Back On Track Together
Protein, Calories, Carbs, and Fats
My main focus are protein, then type of carbs and calories. Then everYthing else just follow.
When I try to lose, I try to get 80-120 gr of proteins, carbs from veggies (non starchy) and nuts and no more than 1000 cal daily. Varied daily- 800 to 1200 per day... Carbs - try not to get more than 50-60 in divided dosages.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
I have been advised not to go below 1200 calories a day. I use My Fitness Pal and it's telling me to eat 1490 a day. That seems like a lot to me, I usually eat 1400 calories a day. With that being said, I have been on a 2 week plateau, so I am going to cut some calories and see what happens. I get around 90 grams of protein in a day. I don't really worry about my fat intake. I also exercise 4 days a week.
The thing that burns me is I have maintained close to the same weight for years, even after having 2 babies and breast feeding each of them for a year, my weight still goes back to the same place. I cut out my snacking after getting BOT and I have lost 5 pound and then gained 2 back? Oh well, I guess I just keep it up and it will pay off.
I am a data geek, I feel like you can't change what you don't measure. I have been keeping almost perfect track of my intake for a month, now I have something to go on. I am trying to find out what works for my body. I will try 1300 calories for a few weeks and see what happens, if that doesn't make a difference I will go to 1200. If that doesn't work, I will try something else. I will be patient, I have made a lot of positive changes in a small amount of time.
Erin
Open RNY 7/14/2005