Diet advise ?

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  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    @kshama2001 can you look at my soup entry do you think it’s accurate. It homemade 3 cup of veg broth 4 cup cauliflower 1/4 c kal nutritional yeast and 3/4 cup Manitoba hemp hearts it’s 365 per serving I had two today as book menu says
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    angelexperiment wrote: »
    @kshama2001 this is what she says about protein

    Thanks! Does the next page (or any other page) set a protein target?

    So I found somewhere else it says that my fats should be 70% of calories and protein 25% carbs under 35 and 20 to get into keto sis
  • girlwithcurls2
    girlwithcurls2 Posts: 2,281 Member
    It does sound like you're overcomplicating things. There is a lot of good advice here that might help you to break this all down into something easier to do. You have to eat. Every day. Make sure you choose a way of eating that you can do. Every day.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    angelexperiment wrote: »
    @kshama2001 can you look at my soup entry do you think it’s accurate. It homemade 3 cup of veg broth 4 cup cauliflower 1/4 c kal nutritional yeast and 3/4 cup Manitoba hemp hearts it’s 365 per serving I had two today as book menu says

    I can't tell without all the raw ingredients in front of me. That sounds high for soup but I don't know enough about it. How many cups per serving? How many grams was 3/4 cup of hemp hearts? Etc. You can double check the ingredients in the recipe builder.
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    angelexperiment wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    angelexperiment wrote: »
    @kshama2001 this is what she says about protein

    Thanks! Does the next page (or any other page) set a protein target?

    So I found somewhere else it says that my fats should be 70% of calories and protein 25% carbs under 35 and 20 to get into keto sis

    Just giving you data, not being judgey :) :
    • Yesterday, your fat was 66%, protein 14%, and carbs 20% (105 grams.)
    • Monday, your fat was 56%, protein 18%, and carbs 26% (146 grams.)
    • You were over your calories about 500 each day. (I would be too on days I don't exercise. Again, not judging.)

    If you want to stick to the plan, what do you need to do to be more on-plan?

    I think I have to readjust the calories I cannot seem to get in the amount of fats while keeping calories into that realm. Like yesterday was perfect I was not hungry. I ate on plan and I’ve been eating on plan just adding in more fats like avacado, olives. Trying to get that 20 g carbs but I’m eating lower carbs which is good enough for me I think.

    I felt good yesterday which lead me to thinking I needed to up my protein and fats like I did that day. I wasn’t hungry like I’d been past week and half. So all in all I’m eating the menu I talked about. Today I’m going to slightly change up a few meals to see if I feel better like yesterday. I ate two halves of two different veggie burgers which said they were 20 and 25 G protein so I think there was a difference there. Not sure how to get that without eating some other veggie burger or mock meat or protein shake type thing but, everything I’m eating is vegan keto. ( except that 1 pump mocha yesterday lol)

    Yea I can’t exercise really bc of my very bad hip so I’m trying to do this through diet, and I feel like the recipes I’ve done here and been using these 11/2 weeks are probably way off on calories by at least 200. But I’m not going to stress it anymore. I’ll just eat keto vegan up my fats and my protein and go with it, feeling like I’m starting to get a hang of it. She doesn’t really stress calories and says to go between 20/50 carbs net. I think the way she set up the menu is very low protein some days and it was really affecting me. I’m going to see how it all fares out by the end of the week.
  • James35w
    James35w Posts: 1 Member
    edited March 2020
    Two years ago I had to struggle through some great health problems based on my obesity diagnoses. And to be honest that was the worst time in my life. My doctor told me that I should follow a diet because I need to get slim or I will lose my ability to walk. I was scared, and the worst thing that could happen to me is to stop walking or even die because I was in love with the food. I thought that it will be really hard to follow a diet as I never had done it before, but I was wrong. My doctor told me that I should read this article about diet, and I will see that this is not the end of the world and the worst thing that I could do for myself now is to be scared. Now, after two and a half years am I fit, well shaped, tall guy, and I keep the diet till now, don't be afraid to start to keep a diet plan, it is much easier than it seems to be, read the article and you will see that I am right
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    Thank you James I know it is just adjusting to it. I had this problem on another diet I did til I got comfortable and felt I knew what I was doing. This is similar but very different than anything I’ve done. It’s complicated but I think people find it unnecessary to restrict yourself if you don’t have to. I’m starting to find more ease and comfort as I practice daily and remembering my things I did to help myself a long time ago. I was really struggling bc I was always hungry all the time. Now I think I figured out the problem with that. I didn’t like how I was feeling and was feeling ready to quit. But I will only quit now if I find it is not helpful for weight loss.
    James35w wrote: »
    Two years ago I had to struggle through some great health problems based on my obesity diagnoses. And to be honest that was the worst time in my life. My doctor told me that I should follow a diet because I need to get slim or I will lose my ability to walk. I was scared, and the worst thing that could happen to me is to stop walking or even die because I was in love with the food. I thought that it will be really hard to follow a diet as I never had done it before, but I was wrong. My doctor told me that I should read this article about diet, and I will see that this is not the end of the world and the worst thing that I could do for myself now is to be scared. Now, after two and a half years am I fit, well shaped, tall guy, and I keep the diet till now, don't be afraid to start to keep a diet plan, it is much easier than it seems to be, read the article and you will see that I am right

  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    Oh thanks I was like I don’t know what he’s y’all about 😏 lol
    paperpudding wrote: »
    When a poster says read this article and there is no article to read, it usually means mods have removed it.

    for obvious reason

    Just something to keep in mind. ;)

  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    So just an update. I have started this week to lose. Not much but it’s a start. Feeling more confident in my food choices. I do feel the way she prepared the 4 week menu doesn’t always agree with my hunger as certain meals like pad Thai with the addition of tofu some days leaves me hungry. I particularly noticed last night and had a snack of guacamole I made with lettuce and I was good. I’ve also noticed when she says to have tahini bagel w butter that alone can hold me for two hours paired with the salad she has written some days I found if I add olives with the mustard vinaigrette that holds me about 4 hours. When I ate my veggie burger ( not on menu for this week) I found when I ate with a lettuce wrap and tomato slice and vegan cheese shreds it was a very satiating meal. I also notice if I add yogurt (df) to noatmeal as she suggests the noatmeal lasts me 3 hours before hunger. Chia puddings hold me very well especially the one w the almond butter for 3/4 hours. So I found additional fats help keep me good for hunger cause that’s when I tend to loosen the reigns and let go. So I found the key is to keep fed before hunger can settle. The other thing is timing meals right if I don’t I’ve eaten dinner too early and then I’m hungry again so on the 3 meal days I incorporate snacks from book to stave off hunger. ( all this is just self notes for anyone who is interested 😉) love you guys thank you for everything and everyone trying to help me, or not ( that’s helpful too for reflection purposes) big hugs 💋💋💋
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,282 Member
    Well, that sounds a better approach - if you are sure you want to follow this, take the book as a guide but adjust to what works for you individually.

    Within appropriate calorie amount, of course.
    ( as of course you would need to do with any plan)
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    Yes this was my idea too
    paperpudding wrote: »
    Well, that sounds a better approach - if you are sure you want to follow this, take the book as a guide but adjust to what works for you individually.

    Within appropriate calorie amount, of course.
    ( as of course you would need to do with any plan)

  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Thanks for the update!

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