What foods do you eat to lose weight and how do I get rid of the bulge around my stomach?

Hi again,

These are on a few of the frequently asked questions since I started my weight loss plan almost 2 years ago. There is not a simple solution because it involves more eating. It involves eating the right foods, the right amounts of foods, and when you eat them. It involves doing some exercise and some behavior modification. So you have to look at the big picture.

Let's look at a basic example. Someone who is average weight, say 150 lbs can burn 100 calories for every mile run. So if you do a 5K, that is a little more than 300 calories. And you say "Man, that's it!" You have to look at the whole picture and incorporate good eating habits as well. They go hand in hand.

OK, I am getting off topic. Getting back to what foods I eat. First of all, going on a diet is tragic enough and to not to enjoy the foods you like is equally traumatic. So what do I do? I forgo counting calories and concentrate on the type of foods I eat that are healthy and nutritional. So I thought tuna fish was good for me. I thought turkey was good for me. I thought yogurt was good for me. So why am I not losing weight. Why do I feel so puffy and flabby?

Let's take yogurt, it is not all created equally. Take Greek yogurt, one that I looked at was 6oz. 250 calories. Not bad! But wait, look at fat calories, it is 130. That is more than half of the calories that is fat - that is like 50%. Some people would tell me, that yes it is fried food but it is fried in olive oil, so it is OK. Oil is oil, fat is fat! So a little tidbit, next time before you buy something, look at the label of some of the items you buy, you will be surprise how much fat you have been eating. I am not saying you should totally eliminate fat, you need that. Concentrate on 1/3 or 33% should be from fat and if you are going to have fat - eat the good fat, like avocados, coconut oil.

So what do I eat? A sample of what I eat is quinoa with nuts, dried fruit, fresh fruit, granola with some agave nectar and I pour some almond milk and heat in the microwave. A change over eating oatmeal. That is breakfast and it changes daily. It is whatever I got in the fridge or what I feel like eating.
So if you look at the ingredients that I eat, none of it is high fat.

Now the million dollar question, how do I get rid of that bulge in my stomach? Situps? Crunches? Abs machine? No, no and no - liposuction - well, yeah, that'll work but who got all that money. This is the most difficult area to lose fat and weight. And doing these stomach exercise will only strenghten the stomach muscle but bulge still there. So what should you do? Eat low fat!

That is the reason why I combined these 2 questions because the answer is the same!

Until next time!

Sue