What should I eat?

ivanovdanielovich
ivanovdanielovich Posts: 7 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hey y'all,
I recently gained 6-7 lbs on vacation. I'm always so hungry though. So I've been running/walking around 3 miles a day with 90 minutes of Pilates twice a week. I completely cut out my sugar intake and am slowly weaning off carbs. Thing is I need to lose overall weight. Not gain muscle. I model and the perfect body type is one with an overall thin frame. I have a little muscle but I honestly want to keep it that way. What do I eat !?? Helppppp

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  • abatonfan
    abatonfan Posts: 1,120 Member
    The easy answer: Anything that fits within your calorie goal.

    The complicated answer: Anything that fits within your calorie and macro goals. I'm eating bacon right now to help meet some of my fat goals :heart:.

    Honestly, it's all calories in vs. calories out.
  • ivanovdanielovich
    ivanovdanielovich Posts: 7 Member
    Thank you so much!
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Do you mean you cut your added sugar intake? I think cutting out all sugar would be very difficult.
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  • mistikal13
    mistikal13 Posts: 1,457 Member
    What kinds of things do you eat now?
  • ivanovdanielovich
    ivanovdanielovich Posts: 7 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    Do you mean you cut your added sugar intake? I think cutting out all sugar would be very difficult.
    No I literally mean cutting out all sugar. I've done it before, it's kinda hard but it reaaaaally pays off.
  • ivanovdanielovich
    ivanovdanielovich Posts: 7 Member
    mistikal13 wrote: »
    What kinds of things do you eat now?

    Now I'm starting to learn how to sub carbs for vegetables and also egg whites and hummus. Soup is another good one (garden vegetable) I'm drinking chamomile tea and peach tea morning and night. Lastly I bought a 3.5 Liter gallon of water that I drink all day. I started subbing fruit for sweets since I completely cut out fruit so it kinda helps. Milk makes me feel full so it's always great to drink some in the morning. No coffee at all. I started buying single packets of protein shakes and lastly chobani 0% plain yogurt mixed in with 2 tbsp of peanut butter is delicious.
  • ivanovdanielovich
    ivanovdanielovich Posts: 7 Member
    ivanovdanielovich wrote: »
    mistikal13 wrote: »
    What kinds of things do you eat now?

    Now I'm starting to learn how to sub carbs for vegetables and also egg whites and hummus. Soup is another good one (garden vegetable) I'm drinking chamomile tea and peach tea morning and night. Lastly I bought a 3.5 Liter gallon of water that I drink all day. I started subbing fruit for sweets since I completely cut out fruit so it kinda helps. Milk makes me feel full so it's always great to drink some in the morning. No coffee at all. I started buying single packets of protein shakes and lastly chobani 0% plain yogurt mixed in with 2 tbsp of peanut butter is delicious.

    Wow I said lastly like 10 times
  • martyqueen52
    martyqueen52 Posts: 1,120 Member
    You don't need to cut carbs.

    WEIGHT LOSS comes down to calories. Not macros. Macros determine body composition, and unless you plan on IFBB bikini competing I wouldn't worry about them.

    You're probably holding 6-7lbs. of water weight. At Christmas I gained 20lbs of water. The next week it was all gone.

    Gaining 6-7lbs. doesn't occur within a week.... that's almost impossible.
  • ivanovdanielovich
    ivanovdanielovich Posts: 7 Member
    My v
    martyqueen52 wrote: »
    You don't need to cut carbs.

    WEIGHT LOSS comes down to calories. Not macros. Macros determine body composition, and unless you plan on IFBB bikini competing I wouldn't worry about them.

    You're probably holding 6-7lbs. of water weight. At Christmas I gained 20lbs of water. The next week it was all gone.

    Gaining 6-7lbs. doesn't occur within a week.... that's almost impossible.

    Vacation was about 3 weeks. So if weight loss comes down to calories that just means eat whatever until you reach 1300 then stop?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    ivanovdanielovich wrote: »
    mistikal13 wrote: »
    What kinds of things do you eat now?

    Now I'm starting to learn how to sub carbs for vegetables and also egg whites and hummus. Soup is another good one (garden vegetable) I'm drinking chamomile tea and peach tea morning and night. Lastly I bought a 3.5 Liter gallon of water that I drink all day. I started subbing fruit for sweets since I completely cut out fruit so it kinda helps. Milk makes me feel full so it's always great to drink some in the morning. No coffee at all. I started buying single packets of protein shakes and lastly chobani 0% plain yogurt mixed in with 2 tbsp of peanut butter is delicious.

    Vegetables are carbs... Hummus has carbs in, soup has loads of carbs....
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    ivanovdanielovich wrote: »
    mistikal13 wrote: »
    What kinds of things do you eat now?

    Now I'm starting to learn how to sub carbs for vegetables and also egg whites and hummus. Soup is another good one (garden vegetable) I'm drinking chamomile tea and peach tea morning and night. Lastly I bought a 3.5 Liter gallon of water that I drink all day. I started subbing fruit for sweets since I completely cut out fruit so it kinda helps. Milk makes me feel full so it's always great to drink some in the morning. No coffee at all. I started buying single packets of protein shakes and lastly chobani 0% plain yogurt mixed in with 2 tbsp of peanut butter is delicious.

    You do realize these things you're eating contain sugar, yes? Milk, yogurt, fruit, peanut butter, protein shakes and yes, vegetables have sugar too!

    There is nothing wrong with sugar, but you can't say you "cut sugar out completely".
  • bbontheb
    bbontheb Posts: 718 Member
    Maybe you mean snacks that have refined sugars in them? I wouldn't cut anything out because it might mean a short term solution.
  • blue736
    blue736 Posts: 69 Member
    abatonfan wrote: »
    The easy answer: Anything that fits within your calorie goal.

    The complicated answer: Anything that fits within your calorie and macro goals. I'm eating bacon right now to help meet some of my fat goals :heart:.

    Honestly, it's all calories in vs. calories out.

    If u want yr body image to change. Then calories in/out DOES make a HUGE difference in how look.

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