Bloated while on a low carb, low diet, and hugh intensity excercise
rchapman7707
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Hello,
So i just started a low carb low calorie diet where it seems I can not beat the bloat. I have been eating relatively healthy for the past 3 years (under 1200 calories a day) and i run 2 a days (4 miles in the morning and 4 miles at night) and i noticed i havent been losing any weight. I do have my cheat days on the weekenda but normally by Wednesday i am back to normal - but recently I can not seem to gwt that flat stomach i used to have a few months ago all of a sudden - so i decided to ditch my healthg carbs ( whole weat, fruits, starch) for a low carb low calorie which im almost down to 500 xalories a day
Breakfast: Egg whites with peppers (6 tablespoons)
Lunch: salade with grilled chicken (4oz) that i bake in the oven so its not pre packaged with high sodium. No dressing, just veggies and salsa
Dinner: salade with a 4oz turkey patty i grill. No dressing, just veggies and salsa.
I also jog 4 miles in the morning and at night - and i out spicies on my food but they are all sodium free. I drink green tea in the morning and caffeine free tea before bed and do mt best to drino enough water.
I do still hav ky cheat days on the weekend when i do indulge in carbs but thats it - but with a strict diet and high intensity exceecise i still am bloated. Any suggestiona? Tips? Or change in diet? Ive been doinf researxhch and am thinking the calirie defiect is stopping my metabolism, or need to add more fats, or carbs, or switch to running 1 a day and not 2 due to possible high cristol from stress?!?
So i just started a low carb low calorie diet where it seems I can not beat the bloat. I have been eating relatively healthy for the past 3 years (under 1200 calories a day) and i run 2 a days (4 miles in the morning and 4 miles at night) and i noticed i havent been losing any weight. I do have my cheat days on the weekenda but normally by Wednesday i am back to normal - but recently I can not seem to gwt that flat stomach i used to have a few months ago all of a sudden - so i decided to ditch my healthg carbs ( whole weat, fruits, starch) for a low carb low calorie which im almost down to 500 xalories a day
Breakfast: Egg whites with peppers (6 tablespoons)
Lunch: salade with grilled chicken (4oz) that i bake in the oven so its not pre packaged with high sodium. No dressing, just veggies and salsa
Dinner: salade with a 4oz turkey patty i grill. No dressing, just veggies and salsa.
I also jog 4 miles in the morning and at night - and i out spicies on my food but they are all sodium free. I drink green tea in the morning and caffeine free tea before bed and do mt best to drino enough water.
I do still hav ky cheat days on the weekend when i do indulge in carbs but thats it - but with a strict diet and high intensity exceecise i still am bloated. Any suggestiona? Tips? Or change in diet? Ive been doinf researxhch and am thinking the calirie defiect is stopping my metabolism, or need to add more fats, or carbs, or switch to running 1 a day and not 2 due to possible high cristol from stress?!?
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first of all 1200 is too little for a male especially if you are doing all that exercise. you are putting your body under a lot of stress and its probably raising your cortisol level. having a cheat meal once a week can also wipe out a deficit. you need to see a dr because what youre doing is NOT healthy and you are losing a lot of lean mass(which includes muscle). fat comes off where it wants when it wants but you are doing more harm then good. if you arent bloated from being constipated or retaining water then its a better idea that you see a dr for that as well. as it could be an underlying condition but then it could be because you are basically starving yourself and possibly have malabsorption issues. basically what happens to kids in third world countries.They get really thin and have big bellies.SEE A DR for your disordered thinking and eating as well as the bloating.8
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What is your height and weight0
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KetoZombies wrote: »What is your height and weight
doesnt matter his height and weight atm, he is eating too little.8 -
rchapman7707 wrote: »Hello,
So i just started a low carb low calorie diet where it seems I can not beat the bloat. I have been eating relatively healthy for the past 3 years (under 1200 calories a day) and i run 2 a days (4 miles in the morning and 4 miles at night) and i noticed i havent been losing any weight. I do have my cheat days on the weekenda but normally by Wednesday i am back to normal - but recently I can not seem to gwt that flat stomach i used to have a few months ago all of a sudden - so i decided to ditch my healthg carbs ( whole weat, fruits, starch) for a low carb low calorie which im almost down to 500 xalories a day
Breakfast: Egg whites with peppers (6 tablespoons)
Lunch: salade with grilled chicken (4oz) that i bake in the oven so its not pre packaged with high sodium. No dressing, just veggies and salsa
Dinner: salade with a 4oz turkey patty i grill. No dressing, just veggies and salsa.
I also jog 4 miles in the morning and at night - and i out spicies on my food but they are all sodium free. I drink green tea in the morning and caffeine free tea before bed and do mt best to drino enough water.
I do still hav ky cheat days on the weekend when i do indulge in carbs but thats it - but with a strict diet and high intensity exceecise i still am bloated. Any suggestiona? Tips? Or change in diet? Ive been doinf researxhch and am thinking the calirie defiect is stopping my metabolism, or need to add more fats, or carbs, or switch to running 1 a day and not 2 due to possible high cristol from stress?!?
You're a male who has eaten under 1200 calories a day for three years while running 8 miles a day and you feel bloated? And now you're eating 500 calories a day Wed through Thursday or Friday and binging Friday or Saturday through Tuesday? Honestly, you need to see a doctor. There could be something medical wrong with you, or you might need treatment for disordered thinking around food.
It's going to take more than tweaking your macros and/or dropping one of your runs to fix this.12 -
Matters to me, he is saying he can't lose the bloat, I'm curious if he has any weight to lose or its possibly another issue - At 500 calories a day, he should be losing weight at a very unhealthy and alarming weightCharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »KetoZombies wrote: »What is your height and weight
doesnt matter his height and weight atm, he is eating too little.2 -
KetoZombies wrote: »Matters to me, he is saying he can't lose the bloat, I'm curious if he has any weight to lose or its possibly another issue - At 500 calories a day, he should be losing weight at a very unhealthy and alarming weightCharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »KetoZombies wrote: »What is your height and weight
doesnt matter his height and weight atm, he is eating too little.
whether he has more weight to lose or not. his not eating enough and basically starving himself is the bigger issue no matter if he is larger or not.even a woman eating 500 calories is not enough. bloating can be a sign of many things no matter your size or how much weight you have to lose. and eating so little can cause you to bloat due to vitamin deficiencies, malnutrition and other health issues.. even if his "bloat" is fat starving and over exercising is not the way to lose it and you cant spot reduce fat. if he has been eating so little he wouldnt lose at an alarming rate because adaptive thermogenesis kicks in and his metabolism will slow down due to the lower calories to preserve energy.
not to mention the muscle and lean mass he is losing(the heart is also a muscle). He is putting too much stress on his body and that can raise cortisol levels which can mean NO weight loss.read what happens when an increase in cortisol happens(which its called the stress hormone) it can do all sorts of nasty things to your body.adding on more stress by running twice a day makes things worse. He needs to see more than one type of dr and get his eating under control for one,before things get worse.Then he can be checked for an underlying condition.2 -
Eat more, you're starving yourself if what you say is true. Focus on moderate weight loss -- 1-2 pounds per week.0
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This is not healthy, physically or mentally.
See a doctor and a dietician (not a nutritionist).
Best wishes.0
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