CieL said:
If you're on a diet, I suggest you lay off too much red meat and dairy.. as these contain a lot of saturated fats..
You don't see saturated fats at room temp, but I think that's the runny stuff you see when you melt the cheese. Of course it's still in the cheese before you melt it.. no shit..
Of course some types of cheese are better than others
eg. Mozzarella has more "good fats" than say, cheddar cheese.
You need some fats for shiny hair, nails, eyes, blah blah.. but not too much..
I find that Western[ised] people rack up a lot of dairy and red meat in their diet.. the high saturated fat content raises your cholesterol levels.
And lay off too much margarine too.
That's another type of fat called a "trans-fat".. basically unsaturated fats which have been artificially modified to make the contents more solid and prolong shelf life. That raises cholesterol levels too and link to obesity IF you eat it too much.
Good luck with your diet dude.. you're not really eating the right things..
thanks for the advice! =]
im a vegetarian so theres no worries about the red meat! so far i've been on my diet for about 3 weeks, and i havent touched any chocolate in that time! =]
my diet has basically consisted of 5 weet-bix in the morning, for school i take like, 2 sandwiches, 2 pieces of fruit, ritz and cheese, museli bar, popper and thats about it. have some more fruit and 2 pieces of vegemite toast when i get home, and then dinner is usually pasta or rice/curry or something like that. for the past 2 weeks ive been skipping for 30 mins, 3 times a week before school, and each day of the weekend. also lately ive been drinking a crapload of water (im talking like 3-4 ltrs a day)!
i've tried to avoid all fried food, except stuff that mum puts in the curries we have. do you think im eating too much? im not overweight at all. im 63 kgs, and not sure how tall, but i dont look fat at all when i have a shirt on. id just like to shed any fat thats on my abs so u can actually see a 6 pack =]
what do you think of what/how much im eating, exercise, etc?