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800 calories
EstherFromAfrica:
please i want to know if eating 800 or 750 calories too little in day in the fat to skinny diet.
jay12:
Yes dear! That's too much for anyone to cut that much amount of calories. Remember we believe that eating a high fat, moderate protein and a low carb of 20 grams per day will help you eat the right amount of nutrients without the fear of calories although yes, calories are important but if you eat the fat to skinny way you will not have to be concerned about going above your caloric intake because the high fat will signal your body that you are full therefore preventing you from over eating. Minimum calories for you at least should be 1500 per day. Less than that and you will cause your body to go into starvation mode and you will not loose the fat in your body while your body is eating (catabolism) your protein in your muscles making your metabolism to slow down to a crawl. If you cut 700 to 800 calories per day you will also mess up your adrenal glands causing you to be fatigue and tired and a whole of other myriad of problems! Don't do it. Doug and Tony have threads here explaining the consequences of a low caloric intake and I recommend you to find it and read it ok? ;) Cut your calories 500 at a time and this is equivalent to 2 lbs per week in which is an aggressive approach to losing weight but still safe.
shawn116:
Esther
Jay is correct. There is no need to count calories with this lifestyle. Just concern yourself with the carb intake. Keep them under 20 net carbs. Here is a post from Doug about why we don't worry with calories: http://www.fattoskinny.net/index.php?topic=2521.15
--- Quote ---Quote from: SherriPie on May 06, 2011, 07:31:54 AM
But guys we're not doing calories, we're doing carbs. So you should be watching portion control and carb intake, not calories. Sure try to be mindful of what you're eating, just because it has no carbs doesn't mean you can eat a whole bag(portion control). But counting calories on FTS won't help you loose weight, that's the old way that we all tried and it never works.
Sherri is 100% correct. Rena, are you sure I used the "C" word? Fuel in fuel out would be my normal statement and when I say that I'm referring to sugar in blood sugar out. I think calorie counting is a failed system which has been used for years and adopted by every food manufacturer and dietitian in the world. Of course years ago we used to think the world was flat and the sun rotated around the earth :o
I'll give you an example of how calorie counting versus carb counting can conflict in our program;
Iceburg lettuce
8 cups are only 64 calories but that same 8 cups are 8 carbs, almost 1/2 your allowed total! That's why bunny rabbits get fat :)
here's another, Pasta
1/2 cup of cooked pasta is only 110 calories but is also 21 carbs....ooops! no more food for you today! :o
As I said, Sherri's advice is correct. and remember Rena as you work out all that protein you eat is developing into some muscle tissue, it weighs something, the scale might not be changing but unless I'm mistaken you're in those cute Mickey shorts now ;)
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mouseissue:
Hi, Esther! :)
There have been times in my weight loss journey when weight loss stopped.
I then lowered the protein and raised the fat... Then, weight loss resumed.
Forget about calories!
Pay attention to carbs and portion sizes and you'll do fine! :)
Tony
Sunshine:
Tony I'm curious about lowering the protein and increasing the fat / can you give me examples that worked for you? Like swapping pork rinds or soy butter in place of chicken!? Sorry I'm still learning! Thx!
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