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Watermelon is so sweet, juicy, and refreshing on hot summer days you almost forget how nutritious it is. But like other SmartCarbs, watermelon is packed with vitamins, fiber, and other key nutrients, yet it’s low in calories.
The sticky red flesh is 92 percent fluid, so eating watermelon helps you stay hydrated. The color comes from lycopene, a nutrient also found in tomatoes and pink grapefruit that may help prevent heart disease and certain cancers. A cup of watermelon also provides 15 percent of your RDA for vitamin A and 12 percent of vitamin C, and it’s a healthy source of potassium, a mineral essential for healthy metabolism. While a cup of watermelon has just 40 calories, its high sugar content means that if you’re on a Nutrisystem weight loss plan you should limit yourself to one cup per day. Eating slices of watermelon on the porch as the sun goes down is one of the most fun ways to savor summer, but here are seven other delicious ideas for enjoying watermelon this season.
Caprese salad is a summertime classic made with tomatoes, basil and fresh mozzarella. For a delicious variation, substitute watermelon, arugula and feta cheese, to make a sweet and spicy side dish. Here’s a recipe for a similar (and delicious!) salad! >
Thick slabs of watermelon can take the heat of the grill, which caramelizes the natural sugars and makes the fruit even tastier. Cut the pieces at least a half-inch thick, brush lightly with olive oil, and add a pinch of salt and pepper to each. Grill for a minute on each side, then serve warm with a dab of chevre (or other soft) cheese, a slice of prosciutto (if desired), and a sprig of basil.
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Slice watermelon flesh into sticks about two inches long and wide. After stir-frying beef or shrimp, sugar snap peas, onions, and ginger turn off the heat and then mix in the watermelon to give the dish a sweet flavor.
Watermelon dried in strips—like jerky—is a tasty and convenient snack. To make your own, cut fruit into six- to eight-inch strips that are at least a half-inch thick. If you have a food dehydrator, dry the jerky for about eight hours. Or you can spread the strips out on a lightly oiled baking sheet and put it in your oven at about 200 degrees F for about 12 hours.
Make a delicious snack or dessert on a skewer with fresh watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew. Use a melon baller to scoop out each fruit, then slide six balls onto a wooden skewer, alternating types of fruit.
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Read MoreWatermelon becomes an even more refreshing treat on a sweltering day when you chill it in the freezer. Simply puree watermelon chunks (with the seeds removed, if there are any) in a blender or food processor. Pour the puree into popsicle containers or into small paper cups with a popsicle stick inserted. Freeze for about four hours. If you used paper cups, peel them away from the popsicle and enjoy.
Blend watermelon with a few simple ingredients for a lighter take on a summer spritzer you’ll love. Get the recipe right here! >
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This subreddit is supposed to be for people who have a lot or a little weight to lose, either way, so let’s test that out.
You often see people say things like “weight loss happens in the kitchen” and stress the importance of cutting calories, even to shorter women who don’t have that much room in their TDEE to cut anyways.
As a 5’4” woman, I haven’t found that to be true. I’ve tracked my calories, accurately, and at most I only eat like 1600 calories a day max, which is actually within my TDEE. Any type of cutting below 1500 has just give me migraines and not led to weight loss.
What has worked has been getting into a regular exercise routine. It’s not rapid eight loss, but burning 200-300 extra calories is similar to the extra amount I would have to cut, and actually sustainable.
Have any other shorter ladies had this experience?
Hi guys!
This is a new update regarding my weight loss journey and I can tell you it was brutal.
While loosing weight I had to fight the urge to eat junk food. There were some moments
where I gave in and put things like Hamburgers or Pizza in my body. However after each Junkfood my gym stairs were waiting happily for me. As for now I lost 16.2 kg in total! I am so happy!! :D :D
My journey is only just beginning. I have to loose more than 20kg to reach my final destination. I hope that my update can help/motivate you to start loosing weight. I don't see myself as someone who is crazy about sports or eating healthy just someone that likes to loose weight.
My stats for now:
height: 185cm
weight: 110.9kg as for now
goal: 88-90kg
Stay safe everyone and thank you for motivating me.
I wish you all only the best and my next update regarding my journey comes next month.
Greetings and stay hydrated ;)
My last posts if someone thinks he/she would like to know more:
I just realised it'd been a LONG time since my last post showing my weight loss. I won't lie; I have not done any exercise routine. I haven't finally found a love of HIIT or become a 6 am 10k run person. Chances are, I never will. HOWEVER, I have found ways to exercise are not always miserable and that running actually isn't bad, and I am physically capable of a 5k. That's a pretty big change in mindset.
