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#16 ^

Sat, Aug-22-09, 23:05

Wifezilla

Senior Member

Posts: 4,367

Plan: I'm a Barry Girl
Stats: 250/208/190 Female 72

BF:
Progress: 70%

Location: Colorado

Quote:

At 4, around 3 cups of at least 7-8 types of freshly cut fruits

Well there is your problem right there!!!

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#17 ^

Sun, Aug-23-09, 06:00

Cajunboy47 Cajunboy47 is offline

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Posts: 2,900

Plan: Eat Fat, Get Thin
Stats: 212/162/155 Male 68 "

BF:32/23.5/23.5
Progress: 88%

Location: Breaux Bridge, La

Quote:

Originally Posted by nautica

to answer your question, my typical diet in last 2 month has been 1 liter water on empty stomach. Around 8AM, several walnuts or edamame and around 10 AM, about 1/3 portion of avocado salad (1 avocado,about 1.5 cup of spinach, half medium tomato, 1/4 large onion, salt, pepper, and lemon) For lunch, 2 Indian homemade Chapati with curry or some lentil soup. At 4, around 3 cups of at least 7-8 types of freshly cut fruits. Around 6, 2 Chapati and curry or rice and lentils. In the night, a small portion of fruit if I feel like it. About 2 and 1/2 liter more water throughout the day. I Have been vegetarian all my life.

Can you tell me what you think your percentage of fat/protein/carbohydrate intake is based on what you're saying you ate?

#18 ^

Sun, Aug-23-09, 08:36

Merpig

Senior Member

Posts: 7,582

Plan: EF/Fung IDM/keto
Stats: 375/225.4/175 Female 66.5 inches

BF:
Progress: 75%

Location: NE Florida

Quote:

Originally Posted by nautica

At 4, around 3 cups of at least 7-8 types of freshly cut fruits.

Whoa! That's a lot of fruit! When I saw a diabetes educator about diet she actually gave some good advice from a LC standpoint (though naturally she recommended far higher carb than I can handle and keep my BG in check). But one thing she said that made sense is that I should have no more than one serving of fruit a day - and that a single "serving" was about the size of a ping-pong ball. (though actually I eat far less, one serving of fruit about once every week or two). What you are describing there sounds like several weeks' worth of servings.

Or as a diabetic co-worker's doctor told him, eating fruit was pretty much like pouring pure sugar into his body.

And I'm having trouble seeing where you are getting adequate fat and protein based on your typical day.