Hi Greg-
PS Since January, I have seen a nutritionist, who told me that I don't eat nearly enough. She told me that she was amazed I could function at all, and that my body was starving and storing fat.
There are sites that help you determine your base caloric intake - the total amount to maintain your weight at its current level. Then you cut back by 350-500 calories (or something like that) to lose a pound of weight either by exercise or eating less. It is interesting that by cutting way back, on eating , as you found out, you actually trick your body into doing the opposite of what you want. There is a fine balance, that's why they recommend that you only shoot to lose at a rate of 1 or 2 lbs a week. Soda used to be my big vice too, but I moved to sparkling water then to plain water and I don't miss it all that much.
Hi Greg-
PS Since January, I have seen a nutritionist, who told me that I don't eat nearly enough. She told me that she was amazed I could function at all, and that my body was starving and storing fat.
There are sites that help you determine your base caloric intake - the total amount to maintain your weight at its current level. Then you cut back by 350-500 calories (or something like that) to lose a pound of weight either by exercise or eating less. It is interesting that by cutting way back, on eating , as you found out, you actually trick your body into doing the opposite of what you want. There is a fine balance, that's why they recommend that you only shoot to lose at a rate of 1 or 2 lbs a week. Soda used to be my big vice too, but I moved to sparkling water then to plain water and I don't miss it all that much.
