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So I have been on a plateau for a couple of weeks and I decided that maybe I needed to pay closer attention to my food intake. Here is what I found after tracking everything yesterday:
Total calories - 1150
Total carbs - 107 (21g being Fiber, 29g sugar)
Total protein - 89
I am 6 months out and I'm just not sure if I am taking in too many calories for where I should be at this stage? I generally watch carbs and protein, but thought maybe I should start tracking calories, too. I meet with the nutritionist again in a couple of weeks, but for now it's driving me crazy and I thought I'd check with ya'll!
And does anyone count "net carbs" - i.e. total carbs minus fiber? I don't count the fiber, I look at total carbs adn go by that. But just curious because a serving of black beans has more than 20g carbs in it, but it has a lot of fiber, too. I don't eat 1/2 cup for my serving, but I am wondering how everyone else does it. I have heard conflicting things about it.
Thanks!
Total calories - 1150
Total carbs - 107 (21g being Fiber, 29g sugar)
Total protein - 89
I am 6 months out and I'm just not sure if I am taking in too many calories for where I should be at this stage? I generally watch carbs and protein, but thought maybe I should start tracking calories, too. I meet with the nutritionist again in a couple of weeks, but for now it's driving me crazy and I thought I'd check with ya'll!
And does anyone count "net carbs" - i.e. total carbs minus fiber? I don't count the fiber, I look at total carbs adn go by that. But just curious because a serving of black beans has more than 20g carbs in it, but it has a lot of fiber, too. I don't eat 1/2 cup for my serving, but I am wondering how everyone else does it. I have heard conflicting things about it.
Thanks!
I have found that in the last month, especially since I healed after gallbladder surgery, I have been more hungry and it seems like I am able to eat a bit more at meal times than I used to. I'm still not eating a cup of food, though. I religiously drink 64oz of water everday (sugar free popsicles are my treat for the last 4 ounces of fluid as a reward to myself for making it to the 60oz mark). I found that if I do not do this, I get constipated too easily. Since I've been doing this much water, I have not had problems with constipation. I also eat 1 serving of prunes per day (about 5 prune) and this helps, as well.
I also work out regularly. I don't walk for exercise everyday, but I go to the gym 3 times a week and do body shaping, core training, and then I also do a workout of 40mins of cardio paired with weights. So maybe that's why I can eat more than 900 cal and still lose?
At the same stage I was eating about 600 to 700 calories (with difficulty) and about 70 grams of protein a day.. are you prioritizing dense protein?
If you tracked your food for a week would it look like mostly protein or mostly carbs? Are you making good choices? Can you do a session with the nutritionist as a tune up?
My maintenance intake is about 1,200 calories to give you a point of comparison and I'm 42 and about 5'4' exercise regularly, etc. But everyone's body works differently..