First day done!

Ending the day on 770 cals – I haven’t focused on the low carb/med diet approach quite yet as I just want to adjust to the lower calories… but today I had:

Small portion of veggie Stirfry with brown rice and x1 egg
Small oat milk coffee
Large bowl of broccoli, spinach and peas with a little Parmesan and lemon
X1 quorn fillet

So not terrible actually but I do intend to focus more on what I eat not just how much. But the thing is, I actually tend to eat quite healthily day to day and always have plenty of vegetables albeit not quite enough protein (vegetarian). The part where I gain weight is binging on the weekend and snacking. I’m hoping I can get out of this habit and move forward… does anyone else suffer with this habit? Or know if there’s a thread I can find on the topic?

Thank you and yay for the first day being on plan!

Hi peonypetal,

If you tackle the carbs in your diet first, the getting snacking and hunger will come under control all on its own. – Its carbs that cause the cravings to eat. – As a fellow vegi, can I also recommend that you have a look into the role / benefits of supplementing your diet with l-carnitine. Its very important in the bodies abilities to access your fat, but the principle source in our diet is meat, and the next 8 out of the top 10 sources are all off the menu if you are eating low carb. – It certainly has made a difference for me.

Hi JGwen,

Thanks for responding 🙂

That’s interesting that fewer carbs cuts cravings! I need to buy the BSD book so I can have a proper understanding of this all as I still don’t quite understand what a carb even is. I always think of carbs purely as wheat and refined sugar but I think there’s more to it than that.

Thank you for he suggestin of L-cartinine! I will definitely look into that, I am currently taking b12 and iron supplements but I can’t say I feel a huge difference so I think I will see my doctor once back from holiday and get some tests done.