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Originally Posted by runningfromfat
2 days ago I did 2000 calories and I felt better. However, I feel that I'm not making the best choices while calorie counting (as in I was eating better food before starting calorie counting). So I was thinking about just counting calories on non-veggies and allowing myself unlimited number of veggies. Then I'd probably set my total number of calories lower. So if I get really hungry at night I can go ahead and eat some beans or carrots or whatever without worrying about calories.
I calorie count and I focus on protein first because it keeps me fuller longer.
The majority of my daily calories (1600 to 1800 calories for a 350 pound-plus, 49 year old menopausal women is what I picked) is protein. Then I allow myself 2 to 4 healthy fat servings daily and then the rest of my calories are veggies/fruit.....mainly veggies as I rarely eat fruit.
However last night, I did not feel like cooking dinner and had 2 slices of gluten-free pizza from the pizza place across the street from my home. First time in a couple of months I was craving pizza so I ate it and counted it into my daily calorie allotment., Not the *best* choice I could have made but sometimes we all need to have something we desire and not beat ourselves up over it. I did eat it with a green salad which I made here at home so my choice wasn't too bad though I was over my total by 150 calories yesterday.
Anyway, with that said I think you should focus on protein first as it will keep you fuller longer and for someone who is breastfeeding AND running your calories should be at 2000 daily. Do you do a food journal? I write down everything I eat in a notebook and tally it up with a calorie counting book that someone here on these forums was kind enough to send me.(CalorieKing) I find that food journalling keeps me accountable to myself and not going off the deep end and binging by allowing myself to get too hungry.