Food Journal Week 40
7 Dec
Monday
Tag Archives: calories
Food Journal Week 26
1 Sep
It is abundantly clear that I get more tangible results from monitoring what I eat and noting it down. Between July- August, I have lost ZERO weight and while I have not gained weight, I am now behind schedule which is horrible. I have come too far to let this deter me. Way too far.
Food Journal Week 13
8 Jun
MONDAY
BF: 200g of lean pork chop (500 cal, 42g of protein)
S: two hard boiled eggs (200 cal, 12g of protein) (more…)
Eating more.
8 May
Consuming more food when on a weight loss plan strikes as counter effective. Doesn’t it? Unfortunately, calories are not the "end all, be all" solution for weight loss. The amount of protein in your diet influences metabolic rate, enhances insulin as well as leptin fuction and helps sustain muscle during weight loss which is exactly what I need.
On average, I consume between 1100-200 calories which I now know to be too little especially for someone who is on a regular training routine given that, 1200 is the caloric intake of a sedentary woman While I consume 3 normal meals plus two snacks, the amount of protein I consume is not sufficient. To add insult to injury, my metabolism is all out out of whack because, I’m almost never hungry so my body needs to re-learn the art of being hungry. Bad tummy! Bad, bad tummy!
J did quick calculations for how much protein I ought to be consuming and I’m under the mark. Almost a third under. The addition of meat for one of my main meals should cover the deficit and hopefully, that will work to budge the scale. Blasted scale.
I figure that the experts know best. There is a conflict between what I know and what I should know. Part of me says, it is mad and that I will balloon up like erm, a ballon and, the scientific logical part that read all these scientific studies and weight loss accounts say it will work.
Stay tuned to see which end wins.