More importantly, though, is the fact today I woke up and saw that I haven't changed at all in 8 months. That sounds terrible, doesn't it? But it's not! I have maintained my weight loss for 3/4 of a year after believing it would never be possible at all. And despite the horrible, horrible year we've had and added stress, it's been easy! The techniques I learned through losing weight really did make maintaining better, I haven't calorie counted at all the last 2 months, and I'm the same weight. I know portions now and how to eat well, and I genuinely understand my hunger cues, from not ever getting them and stuffing my face every chance I could now if I've eaten a huge amount at a restaurant, I'm quite content to eat when I want rather than eating again at the next meal time and being miserable.
Weight loss was simple but not easy, and I don't believe maintenance will always be easy, but it's such a relief to realise that I am capable of it. I'm sure this sounds like an unbelievably irritating, arrogant post, but I started this journey over a year ago now feeling miserable and not thinking anything would change. Then it started to change, and it was WORK, and I was starting to get terrified that when life started back up, and I had to go to work and school, I would just end up back where I was. That I could never eat a pizza again or the work canteen chips would cause a downfall never seen before. So I can happily announce that that hasn't happened and that looking after myself mentally and physically is the best possible thing I could have done to let everything else in my life fall into place.
I really hope everyone out there who's where I was knows that a) it's possible, b) small healthy habits are the key c) maintenance is really weird. It feels like you're eating loads d) please love yourself for everything you do. I know 35lbs wasn't much to lose in the grand scheme of things, but as a petite woman, it SHOWED. I won't lie; I now feel like my body looks like a trash bag filled with water draped over a garden chair, I have no ass, and my boobs have found a home in my armpits. But I don't care; I definitely like how I look more than I did, PLUS I can run for the bus if I need to. I can carry all my groceries home, and my addiction to food = happiness is gone. There was a point in weight loss where I reached my goal and was miserable because I wasn't suddenly perfect, but 8 months on, I feel pretty great.
The last two months I stopped counting calories, mostly because I was feed up with the constant work. It was not a good month for me work wise and my private life also got pretty shaken. My weight and weight los was not on my mind to be honest. I used to weigh 115 Kilogramm (253 lbs) at 1,66 cm (5,45") and have lost weight slowly about 1-2 Kilos a month.
I stepped on the scale again after 2 months of doing nothing and was shocked. I still lost about 1,5 Kilo ( about 3,3 lbs). The shock made me cry, I was fully expecting to have gone up to be 90 Kilo (198 lbs) or more again but instead stared down at an 86,5 (190 lbs). My lowest ever since my teenage years. Yes in the months of not doing active weight loss I slowed down, but the numbers still dropped.
It showed me, that I did what I wanted to achieve - I started to fix my eating habits! I noticed it to in real life but payed no attention to it. No more snacking most days, some softdrinks only on special occasions like dinner with friends. Smaller portion sizes and I am still going down with them, mostly because I am full faster. Cooking fresh nearly everyday (thanks to my boyfriend who loves cooking). It made a difference and I payed no attention to it. Gyms were still closed till recently in Germany so I had to relay on small at home workouts and just monitoring my food intake.
Most of my weight loss I did not celebrate because it felt like nothing special. Just something that I should have done a long time ago. Occasionally people noticed and made a nice remark but that was it. But stepping on that scale and seeing that gave me hope, hope that I can keep the weight off. That my bad eating habits are not going to catch up all to easily. I might never be a perfect size for my height. But if I reach a healthy, stable weight, than I am more than happy!
Hello,
I've been fat since middle school, during puberty, I was getting too tall and too hungry, and ended up eating too much. Since then, I've been stuck in yo-yo dieting.
I know EVERYTHING that needs to be done, I've tried all tricks. To name a few:
and I've ALWAYS lost weight using all of these. What usually happens is I will stick to them for a couple of weeks or months, lose a bit of weight, then I'll stop dieting
before you say that I have to make a life change not only a diet, actually many of the above became habits. But if there is no calorie deficit, then there's no weight loss :(
this post is getting long. Basically, I know the science behind weight loss and I know that you need to stick to a diet that allows for a deficit. But even when I find a diet that I genuinely enjoy (like fasting), I end up with yo-yo dieting
and so, I want any resources, books, videos, comments talking about why? why do I do this? I know damn well better than anyone that I'm a hardworking, capable person. and yet I still can't control my weight or my appetite :(
