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As other people have said here, calories are what really matter. As for protein, i think MFP suggests like 88 for me, but i generally aim for about 180. Big difference. I also work out multiple times a week so I need to make sure that I have enough protein to build muscle and retain more muscle than fat while losing…
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alright thanks, I'll exclude the bone weight then. 103g is a huge difference in amount of calories which is why I wanted to know. :)
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Sorry, I mispoke. It was supposed to be two months, doh! I was thinking one goal could be to get on a basic schedule cause I just kinda go in and do whatever as long as I havent done it the day before and I do couch to 5k about 3 days out of the week.
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Is it okay to 'drink my calories' to make up for what I need until I get used to eating more? I had a smoothie king smoothie last night to bridge the gap but it has like 100g of sugar xD MFP put me at like 75 for the day. . .
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It's texture. For example, if I eat brocolli texture of the tops of them just make me immediately vomit. xD It sucks. I have been trying to rotate though, I did snap peas and carrots and then green beans. I just have to decide what to try next. I didn't think potatoes were very good for you for some reason?
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Just to be clear, i'm not restricting my calories, I'm just eating what fills me up. I just want to make sure that's clear. I understand that I need to eat more. I've made progress, when I first switched to not eating out, I was only getting about 1k a day, I've worked up to 1500-1800. I guess I gotta push myself to get…
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I'll put berries on the grocery list and get whatever looks the most fresh. I only drink the shake cause 1) it's tasty and 2) I have a hard time when I get up at 4:30am but I don't have any issues drinking. I have found it gets my metabolism going too, I'd normally not get hungry till late in the afternoon until I started…
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Okay, I just end up going over on my sugar on MFP a lot (mainly because my breakfast shake has a decent amount in it) I figured that was bad.
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Yeah as I said, working on the veggie thing. As far as fruits, it seems like a hard balancing act for me, cause fruits have sugar but low calories. Of course, the fruits I like are probably also the least nutritional, like bananas and watermelon lol.
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Looks like it's 144.6, I got 132 protein yesterday so not too terrible, I could ad another 12 grams somehow, maybe I'll get some powder.
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Some bananas, snap peas, carrots, watermelon. I generally hate vegetables so I'm trying to find things that I can eat that I can continue to eat. I just started this change about 3 weeks ago so I'm still exploring in that area, hesitantly.
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*sigh* I don't think I'll ever figure out how to eat right. xD Just when I think I'm doing okay for once. . .
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Honestly, I am really adjusting to eating so much. I used to eat one big meal once a day, but now I've been spreading it out. I like a nice PB sandwich and peppered eggs are one of my favorite foods :p Steak, chicken, mmm. I am trying to make a 'lifestyle change' instead of dieting, so I am only eating stuff that I like,…
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I went ahead and managed to eat a crunchy peanut butter sandwich and had a tall glass of milk with it, put me up to 1640 calories. Much better! Now I just have to figure out a good way to get closer to that 2k every day haha. I'm off to the gym for a while, thanks for the responses all, I'll check again when i get back.
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Is there a link to explain the macronutrient vs micronutrient thing? People keep bringing it up but I've never heard it before. Also, i started taking a multivitamin when I started working out and changing my eating habits just for extra information. :p
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I understand that it's supposed to be something you can sustain, I have been enjoying the food actually. I had steak yesterday. I also had one cheat day out of the last two weeks that was pizza. I'm not sure if it's something I can sustain yet, I'm trying to figure that out. I enjoy the food, don't get me wrong, I just…
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Good call, I could prolly eat a crunchy PB sandwich.
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I'll get to reading that, thanks. The 1200 calories was from a looong time ago when I tried to use this site before, the 2000 something is the newsest one, I just updated it today.
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Baked them, but if you look it says they're italian style (I think they may have been marinated in italian dressing of some sort, yum).
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Fat in food doesn't bother me. Really I've just been trying to cut out the eating out and pasta only meals and soda. All the nutritional information on the internet seems so conflicting though It's hard to make heads or tales of what a healthy lifestyle is as far as food goes haha. I appreciate all the advice everyone is…
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No, I wasn't purposely eating low in fats. Here is what I had yesterday, I think it was actually over in fat but still way under in calories http://imgur.com/WoplQFP I do love milk, but it's funny because I just cut back on it in favor of water cause I thought that would be the more healthy thing to do (I drank it as much…
