If you scroll down you will see that I've failed in the past many times. I am a self proclaimed Yo-Yo dieter. I am really hoping to put that to an end NOW. For the past few weeks I've been eating relatively low carb. I say relatively because it's relative to how many carbs I usually intake. According to My Fitness Pal if I'm left to only tracking my calories I will 9/10 over eat and be a failure. I used to make that up by working out and then I'd still lose weight. For the past few weeks I've simply been taking in about half the amount of carbs that I usually do and make sure those carbs come from healthy sources. Pretty much the easiest diet I've ever done and I'm already losing weight. Anyways, I want to get into what this post is really about and I can delve deeper into the rest when I can actually consider myself a success story. I mean I am only a few weeks into this haha.
Ok, so my usual carb intake before I started tracking was embarrassingly 200-270 a day! Now I am hitting about 90-130 a day.
Here's a typical day for me ( this was actually yesterday!):
Breakfast:
Pure Protein Birthday Cake Bar (18g)
Carmel Macchiato Creamer, 2 TBSP (10g)
Coffee (0g)
Lunch:
Roasted Slightly Salted Deluxe Mixed Nuts, 1 oz. (6g)
Teriyaki Beef Jerky, 1oz. (6g)
Avocado, half (6g)
Snack:
Colby and Monterrey Jack Cheese Stick (0g)
Dinner:
Steamfresh Super Sweet Corn, 0.7 cups (15g)
Rotisserie Chicken, 6 oz. (2g)
BBQ Sauce, 2 TBSP (15g)
Bagged Salad, 2 cups (3g)
Ranch Dressing, 2 TBSP (3g)
Dessert:
Hershey's Nugget with Toffee and Almonds (6.3g)
The whole day I took in 90g of carbs and 1,372 calories yet I was completely satisfied. If I was trying to go Keto or true low carb then I would have not allowed myself the creamer, protein bar, corn or bbq sauce. However, then I would have felt like I was sacrificing too much and I know I would not stick to it. If I do eat something that is very high carb I try to make it be a very small amount and really let myself enjoy each bite.
Like I said, I have already been doing this a few weeks. I started on about April 20th from what I can tell from my app and I've lost 4 pounds. I need to get a better scale though because I'm using an analog scale and I need to get a digital with readings to the tenth of the pound. Anyways, I hope to be able to update soon. In the meantime here's a link to some protein bars that I actually like.
