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Originally Posted by chinadoll  You are eating way too little food. You should be eating twice as much as you are. You are also way too low on veggies. You need two cups of salad veggies and one cup of other veggiesevery day.
Your fats should make up 65% of your diet. Protein 30% and carbs 5%. I suggest you start using fitday.com and checking your menus there. If you are a woman you should be eating 1500 cals a day. If you are man 1800-2000, maybe even more. I am assuming the pickles are dills without any sugar added. Mount Olive brand is a good one. Sweet pickles are not allowed in Induction.
With the amount you are eating you are not getting sufficient nutrients AND you are shutting your own metabolism down, making it even harder to lose weight. |
WOW....really? I'm not eating enough? I feel full though, I don't want to start eating more then I was before. The problem is I never ate alot before, just had the wrong things so over the years I gained alot due to bad habits. I have pcos so that's the main problem that hasn't exactly helped me. I didn't realize I was eating so little. I do use fitday everyday to track and check..etc and I know I need to start adding atleast a cup of greens to it but I was never a big salad person.
I take a multi vitamin and also green tea and hoodia which are appetite suppresants (and they really work) so I have a ton of energy throughout the day. I do get atleast 1200 calories in a day.
I swim daily (will start walking, etc soon)....
As far as the pickles, they don't have sugar so I am assuming they are dills. I just ran out so I am not sure of the brand but they are from the kosher aisle and def. no sugar or carbs.. Yesterday my percetages on fit day were:
Fat
( 62%)
Carbs
( 7%)
Protein
( 31%)
Alcohol
( 0%)
I thought I was doing ok, I just finished week 1 of induction and I am down 9 pounds (plan on staying until the end of may). I am a 25 year old female- starting weight was 249.5, now 240.7. Thanks for all your help!
ALL ADVICE WELCOME!