MrsNoor

@Harriet thank you for the girls gone strong site, it looked really good and I hope to read more there in the coming few days. @Defining I loved the peanut butter picture!! I couldn't actually see the difference between the 2 to be honest so I've been tracking very strictly yesterday and the day before. Yesterday (Saturday) as a cleaned up / new plan of eating day but I had one big worry still. After doing all my house cleaning, gardening and light weight routine I was shocked at how many calories I burned. Normally I would have tons of fat, as low carb as possible and medium protein on a normal day. But now while trying to up my carbs & lower my fats I'm really struggling and realising how much fat I used to eat (think spoons of peanut butter, pistachios, a few almonds & a few glasses of my dairy free milk) and I only got half of the calories in on my day that I was allowed, while feeling absolutely stuffed to the max with veggies, chick peas and a nice home made sauce. Any idea where I can find more info to up my cals without upping my fats like mad? I tried YouTube for inspiration but it's too much out there. Are there special places here on the forum that I otherwise could ask /should post? Should I adjust my macros of try for longer to see how I get along? Since going whole foods plant based / vegan I feel tons better and see a better result as well body wise it's just that I still have worries macro wise. I think with all the super low calories that I've been eating plus the tons and tons of (bad) fats and the constant bad habits as well that I've had that it's going to be difficult to get my body sorted out and to be healthy again. Healthy as in lower body fat percentage and a healthy weight (with a nice bit of muscle of course!!)

I figured that now as well, I always heard you've got your daily intake and if you want to lose weight you take a few hundred cals off of that number and voila I've had tons of ups and downs in my weight and long long periods of time of not eating properly and working waaay too many hours with inadequate eating and to be honest I think I'm paying the price for that now especially after my I eat everything in sight pregnancy which left me craving TONS and TONS of bread I had a gp bloodtest check and it did say my thyroid was a tad bit low but I've got gps here that rather not prescribe anything if it's not necessary, my baby is dairy intolerant and I had to go back at least 9 times to get the right formula and to get the right help. Well It's good to hear that low carb isn't necessary and I definitely have a look at the girls gone strong, is that here on this forum @Harriet?? I think the weekend is the best place to write a few new plans, look at ideas and to read up a bit more where I can

First of all I would like to say a huge Thank You to the very helpful posts and ideas!! It's a big help instead the usual: eat less/ restrict lots, move more and if you don't something is wrong I always always thought you had to be low carb to lose weight / to lose body fat!!!! Is that still true / does that work best? I love fruits and LOTS of them but I restrict those due to the high carb content. Along with fruits rice and chocolates are my biggest weakness for foods. I could stuff my face with rice, feel WAY too full and still look at rice the way I look at chocolate hahaha The reason why I went low carb is because of that idea and I got thunder thighs that would make any hippo jealous. Seriously! Along with that I got a behind that would make an elephant look twice but a teeny tiny waist that hardly expanded while I was carrying my bouncy baby! I thought low carb was the best way to go to lose that excess fat storage enough for 5 harsh winters. I looked at my daily intake (about a 1000 to 1100 calories yikes) and I made a decent calculation for my weight/ height and bmi: BMR: 1678 / body fat: 44% (never thought it this high) bmi: 31.8 and my targets are at the moment on: protein 25% / carbohydrates 40% and fat on 35% I think personally I want to decrease fat a bit and maybe increase carbs a bit but I'm not sure. I thought I knew a bit about foods after reading various books (The China Study, Forks over Knives etc) but I think my macros and some form of exercise are really needed. @Defining I saw you mentioned in your previous post that you used to eat vegan/ vegetarian can i ask why you changed it? @Elastigirl I've started my cronometer up since mfp gives me a headache so I'm back again fully with tracking @Harriet thank you as well for the great replies

Hi Harriet thank you very very much for your reply and the good points you've mentioned there. I'm 171cm or 5ft 6in tall and hovering around the 92kg for weeks. And I'm mean nothing goes off, it's frustrating! I do eat whole foods, fruits and veggies but I'm finding myself stuck with options when I'm short on time especially with my little one. I actually had NO idea that high intensity exercise could cause hunger! Definitely something to keep in mind. I'm trying to keep carbs around 40grams, 80 of protein and not too much fat. Fibre is coming along anyway with all the veggies so I'm not too concerned about that. I cook most of my meals at home so my baby eats bits along and he can't have dairy products and I don't want to give too much sugar so young but sometimes the handy "fake" meats do come out of the freezer. I'm definitely going to sit down with the points you've mentioned and have a good think about them, maybe you know but are light weights considered high intensity workout or not? I do like to use them a few times a week. Thanks very much again :)

Hello everyone, I've been reading along here for a little while but not as a member so since I can't seem to find an answer / help for my problem I thought I'd sign up and see who has any ideas / tips / we've been there and done it & please don't give up kinda thing. A bit of background and history of me: In my teens I weighed a whopping 92kg at one point. How?? Simple eating delicious stacked sandwiches with 6 different topping plus a few extra helping of chips, chocolates and no exercise. My mom dragged me to the GP, got a major telling off and was put on a hypoglycemic diet (had sugar crash problems) and within 7 months I was back at 68kg and healthy as a horse. Fast forward to now: I became a mom 8 months ago, couldn't be happier apart from one thing: I'm still way way waaay too heavy. But this time I can't go to the gym (like I did 2 years ago), I can't do too much outside (nosy neighbours) and I can eat for 3. Or 4 or 5 people for that instance. I asked the GP and got told: just move 30 minutes a day and eat healthy. That doesn't work for me anymore. I've lost and gained 10 to 15 kg over the past 10 years and I've never been able to keep it off. Me and my husband looked at lots of the vegan / plant based movies and I decided to try it. I felt loads better without the milk and meats but I still don't know what else to do to get my weight off and fitting into a lower carb way of eating. I have one set of weights at home and a kettle belt plus a bouncy baby who wants to do all kinds of things but that's it. I live in the UK so walking outside in horrible weather doesn't bother me but isn't such a good idea with a small baby. What can I do now? I don't want to give up my new way of eating but I don't lose weight. I can eat 4 slices of toast and after 30 or 45 minutes be hungry again. I have no idea anymore after trying almost every diet and trying loads of new exercise routines.I tried Insanity Max 30 (30 minutes is easy if baby is asleep) and I gained a few kg of weight in 4 weeks that I stopped totally baffled!!! I would really really appreciate any ideas or help since I have no idea anymore what I can do at this moment to get healthy and fit again. I know losing weight isn't done overnight neither is getting fit but after struggling for months and months I really hope I can make permanent positive changes