purplepadres Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hi All! I'm currently on day 10, and really haven't had too many problems adjusting to my Whole30. I was already eating pretty clean, so it was an easy adjustment. I'm having a little bit of "food fatigue" and need to change up my menu, variety seems to make this go more smoothly. The concern I have is that I may not be eating enough calories. Don't get me wrong, I'm not tracking, but I had been for about a year and a half before starting Whole30. I've got a good idea of how many calories are in the food I eat, and it seems that, although I leave a meal feeling satisfied (and seldom hungry between meals), I'm in the neighborhood of 1200-1500 calories a day. I am a 5'10" woman whose starting weight was 139. I work out 4-5 times a week (strength training with a moderate amount of cardio), so I really don't have any weight to lose. (I was previously netting about 2000 calories a day, and my BMR has been calculated at about 1550.) A sample meal for me is: 1 cup spaghetti squash, 3-4 chicken meatballs with marinara sauce, 1 c brussels sprouts and 1 c kale (sauteed in either ghee or coconut oil), perhaps some nuts or olives for some added fat. I'm definitely still finding my way as far as protein/fat/veggie ratios, so any help you could provide me to stem what seems like a couple pounds of weight loss (judging by my pants), would be a huge help! Thanks in Advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tom Denham Posted January 8, 2014 Moderators Share Posted January 8, 2014 The meal planning guide is a reliable authority regarding how much to eat: http://whole9life.com/book/ISWF-Meal-Planning-Template.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplepadres Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks, Tom. That's actually what I've been following. I think that my issue is the "fill your plate with vegetables" part of the plan. I'm really following that to the letter, which adds lots of volume, but is fairly light on calories. I might be shorting myself on the nuts & olives based on the template. The issue is, I'm filling up (started meal one at around 6:30am, and am just getting ready at 12:30 to start meal 2). I'm not feeling hungry part of which may be the "food fatigue," however, the slim-down is what has me concerned. I don't want to lose weight, especially lean muscle mass, so if I need to cut out a little bit of veggies in order to make room for fats (or more protein?), then I'd like some feedback so I can make adjustments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFChris Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 You might get some tips from this article on keeping weight on during a Whole30: http://whole9life.com/2013/12/keeping-weight-whole30/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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