calories from where

ashudon1234 · Post by **ashudon1234** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:17 pm

hi all

ok so i calculated BMR amd it comes to 1614.7 and with activity its 2500...this way too much....some days i cant go over 1300 cals......
doesnt help specially on vegeterian days like today(religious stuff)
in the monring i worked out..upper body 20mins and 5 mins skipping..little i know
i had rye bread one pc with lettuce tomatoes and cucumber, coffee with skim milk....i ended up eating banana and organge for meal 2 and for meal 3 i had roti(made from whate flour) and bean with eggplants....
total comeup to 800 calories....
not thinking of doing dinner since carb intake was lots.....will portein shake cater for dinner?..made with banana and skim milk...

vamp · Post by **vamp** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:02 am

Carbs couldn't be too high if its only 800 cal, what about nuts and seeds, lental soup, veggies? Eat ! Geesh, half of calories used for the day (@1600) and because thinks its too high carbs, cuts 800 cals of needed nutrition. What muscle will you're body try eating next?

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:30 pm

Ashudon, please don't post the same thing twice. I answered this in some respects elsewhere, before having a chance to see this here.

ashudon1234 · Post by **ashudon1234** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:13 pm

sorry bossman...actually when i poted the topic an error message czme up and i thought it wasnt posted and i reposted...after that i saw 2.. aplogies

vamp...so its ok for em to eat some carbs for lunch and dinner...maybe i slice of whole wheat bread or brown rice? just to increase calories level?

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:36 pm

No worries.

ashudon1234 · Post by **ashudon1234** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:38 pm

hey bossman
please help me out here..i am still kinda confused about calorie count and its importnace....if i do not eat calories more than 1500 than body starts eating muscles is it?

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:45 pm

BMR is a minimum daily caloric amount, so you need to be eating that amount at least per day, preferably quite a few more on top.

I you don't eat as many, you can affect Metabolism, and yes you could lose muscle as well.

ashudon1234 · Post by **ashudon1234** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:50 pm

oh goodness i really need to up calories..no wonder in this 5 weeks i feel i have lost almost nothing......i feel really tired instead of energetic......is eating carbs after lunch ok....or should stick with just solid proteins and veggies....

vamp · Post by **vamp** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:35 pm

Have you read the sticky in the diet and nutrition forum "read this before posting"?

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:24 pm

Veggies are a type of Carbs. Depends on what you personally mean by "Carbs after lunch". Some are good, some not so good.

ashudon1234 · Post by **ashudon1234** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:29 pm

i meant carbs like brown rice, whole meal bread etc.....i just have em for breaki and try to kip it to veg and protein thereafter

by the way a lot of people have commented on appearenace and have said that i have lost weight..everytime anyone gives me that comment i thnaks them and say"yeah i am working hard at it" and than they start asking me what i do..and it feels so good givng them all the tips that i have learnt from this sit..makes me look like a pro....
i enjoy it~~~~

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:51 pm

No you can have Rice and Whole-grain Bread with lunch, but you don't need to be dependant on them, as you have other options like Veggies, Cashew Nut Carbs, occasionally some Pasta, Fruit if you want it, so you don't need to necessarily have Rice or Whole-grain Bread unless you want to.