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Originally Posted by nichole87
So a typical daily menu for me would be as follows;
B-branflakes or original granola cereal with skim mile...both measured
L- 100 cal snack bar, raw veggies, whole grain weighwatchers english muffin with 1tbspn of peanut butter
S- whole wheat fajitas with boneless skinless chicken.
B-fruit smoothie with real fruit, low fat yogurt and oasis health break juice
L-soup
S- mixed green salad with low cal dressing (measured)
* I drink about 10 bottles of water daily.
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Is this all you're eating?!?! Where's your dinner? Girl, get thee some food in you!!! I prefer fitday when i restart, I've used fitday, loseit and mfp, fit day has this handy little calculator that will give you a graph of how much carbs/fats/protein you're eating per day. You absolutely NEED proteins and fats to be successful. Fats give your mouth that satiety, that you've actually EATEN something and they allow for numerous, neccesary proccesses in the body. It sounds absolutely counterintuitive, I know, "I need to lose fat, so I'll quit eating fat". No bueno!!!
Your low-cal dressing, what did they replace the cals with? Did they add more sugar? Personally, I can't use fake sugars, they send my system into some funky, water retaining, I feel like crap spiral. So if I want sugar, I use a tsp of the real McCoy, or honey or agave nectar.
I hope I don't sound harsh, but it sounds like you're starving yourself. For breakfast, try pairing your carb/starch like the muffin with a protien nut butter, almond, cashew, peanut, plus a nice fruit, orange, apple, kiwi, even melon OR try a serving of fiber 1 with a serving of kashi go lean and skim/almond/soy milk and fruit. Lunch could be 2 servings of kale/spinach with tomatoes or peppers or some other veggie you like, with lean protien, grilled chicken/turkey/fish drizzled with olive oil and balsamic, or even a flavored olive oil and a smaller fruit. Great snacks are laughing cow cheeses with crackers, I like crunchmaster's gluten free sea salt, you get 28 crackers a serving. Something about that number '28', plus a wedge or two of cheese, satisfies me that I actually had FOOD. Make dinner more veggie based with the lean protien beans, turkey, fish, chicken, beef if you eat it.
I do use the govt recommended, half my plate is usually raw veggies, 1/4 starch/carbs and 1/4 protien. I had to break myself of building my meal around my meat. But it works. I promise you, if you start eating, healthy, full meals you WILL lose weight, regain your energy and still lose weight.
Also, I didn't cut out coffee, I do not look good in county orange and my family and friends will NOT deal with me until I've had coffee. Thankfully, I drink it black, but on occassion I'll toss in creamer, just count those calories and for every pot of coffee I drink, 12 cups, I drink double that amount of water in addition to my normal daily waters.
Please, I hope nothing I said sounded harsh, its not my intent, but restricting your cals down to 1350 is fine, as long as its plentiful, healthy food. Alot of raw veggies or even lightly steamed/grilled/baked are so low in cal and you can eat SOOOOOO much of them, there's no need to starve.
Please, keep posting, let us be your cheerleaders!! We have absolute faith in you!
ETA: Maybe 's' means supper, in that case, toss in some snacks, grab a container of greek yogurt and half a serving or a full serving of fiber one cereal in it, or kashi go lean, it adds fiber and protien and it may be all you need to jump start some loss. Greek yogurt can also double as sour cream and dip for fruits and veggies. Fiber is so important as we change our diets around, suddenly adding a bunch of veggies to a previous fast food/typical American diet can back things up, fiber helps you get rid of it. I aim for between 35-45 g/per day.