I went to weigh in today and I only lost a pound...of WATER. No fat loss. I talked to the nutritionist and she looked at my journal and she told me I had been on a starvation diet, and my body had shut down. There were a few days I just couldn't get all 500 calories of lean protein in...a couple of days I only got 400. Add to that fact that I was supposed to be EATING EVEN MORE on the days I was exercising!!!!
No one EVER told me that. Damn I was pissed. A whole week wasted. Money down the drain, effort, time. The nutritionist told me that for every 1/2 hour of exercise that I was doing, I was supposed to be eating another 100 calories of lean protein. For every 45 minutes, 200 extra lean protein calories!!!! I have, on some days, been eating 300 less calories than I should! So, my body went into shut down mode. if I had known this, I would have eaten more. I wasn't that hungry, but I would have made myself eat. So anyway...
The nutritionist instructed me to stop eating fruit this week to reduce carbs and eat two servings of veggies only per day. She also told me to switch from eating nuts for my healthy fat to having olive oil instead. She also told me to make sure to eat all of my calories, and that eating a bit more is better than eating too little. So, I am very frustrated and angry this week but wiser. I do partly blame Medi because they never told me I had to eat the calories I burned doing exercise!
Menu for today:
Breakfast: Protein shake 100 calories 20 grams of protein
Lunch: Protein bar 100 calories and 10 grams of protein, greek yogurt (plain) with splenda 100 cal and 18 grams of protein
Dinner: 2 servings of green beans, 1 4oz. 97% lean hamburger patty (i forget the protein) 136 calories
Greek yogurt flavored with Splenda 100 calories 18 gms of protein
Total calories: 576
No way am I going under it again. Today I am too full to eat more, so no way am I exercising.
This is going to suck.
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