I need help please, don't know how to eat.
I'm having trouble, I'm 1 1/2 months out, have lost 42-45 pounds depending on the day, but this has been the same for 2 weeks now.
I'm wondering if I'm eating too much or not eating enough??
I ONLY eat protein really.
Breakfast is usually a fat free yogurt
lunch is some sort of meat, chicken breast, tuna etc
Dinner is the more difficult one, it's hard coordinating with DH since he is a odd eater.
We have resorted again to "picking something up" on the way home from work, instead of cooking. We're not big cookers.
I don't know what to do, what I'm doing wrong, but I've stopped dropping. I'm still walking a few times a week. Just walked for 8 hours at Disneyland yesterday... and that was a WOW for me, cuz I couldn't do that before if my life depended on it!
I'm going to start daily plating it again and see where I'm going wrong. I haven't been doing milk based protein shakes, I've been buying them in the smoothie section, its a fruit juice based protein, 30 grams in one shake and I drink that throughout the day. I can't take the other shakes anymore they make me want to vomit.
Oh and I've been constipated, I go maybe 1x a week and I'm working on that.
So, sorry for the ramble but I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I eat until I'm satisfied or I just 'forget" to keep eating and then put it away.
Any suggestions, Please?
I'm wondering if I'm eating too much or not eating enough??
I ONLY eat protein really.
Breakfast is usually a fat free yogurt
lunch is some sort of meat, chicken breast, tuna etc
Dinner is the more difficult one, it's hard coordinating with DH since he is a odd eater.
We have resorted again to "picking something up" on the way home from work, instead of cooking. We're not big cookers.
I don't know what to do, what I'm doing wrong, but I've stopped dropping. I'm still walking a few times a week. Just walked for 8 hours at Disneyland yesterday... and that was a WOW for me, cuz I couldn't do that before if my life depended on it!
I'm going to start daily plating it again and see where I'm going wrong. I haven't been doing milk based protein shakes, I've been buying them in the smoothie section, its a fruit juice based protein, 30 grams in one shake and I drink that throughout the day. I can't take the other shakes anymore they make me want to vomit.
Oh and I've been constipated, I go maybe 1x a week and I'm working on that.
So, sorry for the ramble but I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I eat until I'm satisfied or I just 'forget" to keep eating and then put it away.
Any suggestions, Please?
Hi mind if I jump in?
From what it looks like to me your body is just in catch up mode , sometimes your going to stop losing and those are the times you lose the inches , So relax about that for now.
It doesn't seem to me your getting in enough protine to satisfy your bodies needs , did you know you need 800 cal a day just to get you brain and vital organs to work?
If you can't handle the protine shakes at least drink milk , it has protine, and good carbs and vitamins in i****ch for the sugars in the fruit shakes sometimes they are not as good for you as they may seem. When picking things out to eat look for things with high protine , carbs less then 15-20 per serving and sugars less then 10 per serving , not easy but doable.
Constipation happens when the body lacks enough water for the system to digest and remove what we don't need , drink as much water in between as you can fit in.
WALK , even if it is only 15 min a day walk walk walk, even if it's just throughout your home.
You don't have to cook to eat though. I'll list some "meals" I started out on way back when..hehe
Chicken parmasian... 1/2 slice of chicken or turkey chopped fine or ground in a small chopper , 1 tsp spagetti sauce over top , sprinkle some cheese over that , microwave for a few seconds or eat cold sprinkled with parmisian cheese
Refried beans .. 1 tbsp beans, 1 tsp salsa or a drizzle of taco sauce, enough water to make it creamy, srinkle cheese over it , heat in microwave.
Egg drop soup , okay this one needs a bit of cooking at first , 1 can beef or chicken broth , pour into saucepan, heat to a boil while scrambling up an egg or two depends on how much you like. When the broth is at a boil drizzle the egg into broth , it will cook as it goes in. I had 1/2 c when I made it and then I heated and drank it throughout the day.Get low sodium broth.
Toco no wraps 1 tbsp toco meat, when you cook it make sure you crumble the meat small so it digests easy , 1 tsp refried beans (can make bigger batch of earlier beans without cheese), toco sauce and cheese. microwave and eat.
