Healthy meals!

jessicayost55

Any input would be great for healthy meals. Tried to diet on my own but was consuming to little calories so I was actually gaining instead of losing. Would like to lose 30 pounds by June/July!

Teabythesea_

jessicayost55 wrote: »

Any input would be great for healthy meals. Tried to diet on my own but was consuming to little calories so I was actually gaining instead of losing. Would like to lose 30 pounds by June/July!

That doesn't happen. If you were still gaining then you were in a calorie surplus. As far as healthy goes, that term is relatively subjective. Eating "healthy" won't help lose weight unless its accompanied by a calorie deficit. Were you weighing your food to accurately measure your intake?

jessicayost55

Yes. When I would go back and count calories I was only consuming between 6-800 calories a day plus 30 minutes of cardio.

jessicayost55

When signing up and putting in my current weight and goal weight I should be consuming double of what I was.

robinhoward43

Hi Jessica, Much luck to you! I was doing our hospital weight loss program until this week. It is expensive and not covered by insurance. I am however not stopping what they have taught me and will continue with the eating plan. I basically eat between 50 and 75 carbs a day and only 1 small serving of fruit which would be either a half a cup of berries or a small apple. The rest is meat and veggies with good fats. It is not keto but is a low carb. It usually equals out to about 1200 calories a day but I am usually very satisfied. If you go to the website called Diet Doctor.com they have low carb and keto. It works as long as you keep it fairly healthy. Eggs are a good staple as well. So while many may disagree, I was under the care of a major hospital so I trust the plan. I have lost 15 pounds in about 2 months. So always do what is best for you...... much success to you!

jessicayost55

Thank you. I have premium so it tells me how many calories to have each meal to lose 1.5 a week and it’s very hard for m to reach that calorie goal. Someone had mentioned that my body was robably holding onto everything I consumed because I dropped my calories so much and it went into starvation.

quiksylver296

jessicayost55 wrote: »

Yes. When I would go back and count calories I was only consuming between 6-800 calories a day plus 30 minutes of cardio.

Try pre-logging rather than post-logging, as people easily forget items they've consumed throughout the day.

Use a food scale to insure that your portions are correct, as people are notoriously bad at eyeballing.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1

Do this consistently for 4-6 weeks and see what your weight does.

jessicayost55

quiksylver296 wrote: »

jessicayost55 wrote: »

Yes. When I would go back and count calories I was only consuming between 6-800 calories a day plus 30 minutes of cardio.

Try pre-logging rather than post-logging, as people easily forget items they've consumed throughout the day.

Use a food scale to insure that your portions are correct, as people are notoriously bad at eyeballing.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1

Do this consistently for 4-6 weeks and see what your weight does.

And continue to go off of the calorie amount they gave me?

quiksylver296

jessicayost55 wrote: »

quiksylver296 wrote: »

jessicayost55 wrote: »

Yes. When I would go back and count calories I was only consuming between 6-800 calories a day plus 30 minutes of cardio.

Try pre-logging rather than post-logging, as people easily forget items they've consumed throughout the day.

Use a food scale to insure that your portions are correct, as people are notoriously bad at eyeballing.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1

Do this consistently for 4-6 weeks and see what your weight does.

And continue to go off of the calorie amount they gave me?

They who? This website? Yes.

I'm 99.99953% sure you're going to find that you are eating more calories than you think you are.

Aint2Proud2Meg

Teabythesea_ wrote: »

jessicayost55 wrote: »

Any input would be great for healthy meals. Tried to diet on my own but was consuming to little calories so I was actually gaining instead of losing. Would like to lose 30 pounds by June/July!

That doesn't happen. If you were still gaining then you were in a calorie surplus. As far as healthy goes, that term is relatively subjective. Eating "healthy" won't help lose weight unless its accompanied by a calorie deficit. Were you weighing your food to accurately measure your intake?

^^This. People on here are really helpful but step one is recognizing how this works. You did not gain weight on that calorie amount. There were things left out, underestimated, or forgotten about.

Please understand it's not to point the finger at you or call you a liar. What you're referring to is the common misconception about "starvation mode". Otherwise you weren't at it long enough to see results, or between dietary changes or an increase in activity your body retained a little more water in that time.

Again, it's not to scold or dismiss you. I believed it was what was happening to me too and it was really freeing when I realized I just have no business estimating how much I'm eating (and I went to culinary school, I know measurements!). If I measure every bite and every sip and stay patient on the days that show that I'm up a pound, soon enough I'll see I'm averaging 1.5-2 lbs a week.

Best of luck to you and feel free to add me if you'd like. I keep my diary open and and I'm happy to share recipes.