The Rice And Wine Diet

[joggerjayne]

I'm trying to trim down my lower half, but it's quite hard.

I figure if I eat wild rice instead of chips, rice, potatoes, pasta ...

And drink wine instead of ... fattening stuff ...

... then I should make progress.

Yes?

[Anngel123]

Er...hate to break it to you JJ but just because wine is liquid does not make it non-fattening. The only truly non-fattening drink is water (or maybe black tea or coffee). Brown rice is good for dieting as it keeps you fuller but it is still a carb, albeit a no fat version. Pasta is just as much carb as rice. Sorry to disappoint you.

[joggerjayne]

This is wild black rice ... not brown rice.

That probably cancels out the wine.

[woofgang]

errr.......no!

[joggerjayne]

Yes !!!

[Brinjal]

Eat less move more. The best diet. For a lot of people it is better to up the protein and lower the carb in take. And in all good weight loss programmes. You should avoid alcohol for the first six weeks as it converts to sugar.

[joggerjayne]

First six weeks ??

[chi-chi66]

Cannot compute, cannot compute ^^^haha

[joggerjayne]

=0)

[DTCwordfan]

wild rice is good for you, as it isn't really rice - Canyon Ranch in the States recommend it - really tasty recipes

http://www.canyonranc...y_connection/recipes/

[Brinjal]

Lol yes difficult to compute butthe the fact is most people who are droning on about losing weight aren't serious. They think there is an easy fix and can still have all the treats and things that cause increased weight. Not eating properly and fad diets will never work.

[joggerjayne]

My problem is my legs, and butt. Over the winter, they've become a bit muscley (from skiing, running in the wet, etc).

Now the summer's here, I don't want to go around looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger in a swimsuit, so I'm trying to shed some size from my legs.

But I still run three or four times a week (maybe 20 miles a week), and workout at the gym two or three times a week, and the exercise is keeping the muscle that I'm trying to lose.

I don't want to stop exercising (the couch potato diet isn't for me).

And I'm not going to cut out alcohol (the miserable diet isn't for me, either).

So, I figure I need to change the food part of my diet.

[237SJ]

I can`t see how cutting any kind of food out from your diet is going to slim your muscles. Normally, running lengthens the muscles in your legs and makes them more streamlined. Maybe you should keep up the running and see how it goes. Have you ever seen a marathon runner on the TV with heavy legs? I haven`t.

[joggerjayne]

that's a good point.

[joggerjayne]

I think the problem may be that I mostly run on the beach, which gives quite a legs and butt "burn" as well as an aerobic workout.

Maybe I need to stick to the prom for a couple of weeks.

[carolegif]

I gave up the cross trainer because it gave me legs like a wrestler! Now I just run and go on the treadmill and the legs have slimmed down Plus I didn't have to give up the wine!!

[Sharingan]

Our friend used to be a cyclist and he has huge legs because he says you never lose the size just the tone of them, but they are all flabby now, so I think I would rather have muscley legs. The rest of him is a normal size :/

[DTCwordfan]

treadmill running and drinking vino at the same time, ^ that's impressive

[joggerjayne]

good plan, though !

[carolegif]

I'm a woman - I can multi-task!lol!!!

[DTCwordfan]

imagine Chris Hoy's legs when he retires.....well two years after.