Increasing calories but not carbs

rsergeant79
rsergeant79 Posts: 45 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Help! I am trying to keep my carb intake to a minimum and focus on increasing my protein and healthy fats. I am struggling to get above 1000 calories at the minute and I know this is way too low! I should be eating around 17000 according to MFP! I am eating nuts and taking protein shakes to increase calories but I still need to increase another couple of hundred calories -
Any ideas for low carb snacks?

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  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    A cup of Greek yogurt and 32 grams of protein powder. There's your couple hundred calories.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    cheese, meat, peanut butter, olive oil, avocado
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    Does it just have to be protein or do you mind increasing your fat?

    peanut butter (I like to dip celery sticks in it instead of spreading it on bread)
    cheese
    beef jerky
    hard cooked eggs
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    Salami, pepperoni, hard boiled eggs, hand ful of Brazil nuts and macadamias. Whey hey ice cream, coconut oil bombs, and parmesan crisps are to die for!
  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    It's hard to say without your diary being open to see what you are eating, but if you are trying to lower carbs, higher fat is generally the way to go, with medium protein. This group would have some good ideas for balancing your macros and food ideas:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
  • Sunny_Bunny_
    Sunny_Bunny_ Posts: 7,140 Member
    kgeyser wrote: »
    It's hard to say without your diary being open to see what you are eating, but if you are trying to lower carbs, higher fat is generally the way to go, with medium protein. This group would have some good ideas for balancing your macros and food ideas:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group

    This group will be ridiculously helpful for you. Definitely give it a look. There are already many shared recipes there too.
    I'm very low carb and start many mornings with bulletproof coffee to get a good start on my calories and healthy fat for the day. Otherwise, I would also have too few calories. The low carb is great for controlling your hunger but you have to plan to get the right protein and fat and electrolytes for that matter, to make it an overall healthy plan.
    If you're not familiar with BPC, there are a few ways you can make it using any combination of heavy cream, coconut or MCT oil and butter at the amounts that fit into your calorie goal. I make mine with 1 tsp coconut oil, 1 Tbsp heavy cream and a little sugar free coffee syrup. Run it through a magic bullet type blender or immersion blender and it blends the oil in and creates a nice frothy top like a coffeehouse espresso coffee drink. Best coffee I've ever made at home! On days that I know I will be crazy busy and therefore will skimp at lunch and end up needing more calories I will add 1/2 Tbs unsalted butter (grass fed) before blending. I don't notice any difference in taste... Maybe the texture is a little creamier.
    Anyway, I kept having the same problem the first few days and doing this solved the fat and calories part easily. If you need more protein, you could add 1/4 or 1/2 scoop protein powder to it too. I have done that before as well, but I prefer to get protein from meat so I try not to rely on it.

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