Working on losing weight. Ate 1345 calories, burned 1105 Active and 3202 resting calories for a -2962 deficit for the day. How do my food choices look?
by Baked_Potato_732
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NoComb398
Your calories are way too low to be sustainable. You didn’t log any oil… But did you use any in preparing the chicken or veggies? The occasional day like this is probably OK but too many days like this will end in a binge or just feeling overall horrible.
Right now you’re not really getting enough of anything so I’d focus on increasing your intake to get to get to at least 30 g fiber from veggies, whole grains, and legumes and at least .8 g/kg of body weight of protein.
If you still have room for your bars after that then ok but they aren’t offering your body the same kind of nutrients 300 calories worth of fruits and nuts would (for example) and would still hit the note of having something sweet.
One way to gauge if you’re eating too little is if you’re losing more than .5-1lb per week. If so, bump up your calories til you get to that level. When you taper off of losing then cut a bit more. That will be more sustainable over time. If you have a lot of days like this mixed in with the occasional 3-5k calorie Oops/cheat day on the weekend it will probably overall not be enough of a deficit to lose and you’ll be frustrated.
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Your calories are way too low to be sustainable. You didn’t log any oil… But did you use any in preparing the chicken or veggies? The occasional day like this is probably OK but too many days like this will end in a binge or just feeling overall horrible.
Right now you’re not really getting enough of anything so I’d focus on increasing your intake to get to get to at least 30 g fiber from veggies, whole grains, and legumes and at least .8 g/kg of body weight of protein.
If you still have room for your bars after that then ok but they aren’t offering your body the same kind of nutrients 300 calories worth of fruits and nuts would (for example) and would still hit the note of having something sweet.
One way to gauge if you’re eating too little is if you’re losing more than .5-1lb per week. If so, bump up your calories til you get to that level. When you taper off of losing then cut a bit more. That will be more sustainable over time. If you have a lot of days like this mixed in with the occasional 3-5k calorie Oops/cheat day on the weekend it will probably overall not be enough of a deficit to lose and you’ll be frustrated.