Question for Shari!

Christa.... Girl... Iooked on dietfacts.com... and I swear .... all this time I thought I was doing good when I went out to eat....  Lord... this just killed my spirit... I am grateful for your sharing the site.... but it sure did bust my head wide open with the caloric content of some of the foods I eat....  Last time I went to Chili's... I had a Dinner Salad with Basalmic Vinegrette dressing and the Southwest eggrolls... I thought I was doing good... but that was 1000 calories.... OUCH!!!!  I got to do better.. this site will help...LOL

That just reminded me not to eat those eggrolls again those are so to die for LOVE THEM! lol.

I do not know if I should be happy for the site or depressed...LOL

I know Shari will be along to give her info soon... but thought I'd butt in and share mine too.

I average around 100 grams of lean protien a day.  I have had red meat twice in the last 60 days....  and honestly I dont miss it.

My carbs average between 150 and 200 grams per day Fat between 50 to 75 grams per day and I try to keep around 1500 calories. using a food journal like fitday or the daily plate will really help you to see what you are eating... as for TOM he is a busy fella - arrived here day before yesterday!  LOL

 

 

My calorie intake yesterday actually suprised me it was lower than I expected.  1076 calories Fat grams was 30 Carbs was  149 And Protein was 61 grams So far today I have had Calories 265 Which is amazingly low. Fat 8 grams Carbs 14 grams Protein 29 grams I am not sure what I am having for dinner yet so I can't log it in.

calories below 1200 puts you at risk for starvation mode, potential malnutrition etc.

try adding some lean protien to get up to 1200 - it will help rather than hurt.  Just adding a sugar free yogurt would have given you another 6 grams of protien and 100 calories.

Christa-- I thought I had answered this but just saw that my message never went through! The answer to your question was 50% carbs, 30% protein, 20% fat.