and this give the cereal a nice tender chewy texture that I love.

I follow this up with a banana, maybe a little lowfat cottage cheese, and/or lowfat yogurt.

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For non-vegans, IMHO, sliced deli roast turkey represents the cheapest and healthiest source of animal protein.

I buy whole grain commercial breads, and I pay close attention to the dates on the bread so that I get the freshest possible bread.

Roast turkey sandwiches with super fresh, moist, whole grain bread and a little mustard.

Yummy.

I also buy natural peanut butter and this makes a healthy alternative to roast turkey; and, although peanut butter has a high fat content, at least it has healthy fat.

For those one or two times a week when I fry two eggs for eggs on toast, I use Grapeseed oil, which costs about $10 a quart.
Expensive, yes, but I use very little of it and one can't eat a more healthy oil than Grapeseed oil.

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I like a nice big tomato, which I wash, slice, and eat on a plate with a knife and fork, like a steak.

It cuts fat, but lets remember not all fat is bad, and that pizza is still just a big plate of carbohydrates processed by man. To each his own though. Its all about finding the diet that works for you. I personally do not like the bloat that comes along with man made carbs. You probably won't notice this bloat unless you are super lean already.

Don't believe this hype below!!!

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We've been forced to think this chart is the proper way to eat, but it needs quite a bit of revision.

For me, sticking to whole foods has been the best choice I have made. Furthermore, its not a diet. It is basically a lifestyle change. Somedays it is hard but it is rewarding when you look at yourself compared to 80% of America. Disgusting.

you've brought up a moot point, the USDA knows that wasn't right, and hasn't used that pyramid for a few years now.

I am actually not looking to make a dietary change and start eating healthy. I've been eating healthy for years. I just wanted to find out if there was anything I was seriously missing out on.
I tried hummus a couple years back but didn't like it. With all the people raving about it in this thread I might have to give it a second chance.
I've really been digging the ground lean turkey meat lately. It takes a while to cook but it's so bomb.

Today is Wacky Wednesday. On Wednesday my diet consists of pizza. Thank you, Wednesday.

try making your own hummus, you can add what you want to it and i think it tastes great being homemade...it's easy and nutritious
i used to eat turkey burgers all the time and they gave me great energy and are lean too...these days i eat more faux meats and i still eat fish and seafood, hard not to eat sushi