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[annee258]

Breakfast Oatmeal plain 200 calories

snack Cottage Cheese 1 serving...2%

Lunch 2 slices whole wheat multi grain bread
Grilled Chicken Breast
2 slices of Tomatoes as a sandwich

Snack Almonds probably 30 almonds total

Dinner Large all Veggi Salad with Vinegar/oil dressing

I done Plyometrics early today for 1 hour......
I feel so full today but I still think calories are too low.....not even close to 2000.....How do yall do it?

[Fygle]

I eat smaller meals more often, and by smaller I mean not too full but enough to still the hunger. That would be tip. Appetite comes with increased activity and metabolism! appetite is insane on weight days especially.

[annee258]

I eat smaller meals more often, and by smaller I mean not too full but enough to still the hunger. That would be tip. Appetite comes with increased activity and metabolism! appetite is insane on weight days especially.

I will definitely try that....thanks......

[Boss Man]

Breakfast Oatmeal plain 200 calories

(Add something else in here like Some Egg Whites and a Yolk, Ham, Turkey, Chicken etc etc, to boost Protein. You could add a few Almonds onto the Oatmeal for Fat if you like, or some other crushed small Nut content, or even a bit of Powdered Flax as examples, perhaps even some Yoghurt, or leave it plain.)

snack Cottage Cheese 1 serving...2%

(Go for low Fat cheese it's got more Protein and more good Fat.)

Lunch 2 slices whole wheat multi grain bread
Grilled Chicken Breast
2 slices of Tomatoes as a sandwich

(Pretty good meal)

Snack Almonds probably 30 almonds total

(Have some kind of Protein source in there to boost calories)

Dinner Large all Veggi Salad with Vinegar/oil dressing

(Good)

(Add another meal in about 2-3 hours after this, something like large Mushroom heads with Grilled Low Fat Cheese on, Beans on Toast, Large Ham Sandwhich, es examples.)

[feelin-great]

Welcome to the site I have a hard time meeting calories per day as well, when I first joined this site I wasn't anywhere near enough, so someone suggested I add calories in slowly. So maybe the first week add in 100-200 calories per day and then add more the following week. It's not so bad once you get used to it. Good luck - the people on here provide a ton of support so keep posting!

[annee258]

Thanks so much !!!!!!!!!!!! I just hope I dont turn out to be some odd person that gains a ton of weight instead of losing...lol....I have to keep telling myself that since Im exercising so much it will be fine

[feelin-great]

Thanks so much !!!!!!!!!!!! I just hope I dont turn out to be some odd person that gains a ton of weight instead of losing...lol....I have to keep telling myself that since Im exercising so much it will be fine

As long as you are eating the right foods you will be fine The first few weeks might be an adjustment period but once your body gets used to the calories it will adjust - and you are working out so you definitely need the calories. Good luck

[annee258]

drink lots of water too

LOL...I feel LIke Im floating from all the water......
Its Great mOtivation is so high right now.....

[annee258]

Saturday

Breakfast - Oatmeal plain
green tea...no sugar

snack- almonds 1 serving

Lunch Tuna-no mayo on 2 slices of wheat bread
1 slice of tomato

snack- 6 boiled egg whites a few more almonds ...maybe 5 or 10

Dinner- Salmon- steamed Broccoli cauliflower zucchini and squash.....

h20 out the ying yang...............Im floating

[feelin-great]

Looks to me like you are still eating way too few calories. Great food choices though!

[annee258]

Looks to me like you are still eating way too few calories. Great food choices though!

Gawww...IM so fUll though..............I dont know how much more I can eat.......lol
Ill try to do better tomorrow.....

[Boss Man]

Also be careful of the Heavy Metal in Fish. You consumed Tuna and Salmon on the same day.

Reccomendations for Tuna are currently 2-3 portions a week. I'd say switch the Tuna for something like Chicken or Turkey, then use a plant or oil source for the Fat, as the body converts Omega-3 plant and oil Fat ,into EPA and DHA which is the Fat in Fish anyway. Albeit a little wasteage, but this allows people to cut reliance on Fish.

