Weight Loss on a low Veg diet?

cool_chaz

I have been advised by my doctor to follow a low fibre diet for the forseeable future, which means no granary, wholemeal, pulses, legumes, nuts, peel, seeds, dried fruit and low vegetable intake ( about 2 portions veg and 2 portions fruit per day.) Basically a meat/fish/dairy and white bread/pasta/rice diet. I tend to eat healthy meats, sadly just too much. 

With the weather being nice, I don't want to overeat thankfully, and because the medication I'm on can only be taken 3 times per day, 30 minutes before eating, Snacking is out. At the moment I'm just trying to stick with portion control and being more active, but I still need to lose weight for my wedding which is 50 weeks away. I am really afraid I will balloon out of control (I'm 205lbs now, and would like to lose about 60lbs for the wedding)

Does anyone have any good tips that I could try to help me lose weight/shape up/tone up? I am already currently going to the gym 3 x per week for a 30 minute med-high intensity workout each time. 

Please give me ANY ideas you've got folks!!

Charlie 

Ginabean2011

I've had to do this same thing once, also for medical reasons. It'll be hard to lose weight since you are limited pretty much to meats, starches, creamy sauces, dairy...all the typical healthy foods or low calorie foods are out. The best thing to do in my opinion would be to keep things as low fat as you can with lean meats, low fat yogurt and cheese, broth based soups without many vegetables (or make your own chicken soups flavored with veggies but take them out and leave chicken and noodles), potatoes (no skin) with low fat sour cheese and low fat cheese...you get the idea. Low fiber (but still lower calorie) cereals will also be a good idea. I'm sorry you have to deal with this....I know it's hard enough and trying to lose weight along with it would be really tough. With such limited options it's hard to avoid candy and junk foods.

iamjoesgurl

It sound like you know what you can eat and when so that's a start.  Like pp said, I would focus on low-fat meats and dairy.  If you can track your eating on a site like sparkpeople.com or thedailyplate.com, you will see how you are doing with your calorie intake.  The foods that you can eat aren't necessarily bad as long as you eat them in moderation.  You can try to stay away from sugary foods too so that you'll be able to stay within your calorie requirements. GL!