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Originally Posted by marv
Is it better for me to get the right amount of cals/fat/carbs/protein...or to eat cleaner?? I know I should do both, but I think I gotta do one thing at a time...
I think i'll try to add a different veggie into my diet every week or so..it's hard for me to take out those things that I think make the food that I eat taste good to me...while adding in veggie at the same time...I want to WANT to eat the food I have planned...maybe I'll take out the hot dogs and sub chicken...
also, do you think it'll be ok for me to add calories into my diet right away? have i damaged my metabolism to much?
Im just so confused right now...I want this to work for me...but it's just a TOTAL change from the life i lived before.
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Eat clean. Count calories. Honestly, it's not hard. If you cut out the hot dogs from what you posted, you're pretty clean already. Replace the hot dogs with a turkey burger made from scratch - just pat lean ground turkey into patties, throw them on the George Foreman grill, and voila. Slap on a piece of lowfat cheese and you've got a cheeseburger. Leave the bun out of it.
On vegetables: You're just going to have to eat them. Don't be afraid to steam them and add a little butter or olive oil and salt. Don't be afraid to hide them in your food - like throwing some sauteed spinach into scrambled eggs, or mixing grated carrots into pretty much anything.
Calories: You'll probably find it easier to increase them over time. Add in 200 more calories a day this week. Then next week, add in another 100 - 200 calories a day. Repeat until you're at your maintenance.
And listen, you're going to gain weight on the scale when you increase your calories. You'll be holding onto water and glycogen like crazy. Very little of it should be fat if you're doing Alwyn's workouts. But given your history, wrap the scale up and hide it in the very back of the closet for the next month or two. It can be frustrating even for people who have a good handle on the mental part of their weight issues. Tuck the scale away. Eat more. Workout hard. You're going to be doing more good things for your body than you can see or measure right away.
Stop thinking about whether the program will "work" or not, because you're setting yourself up for failure. Focus on lifting more, week after week. Focus on eating healthy, whole foods. Focus on your increasing confidence in the weight room. Stop looking for things to go wrong.
Start thinking of your body as more than just some pretty thing to be displayed and get into the strength of how it feels to be a woman who's not afraid of using her muscles.