Looking for a planned out menu with recipes? free online?

Question

Hello, I am trying to lose weight, do not have much money and I need bigtime motivation, I actually need someone to tell me what to eat and cook, or just give me a list with all the recipes of what I need to cook and eat to lose weight, I was loooking for such a menu on the web, But have not found it yet, You know what you get of you help me....10 points... I know!!!! it is not alot for what I am asking, but You would also get my most sincere gratitude, and you would be helping with America's obesity problem...okay, okay, so I'm not obese but...I am over my B.M.I and the chart says I need to lose 25 lbs. sooo... please help me out, unless of course you know a magical needle that can make your metabolism way higher?? and you still stay healthy? thanks answers community!

Answer 1

slim fast works... they also have a website that helps guide you thro it. That Includes a food guide and work out plans. =D Other then the products, the site and advice is all free.

http://www.slim-fast.com/

Answer 2

there are tons of free online resources, surprised you didn't run into any yet! i am one of the nutrition chefs used on many diet programs today, most recently balanced diet (balanceyourelements.com) and if you join programs like this you are able to just log in have the program do all the work for you including selecting meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner and then have it print you a shopping list for grocery store and the recipe with the nutrition facts! there are too many features to list, but check it out and make sure you are excersizing too!

-balanced diet

-wieght watchers

-spark peopke

-diet.com

Answer 3

Epicurious.com is a great answer to this. There are tons of recipes that are sorted into categories like "healthy" or "vegetarian" and they are rated by users so you know how tasty they are. If you stick to dishes that are listed under "healthy" I'm sure you can really cut down. The Kaiser website has low-fat recipes as well. I'm also attaching a link to the calorie calculator so that if you find a recipe you want to try, you can determine how many calories it has. You should also take a look at the Overall Nutritional Quality Index, which rates foods on a scale of 1 to 100 based on key nutrients, and will help you decide which snacks and foods to incorporate into your diet healthily. Lastly, e-diets has menu plans. Also, you might want to take a look at Allure's total makeover plan - it's really fun to watch the progress of the groups of women they choose over the year, and it gives you a realistic and healthy idea of the time it takes to lose weight and the lifestyle changes it takes (including tips on how to eat at restaurants, etc.)

http://recipe.kaiser-permanente.org/kp/m...

http://www.epicurious.com/recipesmenus/h...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/ck_fat_c...

http://www.griffinhealth.org/Research/ON...

http://www.ediets.com/diet/low-fat-diet/

Good luck!

Answer 4

Try Sparkpeople

they have planned menus and a weight loss program

Answer 5

You should really use http://www.calorie-count.com/

That's what I use to stay in shape, and focused on keeping it on the straight and narrow when it comes to food.  ;)  

GOOD LUCK!

Answer 6

Hi! I just lost about 20 pounds by doing three things:

1. Portion control (use a smaller plate - it makes your portions look bigger, and it tricks the eye. Then make yourself wait 30 minutes before allowing yourself to get seconds)

2. Better choices - like 2 servings of vegetables instead of carbs, or a couple of hershey's kisses (from the fridge - yumm) instead of a bowl of ice cream. I indulge my sweet tooth bit by bit so I won't "fall off the wagon"

3. Exercise: even if it's only 15 minutes at a time, it helps! I started by just doing cardio, and then added some arm strenghtening exercises because muscle burns fat even while you're resting.

Here are some recipe sources (you don't have to shop at whole foods, just take the idea and go to your local supermarket to make it work your way!)

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/...

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/products...

Have fun!

Answer 7

Heree are some for you.

Answer 8

There's a website called www.sparkpeople.com, it's an online weight loss community, it's free, and it helps you formulate a food and diet plan to lose the amount of weight that you want, in the amount of time yuo want to lose it in, and it creates it based on your eating preferences (e.g. vegetarian or dairy-free). Meal plans are created for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner weekly, and you can modify them if you want.

There are also articles and a forum, and experts to help you out!

Answer 9

i have a txt file with the enitre south beach diet, its like 108 pages of recipes with nutrition facts included email me and ill send it

Answer 10

If you go to taste of home web site you can click on a sister site called light and tasty they give you all of the calorie info and have weekly menu planning there are alternative menus in case there are some things that you cant eat. I like the calorie,fat,card info that they give you. you can also try spark people they have recipes too. Good luck! also light and tasty will send you a weekly menu planner and to for warn sparkpeople send you at least 5 e-mails a day if you sign up with them.