What do you consider "healthy foods"?

Just a question of others opinions and what people see as healthy & what they like to eat that is healthy.

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I consider healthy food to be low-calorie food. HOWEVER, like the first person said...All food is healthy; the amounts we have are what matter. I lost over 100lbs (19 years old and went from 225 to 120, then gained muscle to 135) and while losing it, I really considered the health foods to be things low in calories. My biggest peeve was when people trying to lose weight would eat things like almonds, peanut butter, granola, dried fruit, etc. because it is stereotyped as "healthy"...little do they know that it is PACKED with calories and terrible for weight loss. Some of my favorite "healthy" and low calorie foods are apples with cinnamon and splenda, oatfit oatmeal, unsweetened vanilla almond milk, light english muffins, peaches, mushroom burgers, sandwich thins, fat free cheese, fat free greek yogurt, and tofu!

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• All food is healthy.It is what we do to it and how much of it we eat that makes it unhealthy.But what I would consider healthy foods, all vegetables that are dark in color. In fact the darker the green in the leafy vegetables, the better for you.
• Veggies, mostly green. Others tend to be more starchy.Fruits, but not too much. They contain natural sugars.Turkey and chicken. No skin or breading.Whole grains. No white bread, pasta etc ...Water?
• Made by scratch at home from real ingredients. No #2 corn based stabilizers, no CAFO milk, eggs or meat. Generally local ingredients.
• I think of healthy as having a food that's as nutritious for the serving, the better.In the course of a day everything needs to be balanced.There is no good or bad food, but better choices.If I eat bread, I try and have whole grain. But a biscuit every now and then is ok.I try and eat fresh fruit, but a piece of apple pie is ok every now and then.I had some baked sweet potato french fries with baked pork chop for dinner.But sometimes I have a baked potato with sour cream and butter.I have found that deprivation doesn't work. But the more I eat healthy, the otherfoods just don't appeal to me as much.Plus, I eat a variety of things. I look at what's in season when foods are freshest.

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Are some people not meant to be thin?

I'm 18 and a male, for the past 4 years I've gone on and off diets and work out routines, with 0 pounds lost, I eat well, do some cardio, run a little, lift a little, all that good stuff, but nothing. Then i turn around and look at my ( no offence ) lazy azz friend who can wolf down an entire pizza BY HIM SELF like shaggy from scooby doo and not gain a dam thing. What the crap, Explain to me how that works. Can I just never be thin or what? On a side note what food makes your face fat?

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I wouldn't say anyone is meant to or not meant to be thin, but some of us have a harder time getting where we want to be. It sounds to me like your body is at one of its natural weight plateaus which means you may have to do several things at the same time to get it to lose, or gain, weight. First, look at your genetic predisposition toward body shape. If both your parents are somewhat round of body, chances are pretty good that you will also have inherited that shape. Next, check your BMI, about 21/2 lbs to an inch of height is almost perfect, so if that's what you are, you may just want to rearrange the weight distribution. Next, were you a fat baby? If so, your body has developed fat storage cells which will expand and contract according to what you eat and how much energy you burn. Eat healthy, as much as possible. Maintaining a balanced diet is important, so don't go on binges too often. Exercise according to your calorie intake and do more to burn off excess calories. Some people have a faster or slower metabolic rate, so the amount of exercise will differ from body to body. Shape and tone your muscles to emphasize the parts of your body you want to appear better developed. Swimming helps slim the waist, bicycling is good for the legs, weightlifting is good for arms and shoulders, and walking generally is good for most of the body. Check with a physical education instructor or personal trainer for specific exercises to attain what you want. Drink plenty of water and try to avoid caffeinated drinks. Soda is generally not too good for you, but it does have its uses. Good luck, and remember, repetition is actually better than short spurts of high energy--lifting ten pounds a hundred times is better for your endurance and musculature than lifting 100 lbs ten times.

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• hahah i understand im the same way! but i cab lose weight, mabey you have a hormonal thing that causes you to not looses weight? id say talk to a doctor about it, they can give you tips you need and answers your looking for good luck!
• I am in the same thing man. Im 17 by the way. I think you need to exercise more than you are.

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I'm confused about fat loss....antioxidants vs insulin levels?

A lot of vegetables and fruits are antioxidant rich which helps cleanse the kidneys and liver. However, carbs keep insulin levels up slowing down the fat burning process. Your thoughts?

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When it comes to weight loss women definitely get the short end of the stick. It's definitely harder for women to lose weight. In fact, women have been hardwired to not lose weight.Women were built to accumulate as much fat as possible and to not lose those accumulations for childbirth, milk production, and child-rearing. There's 3 unknown reasons why women gain fat even while trying to lose fat. Well, I've got some great news for you. This one simple tip can instantly boost your fat loss. It's not some magical weight-loss pill or any of the other incredibly scammy weight-loss gimmicks that we see all over the internet these days. In fact, this is the key to actually being able to eat some bad foods and still burn fat. Read more on this page ---> http://fatlossmiracle.webs.com/

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How much weight could I lose in 4 months if I stick to this plan?

Eating healthy, having lots of veg + fruit with every meal. Eating a light alpen bar for a snack during the day. Cutting out all fatty and sugary foods but occassionaly treating myself to a meal out or takeaway once a monthdoing atleast 30mins of excercise each day which involves -jogging, hula-hooping, crunches, squats, weights and doing 'blogilates' youtube videos.My aim is to lose 20lbs btw. Could I lose more than that? What do you think? Thank you, I have been doing this for a week so far and have lost 2lbs.

