1560 calories is what I need to eat a day if I want to stay the same weight. Being a vegan that doesn’t eat soy, a personal trainer that tries to stay away from fattening things and an advocate for natural living& healing, you can imagine that my diet doesn’t include a lot of things that may be common to others. A lot of my clients ask me what the heck do you eat. I always respond everything! Well everything that’s in my list of things I eat. I laugh every time.
I eat all day long like a Gazelle, and even though I’m full at the end of the day, I find it hard to get enough calories in. I live in Cali so most people here would say that’s a good problem to have. But I’m not trying to lose weight. I like where I’m at. About 5 months ago I was 111 pounds . Even in high school I was 115-125 pounds. Most of my adult life I’ve been a consistent 120. Most people think I’m 105. But I remind them I’m a trainer and muscle weighs more that fat. Recently I weighed myself and I was 117. Perfect! That’s where I wanna stay. 115-122 is fine by me.
Now I’m not big on counting calories for the rest of your life but I do believe everyone should do it for a while so that they now where they stand. Then you can let it go for a while but check in with yourself from time to time. If you’re over or under weight, do it until you’re not.
111 pounds is under weight for me. I know some of it had to do with muscle loss but a lot was my diet. So I decided I better pay attention. Yesterday I went over my calories. I consumed 1692. I was happy about that cause exercise can easily bring that down to 1560.
Now I’m not necessarily proud of how much bread I consumed yesterday, being a trainer and all but I know I can spare a day. But I thought it would be a good idea to share what contributed the most to the extra calories. That way people who want to lose can keep that in mind. So here it is:
About a cup of Still cut oats w/ raisins added gave me a whopping 710 calories. FYI the still cut has the most calories but I need it. Two whole wheat waffles with peanut butter=325 calories. FYI this was part of my lunch not breakfast. Amy’s California Veggie Burger with 2 pieces of wheat bread=307 calories.
Of course this isn’t all I had to eat but I just wanted to point out what gave me the most calories. The breads and oatmeal win. So if you had the same thing but had a beef burger instead you can add on an extra 1-200 calories unless you get a really small lean cut. Now a turkey patty is about the same as the veggie.
If I wanted to cut down some of the calories I could have had a little less oatmeal instead of a filled to the top bowl, and added an apple to my breakfast. Also I could’ve had just one waffle and added a small green salad with vinaigrette dressing. With these small adjustments, I could have knocked off about 100 calories.
So why don’t you try it. If you’re looking to lose weight, write down everything you ate and total up ALL your calories for one day. Then look it over and see where you can make tiny adjustments for the next day. Notice my adjustments didn’t involve me completely taking anything away. I wanted that waffle! But I could’ve chose to just eat one and add a salad.
Try this everyday for 1 month and I guarantee you’ll be amazed!
~Lady A
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