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wendy9790

I am wendy- #canadian living in #amsterdam- just joined on the trial month premium- its tricky to tailor #macros to my
self vs the default- any tips? I believe i want high protein low carb -ish slow and steady weightloss but it is tricky also with #vegetarian food-

totameafox

Hello Wendy. I can't give you advice on how to do high protein, low carb as a vegetarian (as i am not one). But macros aren't super important. Eating in a way that you can sustain is. A calorie deficit is required. The type of calorie can vary unless you have a medical reason to avoid a specific type.

You can research high glycemic foods and avoid them. Look for foods higher in fiber. I also used google so here is a start?

https://www.eatingwell.com/gallery/8044319/low-carb-high-protein-vegetarian-dinners/

I hope this helps. Good luck to you.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/147555-speak-friend-and-enter

AnnPT77

Hi, Wendy,

If your key goal is weight loss, the main thing to monitor at first is the calories. Macros are important for health, but as long as not starting from a diagnosed deficiency or with a diet-relevant health condition, it's fine to just start logging what you eat and working your way gradually to a practical-for-you eating plan that considers nutrition (macros and more) if you want to do that.

Sometimes people think macros for weight loss are like a magic spell, where every detail has to be immediately correct or bad things will happen. That's not the case. Calories control fat loss, macros have at most an indirect role through energy level or appetite, and those are things you can notice and adjust. The direct mechanism is still calories. IMO, that makes calorie level, plus finding ways to stay mostly full and happy on those calories, the first-order goal.

More detailed nutrition can follow. Humans are adaptive omnivores by nature, and we won't develop malnutrition overnight . . . or even quickly, if eating in a generally sensible way. We can take some time to find the more exact right routine, and that'll be OK. Even in the long run, pretty close to nutrition goals on average will be fine; we don't need to be absolutely exact every single day to get excellent results.

I am a vegetarian, specifically an ovo-lacto vegetarian, and have been one for over 50 years, slim to overweight to obese and back to slim again. I used MFP to lose around 50 pounds back in 2015-16, and have been maintaining a healthy weight for 9+ years since, still using MFP. If you have specific questions, post them here, and I'd be happy to try to help you if I can.

No one approach works universally for everyone, but I used this kind of "remodel your eating" plan to lose weight and maintain:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm/p1

It's one option you could consider, and it can work for vegetarians or non-vegetarians.

For getting more protein as a vegetarian on reduced calories . . . well, that's a process. Rather than type it all out again, I'm going to link a recent post where I suggested some ideas for doing that to another vegetarian with a similar question. I think this process can work regardless of what "flavor" of vegetarian you are, even if not ovo-lacto like me.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48462847/#Comment_48462847

Like I said, if you have other questions you think I could help with, please post and ask. Reaching and sustaining a healthy weight has been a huge quality of life benefit for me, and I want to help others achieve that if I can.

I'm cheering for you to succeed!