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I think that it will deff work!! Keep to the plan but don't stress youself out because that will prevent weight loss more than it would if you don't have stress. If you do it for three months, i would say the minimum you would loose is like 12-15 lbs. If you are already skinny then you might not loose 20. If your body is able to loose some weight 20+ is possible, if you start getting more comfrotable than up your work out time a little bit every week. Don't do the same thign every day though, always switch it up, its better. Just keep eating healthy and stick to what you are doing, keep in mind that if you gain weight its because of muscle. Muscle weighs more than fat. So maybe if you want to aim to take off inches it might be more ideal and rewarding I think. Good luck! I hope I helped! four months you should loose 20-Em:)

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• i think you probably loose more
• If you consistently stick to the plan without any slacking i'd say maybe 30lbs? That's good enough room for a little slacking haha just in case, just try to extend your workout a little bit more and more over time with longer jogs/hula hooping and more reps different workouts; don't let your body get completely used to the workout, switch it up every 2 weeks or so.

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I need help with my diet, why isnt it working?

I've been trying to diet over the past few months, but haven't been sticking to a perfect eating plan. The past week or so I've been burning about 600-700 calories at the gym 4-5 times a week and eating about 1,000 calories a day. Cardio 600 caloriesWeight lifting for 10-20 minutes (legs and arms)Situps/stretching for 5-10 minutesI'm really trying to slim down and lose 20 pounds. I'm 5'3, 140-145lbs and my ideal weight is 125. I don't look fat I'm just kind of stocky, short and have a lot of muscle. I don't know if the diet plan I'm on right now will get me to where I want to be. I eat healthy, eggwhites in the morning, whole wheat toast, chobani low-fat yogurt. Sometimes I'm too busy at work to get lunch or I just eat a yogurt. At night I have a lean cuisine meal around 250-400 calories. Can anyone else help me as far as what I need to do to lose weight and keep it off? I don't like running because I'm short and it takes a lot more effort to run 4 miles than it does for someone who's tall and I get shin splints. So I do the elliptical and stairmaster or stair stepper.My BMR is 1470

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You information was confusing and you neglected to mention your age which is important. I don't think you calculated your BMR correctly. Go here --> http://www.calculator.net/bmr-calculator.html?ctype=standard&cage=15&csex=f&cheightfeet=5&cheightinch=3&cpound=145&cheightmeter=180&ckg=60&cactivity=1&x=0&y=0 and you'll see that even a 15 year old can't get to a 1470 BMR.Losing fat is not that difficult but you have to eat properly and not just starve yourself. And stop thinking of a diet plan and think of a lifestyle. As long as you eat for pleasure first, you'll be at risk of obesity. You must eat for health and fitness first and that means sacrifice.It's important to understand why you got the fat you want to lose and then habituate good and proper eating habits so you will not only lose it, but you will keep it off as well.When you lose fat, you weigh less and, hence, burn fewer calories. Your BMR will be lower so you'll have to eat less on maintenance than when you were heavier. And, losing the fat is only the beginning. Once fat is lost, you have to keep it off for the rest of your life and that may include such difficulties as the "Freshman 15", college drinking culture, soirées and social drinking, pregnancy, somatopause (age-related slowing metabolism), a more sedentary lifestyle, affluence and access to more expensive, tasty, and fattening meals, etc. This truth is born out by the fact that 3 out of 4 adult Americans are overweight or obese. That's means only 1 in 4 adult Americans has a healthy weight. (See: http://www.obesityinamerica.org/statistics/index.cfm ). It only gets more difficult to stay slim as the years roll by. It never gets easier. So, now is the time to establish good eating habits...the kind that will keep you svelte and fit in the days ahead and for the rest of your life. The key to fat loss is not exercise, it's diet.Any exercise will burn calories but no exercise will burn fat unless your diet allows it. You can burn fat in your sleep or you can run all day and never burn any fat. It all depends on your diet. Fat loss is determined by calorie control, not by exercise. Good exercises for burning calories are speed walking, biking, swimming, dancing, etc. and ANY other physical activity which makes you move a lot of weight for a long time. But NO exercise is good for burning fat if you eat too many calories because you can always eat more calories than you can burn but you can't always burn as many as you take in.Too many people waste energy and time because they do not understand this one simple point. The result is too often giving up in frustration, abandoning gym memberships they continue to pay for, and many other unnecessary problems not the least of which is a lack of success. An average person must walk about five miles every day for a week to burn the calories equivalent to a pound of body fat. So, unless you think walking about five miles a day (or doing an equivalent amount of exercise) with no guarantee of fat loss makes sense, focus your fat loss program on diet.Diet for fat loss. Exercise for fitness. All you have to do to lose fat, is eat your BMR in calories daily and wait.To find out how the best minds in nutrition in the world (at the US NIH) have recommended for decades we lose fat, read my answer about how to lose fat --> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=As615QJM4X_3ID9_05qmmlXty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20111028185603AAVcP4D Good luck and good health!!♠PS: Here are some good websites you may find useful.• A MUST FOR DIETERS http://www.freedieting.com/• BEST DIET TOOL ON THE WEB http://www.myfitnesspal.com/• BEST FOODS FOR YOU http://www.choosemyplate.gov/index.html• NUTRITION DOT GOV http://www.nal.usda.gov/food-and-nutrition

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