ADVICE PLEASE
b: yoghurt
l: small fat free puree baked beans
s: a little bit of more yoghurt or cheese
d: pureed pumpkin/vegetable soup
I havent lost any weight for 2 weeks
I know i need to get more water in
am i doing anything wrong!
thanks!
Do focus on liquids first. Once you have them under control, focus on getting more protein - it's important - your body needs it. That does take time...and one thing at a time.
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i don't see a lot of protien on your menu ... i have no idea if that matters or not for losing weight, but you do need it.
I see yogurt for breakfast .... (i'm guessing it's greek) are you adding protien powder?
Beans for lunch - high in protien and lots of fiber which makes them good carbs that take a while to digest - are you eating them everyday? maybe replace with shredded chicken or tuna?
yogurt - again add protien
and the pureed soup for dinner sounds yummy ..... but high in carbs again (good ones again). i would add some turkey or chicken and/or protien powder.
good luck!
You may want to add in a shake somewhere in the course of the day.
And swap the soup or baked beans for meat. Meat has the most protein bang for your buck. It is really what you need right now, not veggies or beans. (Yes, beans have protein but baked beans to me are more carbs than protein, IMHO).
Since you are eating so little you have to get the most nutritional value from what you eat. the most bang for your buck.
For example, if you are eating yogurt it is best to eat greek yogurt, we are talking 14g protein in a serving VS say 7-8 g protein in regular..
As long as you are taking your vitamins you should be getting in the vitamins you would from veggies. If you were getting in all your protein daily then you could keep the beans or veggie soup but right now you probably are only getting 30-40g protein max.
I think that will help you kickstart! Good luck.
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Thank you SO much for your replies!
I definately need to start eating more (I hardly feel like it)
I definately need to eat more meet but when it was in puree it was the WORST taste ever
It felt like tuna texture and i hate seafood and tuna more then anything!
I definately will start to substitue breakfast for a shake
I try to eat scrambled egg but it takes me about to hour to have half a cup of that and sits kind of heavy.
THANK YOU ALL !
Good luck,
alot of plans specify 400-800 calories a day, less than 60-40g carbs, 40g fat. Alot of plans dont even worry about fat. And the fat in 1 piece of cheese is negligable. definitely no where near the 40g daily.
We are all very different but I lived on cheese especially at first, having at least 2 string cheeses or babybels a day. It felt good in the stomach and offers 6g protein per snack and only a carb or so.
Granted they were the 'light' variety. I never stalled once, got to goal in 7 months, and my cholesterol went from 200 to 140-something.
Not trying to be contrary just saying as long as the values fit into one's plan then it should be fine and not cause a stall. The same goes for the carbs from the beans. as long as it fits into your plan and you are getting your protein first.
I know Cirangle has a really thorough program though, and his patients are really successful.