She may need to increase her sodium levels. When you cut carbs you lose water and with that electrolytes, ie. sodium. Increasing sodium over 3000mg per day is something to consider. If sodium is low she may experience brain fog, headaches, fatigue, muscle aches, nausea, and muscle cramps.

If low sodium is not quickly addressed, low potassium and magnesium will result. It is a good idea to supplement those too.

Otherwise I would just tell her not to fear fats. . Most of us find replacing cut carbs with fats is the best way to go. It's just sometimes hard to let go of the old erroneous thinking that "fat makes you fat."

Good luck to her.

I hovered in that range for many years and before I started taking insulin I was able to losing weight that way, though for me it was all about the calories - keeping them sufficiently low and good quality. I know a lot of people don't count calories around here, but that never worked for me and still doesn't as I have bad eating habits - I eat because I enjoy food, not because I'm simply providing myself with fuel, so there isn't much of a hunger on/off switch for me, regardless of my woe.

I wish someone would have told me years ago that if I increased my fat intake, I would increase my satiety. So I recommend not skipping the fat as a way to try and eat more food, whether it's carbs or protein. And make sure the carbs are quality carbs, skip the sugar and refined starches and try and get in as much fiber as possible to minimize the glucose/insulin impact of the carbohydrates.

About 50g of my carbs were vegetables and some fruit, the other carbs I would rotate in and out included Ezekiel Bread, rye crackers, small portions of quinoa, chia seeds, whole grain couscous, wild rice, lentils and steel cut oats. The extra carbs also meant I could have some plain greek yogurt, which I would use to make chia seed puddings.

Weight loss expectations will vary depending on how much she has to lose and how well her plan helps to control hunger and cravings to allow her to feel satisfied with the proper amount of food. Also, if she's insulin resistant, pre diabetic, diabetic or has PCOS, that will have to be considered as they do add some additional challenge.

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So good!! Lol