What did you eat today, and are you fat?
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Anonymous
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BRK- One pain au chocolat, espresso with milk
LUN- Nothing DIN- Tomato soup with meat balls, 3 slices of bread with goat cheese and prosciutto, glass of Cava, strawberries, grapes, a carrot, broccoli, piece of unfrosted cake, cookie, mint tea 5'6 - 135lbs |
Anonymous
I am the same way. I think that the key here is that you tend to eat carbs with protein and fat, you eat regularly, and most of your food is relatively unprocessed. Also, the fact that you obviously don't drink soda on a regular basis helps a lot. |
Anonymous
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Yesterday:
breakfast: Trader Joe's frozen oatmeal Coffee w/flavored creamer Lunch: 1/2 TBM-light 1/2 signature salad from Cosi Diet coke Snack: granola flat-90 calorie bar Dinner: Big salad with thai pasta and chicken over lettuce water 2 squares (1/2 serving) dark chocolate I am about 15 lbs more than I would like...a little overweight. Not as active as I would like. I usually do zumba once per week and try to walk or do the elliptical once or twice per week |
Anonymous
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Here's what I ate yesterday:
Breakfast: Scrambled egg and egg white, reduced-fat cheese, avocado and tomatoes on whole-grain tortilla with hot sauce. Coffee with sugar and half and half. Morning snack: Black tea with milk and sugar, cherry Greek yogurt (2%) with toasted chopped nuts. Lunch: Sandwich - whole-wheat bread, fake turkey (I don't eat meat), cheese, whole-grain mustard, tomato, arugula, pea shoots. Side of crunchy veggies with homemade yogurt dressing. Afternoon snack: Raw veggies, black tea with milk and sugar, a few cocoa Somersaults (delicious!). Dinner: Veggie enchiladas topped with avocado and Greek yogurt, black beans, salad. After dinner: Dark chocolate with almonds. Mmmmm. I'm a size 2 in most brands, 4 in a few. |
Anonymous
I forgot to add beverages, besides my coffee and tea: A lot of sparkling water and an Anchor Steam with dinner. |
Anonymous
What is your actual blood glucose? I've seen people talking down to 33, not that I'd recommend it. It's a scary feeling. But truthfully, an awful lot of hypoglycemic people have plentiful fat stores to draw upon. People have spent centuries eating two or three meals a day, and normal weight people are capable of surviving 4-5 days without any food if they have water. The majority of people who claim hypoglycemia and feeling shaky aren't actually at a dangerously low blood sugar. You feel bad, yes, but you are still in the 65-70 range. As long as you aren't using medication and aren't at an anorexic bmi, you can wait a bit. You won't pass out. If you take medication or are pregnant, it is a whole different ball game. |
Anonymous
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Yesterday
Breakfast - Grande Skinny Caramel Machiato (not typical but I was on the run) Lunch - Spinach salad with carrots, mushrooms, red onion, radishes, 2 olives, chicken breast and avocado, light italian dressing Dinner - stir fry veggies with tofu, Soy-Vay sauce. 2 glasses white wine. I am not fat. 5'6" 135. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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I've worked with diet and nutrition for a long long time, not just a few paleo books. I'm not saying that you don't feel bad---I'm asking what your actual blood glucose is at the time that you feel bad. True hypoglycemia isn't solved by eating "protein" because protein takes too long to metabolize.
People having an emotional panic attack actually feel chest pain, palpitations, etc. the same can be true of "hypoglycemia" |
Anonymous
This suggestion to switch everything out for "low fat" replacements isn't a good idea. Fats are an important part of the diet. They help you feel full for longer and are essential to the absorption of many vitamins and minerals. When we cut back on fats, we tend to increase the calories we take in from carbs, and in our food climate, that generally means highly refined/processed carbs like sugar and white flour. And as the consumption of low-fat foods has increased over the past decades, we have generally gotten fatter. My observation about OP's diet is that its full of processed foods. Eat more simple, home cooked, traditional foods. (sorry to be critical, OP, but I'm thinking that is sort of what you're asking for) Here is my food for yesterday: Breakfast: home made oatmeal with dried fruit cooked-in and butter on top Lunch: one beef tamale (frozen food from TJs) and some dried seaweed (paper-like rectangles) Snack: half a whole wheat cinn/raisin bagel with butter Dinner: Pasta with tom sauce, veggies, cheese, and chicken meatballs (sauce and meatballs were not home-made), green salad with home-made vinaigrette, and 2 glasses of red wine Snack: small home-made un-iced carrot cupcake with 1/4 cup ice cream (major treat due to friend visiting for dinner) all day: water to drink This was not a totally optimal food day, but that's what it was. I'm 5'7" and 130 lbs. Breastfeeding. I generally have a cocktail or 2 in the evening, instead of wine. I should exercise, but don't seem to get around to it... |
Anonymous
| Just ate 5 jellybeans following a giant piece of sicilian pizza from the italian store. Yum. Need nap. Breakfast was a smoothie with asian pear, pineapple, wheat grass, spinach and mixed greens all blended together. Snack 100 calorie wheat bun with scrambled egg whites and a handful of chopped peanuts. Will lift weights and do core exercises tonight. Dinner will probably be grilled chicken and asparagus with some dark chocolate. 165 lbs and 5'4". I am working on losing 15 lbs. |
Anonymous
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Hm. Let's see.
A peanut butter builder bar (by Clif), a banana, some ready made prepackaged veggie dumplings, a bucket of coffee, one powdered sugar doughnut, some chocolate, quinoa, kale & tofu in a bowl, some crackers, and a beer. And probably something else I forgot about. No, I'm not fat. I get a stupid amount of exercise (competative athlete having a laaaazy day). My fitness objective is to have a metabolism where I don't have to care too much. |
Anonymous
Holy crap, you must be suck at your job! I hope you are not licensed. The more responsible advice would be to recommend that the poster avoid foods that create a spike in blood sugars or when consuming those foods to balance them with proteins. Ignoring the shaky and feeling faint feeling is not smart, what is smart is gradually changing your diet to one that is healthier and avoids these spikes. Extremes are bad on any end, this includes dumb diets that tell you to eat only protein or eat only fruit or cleanse your body with just water.... just as much as only eating high sugar foods! |
Anonymous
Nope. I don't eat much during the week. On the weekends I eat normal amounts but this is usually only two meals a day. I know I must be eating many more calories on the weekends because we go out at least twice. I never finish the entire portion but restaurant meals have big calories even for dishes that don't seem like they should. I've just never been a big eater. My weight plateaus and stays at one set amount. The only way for me to take it off is by running. If I run I can drop 10 lbs easily but not really go further. |
Anonymous
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Yesterday:
Breakfast was 1 orange. Snack was 2 dates. No lunch, but had hot chocolate made w/ skim milk & good dark chocolate. Dinner was a salad w/ romaine, shredded pecorini, walnuts, cranberries, red beets, avocado, paillard (chicken breast poached in herbs.) Dessert was 2 peppermint chocolate covered oreos (TJ, from X-Mas.) Late-night treat was a dark chocolate expression crunched candy bar (WF.) Drank diet coke/water throughout the day. I would like to lose 10 pounds. Today: Walked 5 miles this morning. Brunch was hot chocolate made w/ skim milk & good dark chocolate, and a fresh waffle from the Farmer's Market. Snack was fresh strawberries. Dinner was barbecque beef brisket, 1/2 sweet potato. Dessert was an apple dumpling (steamed apple in dough |