Congratulations on the weight loss!!!
Now cut down your fruit consumption and snacking and eat real meals. You are keeping your blood sugar elevated all day long (especially with fruit which is full of fructose). Yes, you will lose weight short term eating fruit but keeping your insulin levels up like that daily is bad for you. Plus, fructose goes straight to the liver and makes you store fat.
Just food for thought (pun intended).
I notice that when mentioning your diet, you mention:
banana + water
fried egg with salt and pepper
potentially leftovers but usually celery + hummus
fruit
nuts
What about dinner? That does not seem like anywhere near enough calories for a person doing any kind of workout. It definitely would not be enough food for me. Did you forget to mention a meal, or were you legit starving yourself for that whole time? If the latter, are you planning on introducing meals again at some point?
jsteele wrote:Anonymous wrote:I notice that when mentioning your diet, you mention:
banana + water
fried egg with salt and pepper
potentially leftovers but usually celery + hummus
fruit
nuts
What about dinner? That does not seem like anywhere near enough calories for a person doing any kind of workout. It definitely would not be enough food for me. Did you forget to mention a meal, or were you legit starving yourself for that whole time? If the latter, are you planning on introducing meals again at some point?
Dinner is basically gone unless there is something special going on. Yes, scientifically I probably shouldn't have been able to survive this diet. I actually quit using MyFitnessPal for a while because everyday it gave me a warning that I wasn't eating enough and I got tired of hearing that. While my calorie intake was definitely low, I wouldn't say that I was starving myself. By eating a bit of fruit or some cashews whenever I felt hungry, I kept hunger pangs to a minimum. Also, constantly drinking water helped (which also kept me running to the bathroom which helped mean my stand goal). I found it very helpful to stay away from food. I work from home and having a kitchen full of food -- especially one in which other family members are constantly getting food from -- was a real aggravation. But, I have a home office and as long as I stayed in their, I didn't have so many food distractions.
One thing for which I don't have an explanation is that I didn't have a single day on which I felt fatigued, tired, or low energy. I kept thinking that so few calories would make me tired, but it never happened. In general, I've slept great as well.
Anonymous wrote:That is an amazing loss. But be careful of messing up your metabolism with going from what I assume was overeating to what you are doing now which is absolutely undereating. You need to find a balance so that you can maintain it as a lifestyle. Anyone who has lost a lot of weight will tell you that. It’s about the long game!
Anonymous wrote:I notice that when mentioning your diet, you mention:
banana + water
fried egg with salt and pepper
potentially leftovers but usually celery + hummus
fruit
nuts
What about dinner? That does not seem like anywhere near enough calories for a person doing any kind of workout. It definitely would not be enough food for me. Did you forget to mention a meal, or were you legit starving yourself for that whole time? If the latter, are you planning on introducing meals again at some point?
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Anonymous wrote:Nice! I started just after Thanksgiving and have lost about 5 pounds so far. I'm now on a 30 waist jeans from 31. I'm a male 5'7 and about 167 so still more to go.
My issue is having enough time to exercise. How many minutes per day do you devote to it? I can barely get 30 minutes in.
Anonymous wrote:Congratulations on the weight loss!!!
Now cut down your fruit consumption and snacking and eat real meals. You are keeping your blood sugar elevated all day long (especially with fruit which is full of fructose). Yes, you will lose weight short term eating fruit but keeping your insulin levels up like that daily is bad for you. Plus, fructose goes straight to the liver and makes you store fat.
Just food for thought (pun intended).