Low cal Easter dinner

[Bluelady-sing]

One skinless chicken breast half a cup of rice a whole cup full of veg.

Keep the main meal under 700 calories

[Wine 7st 7lbs]

That sound's lovely

[Eryl Visitor]

Calories don't mean a thing, what you need to limit is carbohydrate.

[Bluelady-sing Healthy BMI in reply to Eryl]

Sugar white bread pasta

[Eryl Visitor in reply to Bluelady-sing]

Yes these are the ones to avoid especialy.

[focused1 Maintainer 13kg in reply to Eryl]

Depends what kind of a day you have . Manual work - you need carbs . Brown carbs - not talking white bread , processed sugary snacks but brown pasta and rice , carbs in veg and so you can keep on the go then porridge is ideal especially if this has to be eaten around 7am then potentially no lunch until 13.30 . I would be interested to see your meal plans minus the carbs . I am here to learn . You clearly know a lot about nutrition and I would welcome examples of what your food intake was in a typical day please.

[Eryl Visitor in reply to focused1]

You don't 'need' carbs, you need calories and carbs give you quick release calories (fats give you slow release calories which feed the cells through keetones) but any that you don't use get stored as glycogen and when the glycogen stores are full your liver turns them into trigycerides which cause fatty liver and are the building blocks for body fat, it's called 'de novo lipogenesis'. I often go for a 50 mile bike ride on a Sunday morning without breakfast and I'm on a low carb diet, almost keto. If it's a longer ride and we stop at acafe I might have a baked potato with tuna mayonaise but I know that I'll have burned off enough carbs during my ride and thore carbs will just replenish th glycogen stores.

[focused1 Maintainer 13kg]

I lost 18kg with calories on a 400 , 400, 600 x 3 meals plus walking and Zumba . Guided by Myfitnesspal as to macros and obviously when you see the calories then it narrows down what you eat . So porridge made with water , full fat Greek yogurt and fruit . Drinks were fruit tea or water plus the odd low cal hot choc drink in the evenings but stuck to 8.30pm cut off. Lunch - large mixed salad mainly with a full can of tuna or cottage cheese max 180g . . Evening meal before 7pm - protein so lean chicken , pork medallion , turkey steak and sky high veg - the odd jacket potato but then take out the odd high cal veg . 3 egg omelette stuffed with tomato , onions , mixed peppers and mushrooms add paprika , cumin , herbs and 2 tbsp brown rice . I would lay bets that if most people did this for a month with exercise they would see results . No missing meals , decent flex meals .Might be strict for a while but if you are really determined . I think we all know what to eat and what not to eat .

[Bluelady-sing Healthy BMI]

As it is Ramadan I have been trying to fast. However my health is an issue, I try not eat until breaking the fast.

[Bluelady-sing Healthy BMI]

What is 12%protein? Roughly how much what would it look like on a plate 25% carbohydrates how much what would look like on a plate?