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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's in your diet? Do you measure things or estimate calories?[/quote]

I quit alcohol two months ago. Quit coffee a month ago. Generally do not eat bread/pasta (once or twice a week). Minimal intake of processed foods. Drink only water, sparkling water, green tea, and herbal tea (no added sugar or honey).

My diet is about 75% plant based. I eat granola or steel cut oats with fruit and almond milk in the morning. Sweet potato, beans, greens, squash, brown rice, root vegetables, etc - some combination thereof - for lunch. Salad for dinner, maybe with some cooked vegetables or brown rice. I DO have a sweet tooth, though, and since quitting booze eat a candy bar or some kind of sweet most days of the week. Is this enough to kill the (mostly) good stuff I eat?

I was very diligent about measuring and tracking calories from about May through August. It didn't make a difference. Since December of last year I've walked several miles several times a week (though this has fallen off in the past month and a half). Yoga. Running. CrossFit. The issue, though, is that - outside of walking - I have not been at all consistent with exercise. This is why I think I have to exercise consistently. [/quote]

You need to go down to 1000 calories and all lean proteins, no carbs like you have above. No sweats or sugar. Being beautiful takes work, remember that the next time you so a fit mom.[/quote]

Isn't 1000 calories a day starving yourself?[/quote]

I wouldn't drop below 1200 calories/day.  That will probably do more harm than good.  [/quote]

NP.  You can definitely reduce calories pretty down pretty low (below 1200) without having any sort of ill effects - short term.  It only becomes a problem if you stay low calorie like that for long term.  I'm doing it now as a matter of fact.  I am definitely still eating.  Today so far I've had scrambled egg beaters, sliced tomatoes, two turkey sausages, a few blue berries and a couple of pineapple cubes and I'm about at 400 calories (brunch).  I'm having baked chicken, brussels sprouts and garden salad for dinner.  Beyond that black coffee and water.

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