Increasing Calories.
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BMB705
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I'm having trouble reaching my calorie intake goals. A rough idea of what I eat in a day:
Kashi cereal for breakfast, usually with blueberries
A salad for lunch, sometimes with meat, but usually with veggies, a
little cheese, and light dressing, or a sandwich on whole grain bread no condiments
Meat.and veggies or eggs and veg for dinner.
Snacks are a few whole grain reduced salt crackers with peanut butter, yogurt, or veg and dip.
I'm diabetic, so I have to avoid certain things. I don't know if that was helpful, but I'm for suggestions as to what I could add to my diet to increase calories. I exercise for 30-60mins a day, and most.days I'm consuming 1200 cal a day minus what I burn, but I don't feel hungry. I just want to make sure I'm doing this right. Thanks
Kashi cereal for breakfast, usually with blueberries
A salad for lunch, sometimes with meat, but usually with veggies, a
little cheese, and light dressing, or a sandwich on whole grain bread no condiments
Meat.and veggies or eggs and veg for dinner.
Snacks are a few whole grain reduced salt crackers with peanut butter, yogurt, or veg and dip.
I'm diabetic, so I have to avoid certain things. I don't know if that was helpful, but I'm for suggestions as to what I could add to my diet to increase calories. I exercise for 30-60mins a day, and most.days I'm consuming 1200 cal a day minus what I burn, but I don't feel hungry. I just want to make sure I'm doing this right. Thanks
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Switch to a full fat dressing & full fat cheese, milk and yogurt if you're not using that already. Add some avocado to your salad. Have some nuts either on your salad or as a snack.0
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Nuts are a really good idea. A handful of them is pretty high calorie, since they have lots of (the good kind of) fats in them!
Perhaps if you also have a class of organic orange juice or grapefruit juice for breakfast, and brown rice as part of your dinner. Beans are also good, too!0 -
Thanks for the tips! I'm going to try adding nuts, and eat more for breakfast. Looking at my food diary, my intake is pretty low in the morning. Thanks again0
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Peanut butter right off of the spoon...... hehe0
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for cereals...I go for Special K - Satisfaction (you can have 1 1/4 cup and it's over 10g protein) + add BANANAS..
Best fruit to add to cereals...will pump you up in every ways!0 -
Peanut butter right off of the spoon...... hehe
THIS!0
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