Good healthy diet websites?

[patmahe]

Hi

Was at the doctor recently and he told me I need to take more excercise and maintain a better diet. Just wondering if anyone is aware of any good websites for the diet part (have already started the excercise bit). I've found plenty that you pay for or free ones which promote extensive use of some product or other.

What I'm looking for really is a place where I can go and fill in my details and get e-mailed a shopping list once a week along with recipies to cook this food. If I could find one that can cater for couples all the better.

Anyone know of any such sites? Would be willing to pay a small subscription if it was a very good service but would prefer if it was free.

Thanks

[dirty boy]

What about here?

Ask for advice.

My week ahead....

Day	Breakfast	Lunch	Tea	Snacks	Exercise
Mon	Ready brek, milk	Beef sandwich	Beans on toast	Apple, banana	Cycle 6miles, 50 mins in gym
Tue	Ready brek, milk	Peanut butter sarnie	Fillet steak, with balsamic glazed mushrooms and rocket	Apple, banana	cycle 6miles, 45 min swim

Cycle continues, I generally always have ready brek or egg on toast (brown bread)

Other meals this week..

Seared tuna steak with garlic mash and rocket

Grilled pork with broccoli and cannellini beans

Chicken fajitas...


I've got the Jamie Oliver 20 min meals on my iPhone, together with iFitness, which allows me to track my gym work (reps etc)

I've also got cyclemeter on the iPhone to track my rides (calories, speed etc)

iPhone is the best thing i've ever acquired with respect to my fitness goals.

[tuglet]

www.fitday.com is supposed to be quite good but I've never used it. I keep a food and exercise diary in Excel.

[I Love Lamp]

dirty boy said:

What about here?

Ask for advice.

My week ahead....

Day	Breakfast	Lunch	Tea	Snacks	Exercise
Mon	Ready brek, milk	Beef sandwich	Beans on toast	Apple, banana	Cycle 6miles, 50 mins in gym
Tue	Ready brek, milk	Peanut butter sarnie	Fillet steak, with balsamic glazed mushrooms and rocket	Apple, banana	cycle 6miles, 45 min swim

Cycle continues, I generally always have ready brek or egg on toast (brown bread)

Other meals this week..

Seared tuna steak with garlic mash and rocket

Grilled pork with broccoli and cannellini beans

Chicken fajitas...


I've got the Jamie Oliver 20 min meals on my iPhone, together with iFitness, which allows me to track my gym work (reps etc)

I've also got cyclemeter on the iPhone to track my rides (calories, speed etc)

iPhone is the best thing i've ever acquired with respect to my fitness goals.

I assume you're trying to lose weight?

That's a pretty big calorie deficit in comparison to mine..

I'm 23, 5'8, currently weigh around 66KG

Breakfast	11am	Lunch (1pm)	4pm	Tea	Pre Bed	Exercise
Porridge, protein shake	Banana, yoghurt, mixed seeds	chicken sandwich, salad	125g chicken, fruit	usually chicken/fish based meals, greens etc	125g Cottage Cheese & Rivita wholegrain crackers & protein shake	45-60 mins of weights every other day. 30 mins HIIT cardio a couple of times a week, maybe

On weight days, I tend to consume an additional protein shake straight after working out (usually around 6pm)

Just saying, I'm still managing to lose body fat... And I eat more and don't spend 1.5 hours every day in the gym!

Edited by I Love Lamp on Monday 6th September 12:29

[dirty boy]

Yes, calorie deficit during the week.

I ate 6 burgers, 2 hot dogs, copious amounts of marshmallows coated in chocolate and various beers this weekend (and generally most weekends I eat a lot)

My Mon-Fri diet just keeps things where they are (12 stone for last few months)

[I Love Lamp]

dirty boy said:

Yes, calorie deficit during the week.

I ate 6 burgers, 2 hot dogs, copious amounts of marshmallows coated in chocolate and various beers this weekend (and generally most weekends I eat a lot)

My Mon-Fri diet just keeps things where they are (12 stone for last few months)

Weekends are there to be enjoyed.

Fridays/Saturdays are usually town followed by a half pound chicken burger

[LordGrover]

I think the OP's looking for more general 'healthy' advice than our gym-nut diets. Most people would die of boredom if they had to eat what I do on a regular basis.
Sorry OP, can't be of much help but point out the obvious; lean meat or fish with fresh vegetables and a good carbohydrate for most meals. Little and often and avoid the junk.

[pbirkett]

Its simple TBH.

Good: Vegetables, Fruit, Chicken, Beef, Fish, Lamb, Brown Bread, Oats, Nuts (in moderate quantities), Milk, Eggs, Yoghurt etc etc...

Not so good: Anything processed, white bread, chips, crisps, sausages, ham, takeaway food, cakes, sweets, biscuits, ice cream, fizzy pop, booze etc

Eat more of the good ones, and less of the bad ones. Simple as. Nothing extreme is needed.

These posts always seem to get the usual gym freak chicken, chicken, more chicken with a few egg whites and cottage cheese thrown in for good measure, all measured very precisely and eaten exactly every 3 hours. Just no need. Most people can't / won't live like that.

You dont even have to eliminate all treats, just cut back.

TBH even if you just include a semi healthy breakfast most mornings, a few bits of fruit and a couple of veggie / salad servings with your normal food most days and make sure you aren't gorging on the calories, its really all you need to do. Works for me - I'm only moderately overweight despite gorging on far too much booze and having a weakness for curries and pizzas on a weekend!

[-Pete-]

I agree with pbirkett, it's not complicated. Takeaways and fast food as a treat every few weeks, try to avoid processed foods, high fat or high sugar food.

For a government website, this is surprisingly ok...

Edited by -Pete- on Tuesday 7th September 19:33