Things I ALWAYS keep on hand for a quick protine fix even now 3 yrs out.
Cheese
String cheese
peanut butter
yogert
eggs
chicken,turkey
cottage cheese
refried beans
tuna(sometimes it settles sometimes it wont)
10% fat hamburger
What kind of things are you picking up on the way home, maybe I can help with that also.
Make sure you measure and eat on a time schedule , I would also "foret" to eat and my tummy would cramp bad and come to figure out it would be like 7 hours since I ate not good for the wee little tummy.
Now I make sure I eat something even if it is just 1/2 a cheese stick or a yogert every 4 hours.
If I forgot anything or you want to know more, just let me know. Hope this helps you out.
From what it looks like to me your body is just in catch up mode , sometimes your going to stop losing and those are the times you lose the inches , So relax about that for now.
It doesn't seem to me your getting in enough protine to satisfy your bodies needs , did you know you need 800 cal a day just to get you brain and vital organs to work?
If you can't handle the protine shakes at least drink milk , it has protine, and good carbs and vitamins in i****ch for the sugars in the fruit shakes sometimes they are not as good for you as they may seem. When picking things out to eat look for things with high protine , carbs less then 15-20 per serving and sugars less then 10 per serving , not easy but doable.
Constipation happens when the body lacks enough water for the system to digest and remove what we don't need , drink as much water in between as you can fit in.
WALK , even if it is only 15 min a day walk walk walk, even if it's just throughout your home.
You don't have to cook to eat though. I'll list some "meals" I started out on way back when..hehe
Chicken parmasian... 1/2 slice of chicken or turkey chopped fine or ground in a small chopper , 1 tsp spagetti sauce over top , sprinkle some cheese over that , microwave for a few seconds or eat cold sprinkled with parmisian cheese
Refried beans .. 1 tbsp beans, 1 tsp salsa or a drizzle of taco sauce, enough water to make it creamy, srinkle cheese over it , heat in microwave.
Egg drop soup , okay this one needs a bit of cooking at first , 1 can beef or chicken broth , pour into saucepan, heat to a boil while scrambling up an egg or two depends on how much you like. When the broth is at a boil drizzle the egg into broth , it will cook as it goes in. I had 1/2 c when I made it and then I heated and drank it throughout the day.Get low sodium broth.
Toco no wraps 1 tbsp toco meat, when you cook it make sure you crumble the meat small so it digests easy , 1 tsp refried beans (can make bigger batch of earlier beans without cheese), toco sauce and cheese. microwave and eat.
Things I ALWAYS keep on hand for a quick protine fix even now 3 yrs out.
Cheese
String cheese
peanut butter
yogert
eggs
chicken,turkey
cottage cheese
refried beans
tuna(sometimes it settles sometimes it wont)
10% fat hamburger
What kind of things are you picking up on the way home, maybe I can help with that also.
Make sure you measure and eat on a time schedule , I would also "foret" to eat and my tummy would cramp bad and come to figure out it would be like 7 hours since I ate not good for the wee little tummy.
Now I make sure I eat something even if it is just 1/2 a cheese stick or a yogert every 4 hours.
If I forgot anything or you want to know more, just let me know. Hope this helps you out.
HW~488 ~SW~418 ~ CW ~216~ Mom to Ali 08/27/07
I know I'm not getting in enough calories or protein a day, but I just can't seem to make myself eat more. Mornings are such a rush for me, and I hardly ever do breakfast. I have a 10 minute break at 9 in the morning and sometimes will eat a cheese or something like that. Lunch is a chore, I feel like everyone is watching what I put in my mouth and usually only get down about an ounce of whatever protein I am eating, night time sometimes I completly forget to eat, if i do eat its usually the same about 1 ounce of protein. I've tried several protein drinks and still can't find one that doesnt make me gag. I get in my water each day, but I know my weight loss has slowed some part to me not consuming enough calories and my body doing the starvation mode thing (at least this is what I've been told). All in all I am probably getting less than 400 calories a day and somewhere around 20 or so proteins. The thought of eating makes me nauseaus.
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