I know, I know, we're counting carbs not calories.
But, last week I joined livestrong dot com just for the heck of it, and started inputting my daily food to get the calorie counts. Wow! According to them my daily calorie consumption is way too low for my height and weight. It says I should be having 2,560 calories a day and on a typical day I have 900 - 1,200 or so. Really, I'm not sure how to incorporate any more calories without adding carbs, which I refuse to do. I eat three solid meals a day, sometimes four.
Does anyone else have this "problem"? Everything I eat is totally healthy. I haven't cheated since day one. I eat my veggies, avoid processed meat, no splenda or anything sweet-tasting at all, healthy fats only . . . no caffeine . . . I feel great. But am I unintentionally sabotaging myself by keeping my calorie count this low?
I am losing fairly fast [to date, 85 lbs in 4 1/2 months] but when I did Atkins in 2003 I was losing much faster than this. I also had a higher carb count back then with more food options, but the downside was, I also struggled with horrible carb cravings, which I do not have this go-round. My typical daily carb count is around 15 (I have a lot to lose so I am on extended induction.)
I guess I have two questions:
1) should I worry about this and try to eat more, or just not worry about it?
2) how do I incorporate more calories into my eating plan without adding carbs? I just don't think I can eat more meat than I already am . . . any ideas?
Or am I just being totally stupid about this?