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Originally Posted by alliecat  Hi,
I feel I am in the exercise swing pretty good. Feeling a little board with it but push it every day. My biggest problem is food. I can rationalize and justify anything. I want to eat healthy. I am looking for some suggestions on dinner and snacks. Maybe some sample meal plans that someone else sticks to that works? Does anyone have any suggestions? Also, would anyone know what my caloric intake should be to lose weight? I am 5'4" and 240lbs. Maybe I am not looking in the right place but I can't seem to find anything that tells me what I need to intake for calories to lose weight. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thank you so much.
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Allie |
Some basics are to try to get as much protein into your system as you can, especially via snacks which for most people tend to be very carby.
For protein try fish, lobster, crab, chicken, protein shakes, protein bars, milk, some soy products, lean red meat (I use 4% fat lean ground beef, lean ham or lean steaks), turkey, etc. For snacks I also chew on sunflower seeds (in moderation), nuts (in moderation), beef jerky and chicken jerky, and cheese (low fat and in moderation).
There are a ton of high protein lower carb recipes in our atkins recipe section, but be careful as some of them are very high in fat as well.