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[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]

Get rid of the granola (loaded with calories), steel cut oats and brown rice.  Too much starch and carbs.  You need more protein.  How about a green smoothie with unsweetened almond milk and an egg for breakfast? And no processed sugar, no candy bars.  Just cut them completely out.  Have a piece of dark chocolate instead, a small piece.

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Steel cut oats and brown rice are fine...you just need to avoid the "white" carbs.  You need some level of carbs especially if you are building muscle.  Obviously don't make them your primary calorie source, but a serving of brown rice to go with your chicken is perfectly fine.  Keep protein intake to about double your carb intake and you should be fine.[/quote]

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