Thanks for the welcome!
Sorry about your stomach problem. I hope you are feeling better now!
I am currently not allowing any sugar in my diet, because I consider myself a sugarholic.... I just can't stop if I do have some and then I want it again the next day and the next... That's what happened during Christmas... I devoured a whole box of see's candy all by myself in two days...
Thus the no sugar to make up for the damage....
I acutally find that if I don't have it at all, I don't crave it, at least until it gets that time of the month....
I was wondering, are you guys measuring and calculating your foods to meet a specific micronutrient ratio and calorie count?
I'm currently just trying to keep each meal at 300 cals and at 20 protein, the rest is too complicated for me right now, so as long as the rest is clean, I don't care how much of it is carbs and how much of it is fat.
If you do meals like that, do you have any good ones to share? Do you have any good bars you have come across for those on the go times when you didn't have time to prepare anything?
I have another question as well. Before reading BFFM I was on a very high protein low calorie diet. I upped my daily calorie intake per Tom's guidelines from 1200 to 1400-1500. I have also evenly split the calories in 5 meals whereas before I would eat tiny 100cal snacks and 3 bigger meals.
Now I enjoy having meals vs snacks every 3 hours, but I am noticing, that I actually feel hungry fairly soon, not ravenous, but definitely that hunger pang. Is that because my body is adjusting and becoming more efficient in burning what I feed it, or do you think I should up the calories even more...?
I appreciate your thoughts!
THanks!