Started a caloric deficit regime in December. Have lost 7lb so far but, im not really measuing any unfortunately.
Breakfast is oatmeal and fruit, lunch is fruit and dinner has been a wallmart equate shake or nothing if im too tired.
Atm im 225 lb and feeling alright. Not starving myself, i snack on salted popcorn and will have a full meal of tuna and rice or stirfry spinach and kale with ground beef twice a week, if anything.
Today, i wanted to try my hand at making a snack drink for office breaks. I plan to water it down and shake or eat as a yoghurt topping/mix into breakfast oatmeal.
by Kappa_kin_chen
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My general thought is that your diet sounds pretty unbalanced overall. I would try tracking what you eat in a day on [Cronometer](https://cronometer.com/) to see if you are meeting all of your nutritional needs. My guess is that you are not.
In terms of the smoothie itself – If you enjoy this smoothie and find it filling for the number of calories, then it’s a fine snack. But in general I would be more concerned about your diet overall, not just this one snack. Any individual meal/snack can be fine in isolation, but it’s the context of the entire day of eating that’s more important.
The smoothie itself is pretty good, but I’m concerned about the rest of your diet tbh. Only fruit for lunch? Sometimes skipping dinner or just having a protein shake? That’s a crash diet not a healthy lifestyle change.
Try having a nutritious lunch, a protein dense sandwich with your fruit, meal prep a salad or bring leftovers of a good dinner. And have real dinners every night, why only have dinner twice a week? The ones you mention sound like they can fit into a daily 1500 calorie budget no problem.
With a 1500 calorie limit you can have 3 good thoughtful meals a day, if you measure it all out you can be reassured that you are still in your deficit. Being satisfied and fueled properly means better health overall, not just pounds lost.