Healthy calorie options w/o more protein

Daisy1278
Daisy1278 Posts: 2
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I am currently trying to do the 6 week body makeover diet. Yesterday, I only got 1000 calories (no wonder I thought I was going to pass out at the gym!). I'm wondering what would be a good way to add about 200 calories throughout the day without increasing how much protein I'm eating. The 6WBM eliminates sugar, salt and fat, although I do add in some yogurt and skim milk for dairy.
Let me know if you have some suggestions!

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  • jamie1888
    jamie1888 Posts: 1,704 Member
    Healthy fats!
    Avocado, nuts, olive oil, almond or peanut butter
  • kajun_at_work
    kajun_at_work Posts: 60 Member
    I would imagine it is pretty tough to pick up 200 calories that have no protein, sugar, fat and salt. What is left? Air?
  • jamie1888
    jamie1888 Posts: 1,704 Member
    Oh, no fats? I missed that! Hmm.... why not add more protein? What's wrong with protein?
  • carl1738
    carl1738 Posts: 444 Member
    Why would there be a problem with more protein?
  • I love protein!
    Grilled Chicken, Cottage Cheese, Whey Protein Shake, Almonds , peanut butter, Tuna in a can (water), Salmon, LEAN Ground Turkey, EGG WHITES, Skim Milk...list can go on and on
  • I would imagine it is pretty tough to pick up 200 calories that have no protien, sugar, fat and salt. What is left? Air?

    Agree. What's the issue with protein, more protein is ALWAYS better? Why wouldn't you want to find a healthy snack that with calories and protein?
  • Kajun - that's what I was thinking :)
    I thought about peanut butter, but don't want more protein. Avocado is a good suggestion, but right now I'm not supposed to do any fats, whether they're healthy or not. I'm just starting to think that this might not be the best diet for me - I need to figure out what to add in before the gym. If I were exercising earlier in the day, the diet says to increase my carb and add fruit, but if it's after dinner, it says not to increase anything. And that's where I'm running into problems!
    As for the protein, with this diet, I'm way over the MFP reccs for protein intake.
  • I love protein!
    Grilled Chicken, Cottage Cheese, Whey Protein Shake, Almonds , peanut butter, Tuna in a can (water), Salmon, LEAN Ground Turkey, EGG WHITES, Skim Milk...list can go on and on

    OOPS i mis-read that. Why wITHOUT protein? You need to feed your muscles!
  • Kajun - that's what I was thinking :)
    I thought about peanut butter, but don't want more protein. Avocado is a good suggestion, but right now I'm not supposed to do any fats, whether they're healthy or not. I'm just starting to think that this might not be the best diet for me - I need to figure out what to add in before the gym. If I were exercising earlier in the day, the diet says to increase my carb and add fruit, but if it's after dinner, it says not to increase anything. And that's where I'm running into problems!
    As for the protein, with this diet, I'm way over the MFP reccs for protein intake.

    I'm thinking this diet is definitely not the right choice for anyone. Sorry, not trying to be rude but this sounds super unhealthy.
  • hpsnickers1
    hpsnickers1 Posts: 2,783 Member
    I am currently trying to do the 6 week body makeover diet. Yesterday, I only got 1000 calories (no wonder I thought I was going to pass out at the gym!). I'm wondering what would be a good way to add about 200 calories throughout the day without increasing how much protein I'm eating. The 6WBM eliminates sugar, salt and fat, although I do add in some yogurt and skim milk for dairy.
    Let me know if you have some suggestions!

    So you're eating 1200 per day and burning some of that off. Are you eating those calories back? That's why the exercise is making you so light headed. You're not eating enough. Get 1200 and eat enough exercise calories to keep you at or above 1200.

    eat 1200 but burn 400 during exercise leaves you with only 800 and that is too low. You will lose more muscle mass than fat mass and your weight loss will eventually slow down as your metabolism slows down.

    http://www.hussmanfitness.org/html/TPAdaptation.html
    The law of unintended consequences

    Your body is an amazing feedback system aimed at balance and survival. Humans are at the top of the food chain because they are able to adapt to their environment. Every action produces a reaction. Every change in its environment triggers a survival response. It's important to keep that in mind when you plan your fitness program. If you treat your body as an enemy to be conquered, you'll produce unintended results.

    For example, if you severely cut off the supply of food to your body, it will defend itself by slowing down its metabolism to survive starvation. The body will shed muscle mass the same way that you would throw cargo from a plane that was low on fuel, and it will reduce its thyroid activity to conserve energy. The body will also actually defend its fat stores. In anorexia, muscle loss can be so profound that fat as a percentage of body weight actually rises. Extreme carbohydrate restriction also causes muscle loss, dehydration, and slower metabolism, which is why even successful Atkins dieters can have a significant rebound in weight after they stop the diet (don't worry – the advice on this site will prevent that from happening).

    As another example, if you put your body under stress through overexertion and lack of sleep, it will respond by slowing down, reducing muscle growth, and increasing your appetite for junk food, carbohydrates and fat. If you feed your body excessive amounts of sugar and quickly digested carbohydrates, and it will shut off its ability to burn fat until those sugars are taken out of the bloodstream.

    You need protein!!!! You need fat, too!! My percentages are 40/35/25. 35% protein. 25% fat. That's 41g per day.

    And it's okay to eat fruit at night. It's okay to eat at night. The body burns calories 24/7. I always have a glass of skim milk with whey protein before bed (protein before bed helps with fat burning while we sleep). I hear cottage cheese is a great nighttime snack due to the type of protein it has.
  • bizco
    bizco Posts: 1,949 Member
    6 weeks without essential fats? Doesn't sound healthy to me. Your body needs 20-30% of total calories from "good" fats.
  • kajun_at_work
    kajun_at_work Posts: 60 Member
    So what happens at the end of the 6 weeks? Go back to eating the same crap as before the 6WBM? You'll be in the same boat that you were in before the 6WBM. Just adjust what you're eating and your portion size permanently and skip the diet totally.

    Don't think of it or call it a diet, its a meal modification plan.
  • carl1738
    carl1738 Posts: 444 Member
    Kajun - that's what I was thinking :)
    I thought about peanut butter, but don't want more protein. Avocado is a good suggestion, but right now I'm not supposed to do any fats, whether they're healthy or not. I'm just starting to think that this might not be the best diet for me - I need to figure out what to add in before the gym. If I were exercising earlier in the day, the diet says to increase my carb and add fruit, but if it's after dinner, it says not to increase anything. And that's where I'm running into problems!
    As for the protein, with this diet, I'm way over the MFP reccs for protein intake.
    If you're using the default setting for protein, use that as a daily minimum to be reached each day, not a maximum! You can quite safely double that amount, or even more! That being said, this diet doesn't sound terribly healthy for anyone. As somebody else mentioned, six weeks with no essential fats? Hope you like dry skin and brittle hair, and those are just the visible effects! This sounds like one of those overly restrictive fad diets that makes you lose a bunch of weight (mostly water) in a couple of weeks, but then you gain it all back (plus some) as soon as you go off of it. That's just my opinion, but I would be looking for a more balanced diet concentrating on lean protein and complex carbs, with healthy fats like nuts or fish oils.
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