A piece of Chicken with something like Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Sesame Oil, Canola Oil, Peanut Oil etc etc, would be an adequate replacement for oily Fish anyway.

If you were accumulating Heavy Metals, Tryptophan, an Amino Acid in proteins, would help Chelate them, as would Vit C, so you could take at least a 500mg Vit C a day, to help with that, as well as Immune boosting and Collagen production. Plus C boost Iron in the body.

If you took any C, you could take buffered if you experienced slight issues off normal.

As Brent says, it takes time to adjust to a new way of eating and controlling food consumption. You'll get there, so don't worry. Just be patient, beleive in yourself and keep being good to yourself.

You are worth the time and effort and therefore being consistent and patient will be more beneficial to you. It's okay to question something physically new, as long as you don't come up with offputting answers.

GOOD LUCK. You CAN be proud of wanting to do this, and being accountable. It's a small but VERY worthwhile step, on hopefully a worthwhile road to a more satisfying you, so so far you're not really doing anything really wrong.

.

[annee258]

Thanks so much...Im so glad I found this site!!!!!!

Also be careful of the Heavy Metal in Fish. You consumed Tuna and Salmon on the same day.

Reccomendations for Tuna are currently 2-3 portions a week. I'd say switch the Tuna for something like Chicken or Turkey, then use a plant or oil source for the Fat, as the body converts Omega-3 plant and oil Fat ,into EPA and DHA which is the Fat in Fish anyway. Albeit a little wasteage, but this allows people to cut reliance on Fish.

A piece of Chicken with something like Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Sesame Oil, Canola Oil, Peanut Oil etc etc, would be an adequate replacement for oily Fish anyway.

If you were accumulating Heavy Metals, Tryptophan, an Amino Acid in proteins, would help Chelate them, as would Vit C, so you could take at least a 500mg Vit C a day, to help with that, as well as Immune boosting and Collagen production. Plus C boost Iron in the body.

If you took any C, you could take buffered if you experienced slight issues off normal.

As Brent says, it takes time to adjust to a new way of eating and controlling food consumption. You'll get there, so don't worry. Just be patient, beleive in yourself and keep being good to yourself.

You are worth the time and effort and therefore being consistent and patient will be more beneficial to you. It's okay to question something physically new, as long as you don't come up with offputting answers.

GOOD LUCK. You CAN be proud of wanting to do this, and being accountable. It's a small but VERY worthwhile step, on hopefully a worthwhile road to a more satisfying you, so so far you're not really doing anything really wrong.

.

[lareinamae]

When I started out back in September, I was having a hard time mentally wrapping head around taking in 1800-2000 calories a day to loose weight...and I was also having a hard time cramming the food down throat to get that much food into body each day. Now, I look forward to meals and I eat A LOT and still continue to loose weight. It's not how much you eat, it's WHAT you eat. I try to eat as much clean food during the day as I can while still continuing to loose weight. Stick with it!! I know it seems hard at first, but by slowly and consistantly increasing your calories each day until you've reached your consumption goal you'll teach your body the correct way of eating AND your body will begin to let the fat go because it won't feel like it needs it to survive!

You're doing great! Just hang in there!

[Nokie173]

When I started out back in September, I was having a hard time mentally wrapping head around taking in 1800-2000 calories a day to loose weight...and I was also having a hard time cramming the food down throat to get that much food into body each day. Now, I look forward to meals and I eat A LOT and still continue to loose weight. It's not how much you eat, it's WHAT you eat. I try to eat as much clean food during the day as I can while still continuing to loose weight. Stick with it!! I know it seems hard at first, but by slowly and consistantly increasing your calories each day until you've reached your consumption goal you'll teach your body the correct way of eating AND your body will begin to let the fat go because it won't feel like it needs it to survive!
You're doing great! Just hang in there!

Listen to what she say.... Have you seen her pictures?? SUPER HOT BODY!!!!
(She works her butt off for it too - HARD WORK!!!! )

You also need some more protein in your diet and maybe some fruits in the morning.
With your oatmeals... How about some eggs?

Keep it up girl... You are doing great.