Hi all!
I just started a low-carb pesco-vegetarian diet today. I have been losing weight for the past year, but I've plateaued out for the last month or so and am finding it hard to stick to my pesco-veg low-fat diet, since I'm not seeing results. I thought I'd give this a try and I'm hoping it will help me lose those last 5-8 lbs! I'm going to try to do the Protein Power diet, so my goal is to stay around 30 carbs a day during the induction period. (I'm assuming that less carbs/day will also work)
So far so good - I felt good today although I had a few moments of dizziness/heat flashes. I'm assuming that's normal. It's actually quite a treat to be able to eat oil liberally!! I'm enjoying this immensely so far because I've been on diet restrictive in fats for so long. My worst fear though is that I'll do this wrong and end up gaining weight, so I thought I'd try to get some feedback on what I ate today to make sure I'm on the right track. Here's what I ate today, please tell me what you think:
Brunch: (this filled me up so much I wasn't hungry when lunch came around!)
2 eggs (the omega 3 kind) - 1.5 carbs
1 tbs butter - 0 carbs
2 oz grated parmesan - 1 carb
1.5 cups baby spinach - .75 carbs
a few hungarian peppers in oil - 1 carb
.5 cups of coffee with 1 tbs fat free half and half - 1.5 carbs
total - 3.75 carbs
Snack:
42 grams mixed nuts (macadamia, almonds and cashews) - 5 carbs
Dinner:
9 spears asparagus, grilled with a liberal amount of olive oil - 3 carbs
1.5 cups baby spinach - .75 carbs
8 oz salmon with olive oil drizzled on top - 0 carbs
1 tomato and 2 cloves of garlic - 3.7 carbs
3 diet sodas - 0 carbs (I NEVER usually drink this many diet sodas in a day but I went to a party and it was the only thing I could eat/drink!)
total - 7.45 carbs
Snack/Very Late Lunch:
2 veggie dogs - 2 carbs
1 oz cheese - 1 carb
1 tbs lemon juice with soda water - 1 carb
42 grams mixed nuts - 5 carbs
total - 9 carbs
Total ECC for the day: 25.20
This count seems low to me, what do you guys think based on what I ate? I looked up the foods in a carb count database so it should be right but it still seems low. Am I going crazy on the fats? Am I eating too many calories? On my low fat diet I probably only eat 2/3 - 1/2 this many calories. I seriously feel guilty eating so much oil/butter!! I do exercise quite a bit though so that might help (cardio 4-5x/wk, strength 2x/wk, yoga 2x/wk). Anyway, all input is welcome!!!
Many thanks!!!