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Originally Posted by Suzanne 3FC
I'm so sorry, and surprised! Have you kept a food log? Would you mind posting some samples of your daily food intake, so we can take a look?
My food intake is pretty much the same every day, with a couple of modifications. This is generally what it looks like:
Breakfast: 2 eggs + 2 egg whites, scrambled with 2tbsp of ricotta, dash of vanilla, sweetner and cinnamon. Big ole glass of SKIM milk with a shot of espresso and ice.
Lunch: Bean salad (chick peas/lentils, kidney beans, red peppers, artichoke hearts, feta cheese, and dressing, made up of 2tbsp of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, lemon juice and spices.)
Snack: 2 triangles of Laughing Cow lite cheese, red peppers or celery, and sometimes 30 pistachios (but only if I don't plan to have the evening snack).
Dinner: Chicken breast with spices (no sugar) done on BBQ with red, green and yellow peppers and sometimes s/f bbq sauce. Usually salad with balsamic vin and olive oil and a sprinkling of feta.
OR
Salad with chicken...
OR
Taco bake
OR
Lean pork chops on grill with steamed veggies.
Snack: 1/2 cup 1% cottage cheese, 1/4 cup low-fat ricotta blended with cocoa powder, sweetner, vanilla, and 1tsp of natural peanut butter.
That's typical of my last two weeks. Oh yes, and lots of water. Though I do drink a fair amount of Crystal Lite in the evenings -- it's water during the day, though.
Prior to this... I wasn't really doing any other dieting -- I was trying to watch what I ate, but realistically, for the 8-10 months before starting this, I ate whatever and whenever I wanted (which included a LOT of beer and pizza). Which is why I'm at 152 lbs., a year after being at about 120lbs or less for a while. So my caloric intake definitely isn't any higher than it was, it's most definitely lower and with the RIGHT foods now.
Before getting to 115-120lbs, I had hovered around the 135 mark for years and years. Probably since College, really. But then I had to go on meds for anxiety attacks (Paxil), I was over medicated to start, and I lost my appetite for many months. I was eating less than 900cals a day and didn't even realize it until I stepped on the scale and went, "WHAT THE ****!? 113 POUNDs!??!" I knew I had lost weight but had no concept of how much. Meds were dropped, but I maintained at 115 for several months, until winter rolled around and my outdoor sports ended... but the eating continued.
And that's why I'm here today. By the way, I play Ultimate frisbee 3 nights a week (SUPER-high intensity cardio workout for 2 hours) and am moderately active the rest of the time.
I just want to cry.