It adds up fast when you include things like olive oil, nuts, or full fat salad dressing Even olive, avocado, anything with the good fats in it is calorie dense.
It adds up fast when you include things like olive oil, nuts, or full fat salad dressing Even olive, avocado, anything with the good fats in it is calorie dense.
Yup yup yup! I have NO trouble nearly reaching my 2000-2200 calorie goal each day--and I don't typically eat any junk. Things like black beans, brown rice, avocado, natural peanut butter...they add up fast!
I weigh less than 300 lbs. but I am going to try the 2000 calories idea and see how it works. I know that most of the new books out now are telling you not to count fruits and veggies which I am very surprised to hear. They wnt the complex carbs, meats, and fats in that 2000 calorie day. That should be a cinch to start off with.
If you can do it, I think the best way to figure this out is to spend a week or two eating normally (no dieting) and record every morsel you eat. Calculate how many calories you are eating normally. Put every single thing you eat in FitDay or some other calorie calculator. Then figure out how much you want to cut back! 500 calories a day to cut back is a common amount that will result in 1 pound of weight lost a week. Take the amount of calories you eat normally, subtract 500 calories and voila! you have the calories you need to aim for.
Even olive, avocado, anything with the good fats in it is calorie dense.
