dkmwf9 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 This seems like bragging, but I'm sharing mostly because I wonder if I'm doing something wrong. I've been waiting for this hangover feeling or extreme hunger or craving for junk food. I did dream that I ate free pizza, but I didn't wake up and actually want to eat pizza. I have been waiting for the train to crash because before this I went on a few vacations and ate horribly and when I was back I ate cheap processed food to hold me over until the next vacation. I gained 10 pounds in one month and I know my food choices are mostly to blame so I'm just wondering why I don't feel like crap today. I'm going to detail out what I've eaten and maybe that will help give any clues. Breakfast: 2 eggs, spinach, compliant chorizo and a small potato Lunch: Spinach, apple, raisins, celery, pumpkin seeds (I know I need to cut these out or not have every day) compliant bacon and carrots Dinner: Zoodles with ground turkey and compliant tomato sauce and some strawberries The first day I ate some celery with cashew butter because I was starved while I was prepping dinner, but I haven't had that since.. I don't want to feel bad (I mean who wants that) but I feel like because I don't feel bad that I'm doing something wrong. I'm really worried about doing something wrong during this and then getting to day 31 and not seeing results and being really disappointed in myself. I'm used to falling within the majority, so I'm just overly cautious that I'm not feeling the headaches and hangover that is expected of the majority on day 2-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ladyshanny Posted July 13, 2016 Administrators Share Posted July 13, 2016 Hmmmm...considering how small your meals are, I'm downright shocked that you are even getting out of bed in the morning. Have you seen the meal template (linked in my signature below)? 1-2 palms protein with every meal. If it's eggs, it's as many as you can hold in your hand without dropping; at least 3-4 as a start. Bacon is a fat and even if it was not you would never be recommended to eat 1-2 palms of it at a sitting. If you continue on in this manner, I can nearly guarantee you that you will not be feeling well in a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkmwf9 Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 Thank you for the response! I can see room to definitely add protein, but I'm really not that hungry between meals or by the time I go to bed so I never would have guessed that my meals were small. Outside of the one time I gave in to two celery sticks and some cashew butter, I haven't felt any hunger to eat in between my meals. I'm a long time snacker so I feel like not having the urge to eat between meals like I used to is a sign that my meals were large enough. In the template is that the recommendation for every meal? I understand adding fruit occasionally, but in the regular template it looks like it's recommending I eat a closed handful of nuts or seeds every meal and I thought I was supposed to eat those sparingly, maybe every other day. I'm getting used to the idea of cooking more meat, raw meat terrifies me so I'm not used to buying a lot of it at a time. I get adding more protein, but if I'm not hungry in between meals do my meals really need to be that much larger? I get the impression you think I'm eating nothing, but I don't feel any low energy. I really haven't felt any differently since starting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ladyshanny Posted July 13, 2016 Administrators Share Posted July 13, 2016 No, I don't think you're eating nothing but your meals do seem really small. I picture myself eating just that in a day and I would then go and eat the arm off of my assistant before stealing her lunch too. LOL! Looking at it again, the area that really needs revision is that lunch you posted. That is not enough food. Your other meals might be fine for your context though. Never eat less than the minimum of the template range, that is how much an alive adult human needs to eat for daily function. It's hard for some people to trust the signals that their body is sending, depending on what sort of foods/meals they were used to and how much history of restriction or dieting they may have experienced. Some other markers of determining if you are eating enough food: energy, sleep quality, mood/emotions, cravings. If you are undereating you may experience erratic energy, bad sleep, fluctuating emotions and cravings for starch/carbs and fat. The template recommendation for fat is a "pick a couple" per meal situation. Many people find that particular part confusing. You are bang-on right about the nuts, closed handful every other day at most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tom Denham Posted July 13, 2016 Moderators Share Posted July 13, 2016 Your hunger signals may not be working properly, so it is not safe to eat only based upon your feelings. The minimum meal-template recommendation is the minimum you should eat. The meal template guides you to eat enough to coax your hormones into cooperating with your body and not to fight against your body. Over time, your health will improve eating at the recommended level and if you need to lose fat, you will lose more fat eating this much. Eating too little signals your hormones to hold onto body fat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkmwf9 Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 Thanks for all of the insight! I will go grab some chicken and add that to much lunch and I'm almost through with the zoodles and I was going go to beef stew from the cookbook next so hopefully that will be the right amount of portions per the template. Do you have any suggestions around if I'm eating too much fruit or not the most nutrient dense veggies or not enough veggies? I'm also a big fan of this chorizo helping out my scrambled eggs in the morning, but I'm also worried if it's not the best choice in protein because it's fatty and I'm used to eating lean meat. Do you think that's okay or should I swap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ladyshanny Posted July 13, 2016 Administrators Share Posted July 13, 2016 Chorizo is fine, I wouldn't eat it every morning for a month but it is tasty and some fattier meats are fine! I don't see a tonne of fruit (one apple, some strawberries and some raisins) so I think you're fine. You just want to make sure that fruit doesn't push veggies off your plate. Finally, eating an assortment of fruits and veggies in bright and varied colors over the month will get you all the nutrient density you can handle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen_Suep Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Chorizo is fine. As far as veggies, getting a variety will help. I tend to throw in whatever I have leftover. This morning was a steak egg scramble with onions and bell peppers. I know I probably should have and could have thrown in more veggies but that was what was readily available. Tomorrow might be a taco meat egg scramble with cauliflower or broccoli (I haven't decided what I'm gonna have for dinner and those are the two veggies I still have. I'm still getting used to eating more veggies) Essentially, variety is a good thing. As far as fruit, 1-2 servings a day is fine as long as it's not pushing the veggies off the plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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