Please critique my journal. My goal is to lose BF. I am 25 years old and 24% at 158lbs female. Goal BF for this month 21% by Thanksgiving! I have been eating like this for two weeks already and haven't lost weight but I actually feel smaller, not by much but a little around my waist. I may be eating too little. I Don't know!!!! Help!

Food Journal: Breakfast 25 October 11:30

3.5 oz Lean Top Round Steak 110/18/0/4
2 Eggs 140/12/0/9
1/2 cup Egg Whites 60/12/0/0
1 cup chopped peppers 50/2/10.5/0
1 TBS Almond butter 100/3/3/8
TOTAL: 458/47/13/21

Breakfast is sometimes the same, about 3-4 days a week. After this meal I do not feel full but satisfied. Usually after I eat breakfast I don't get hungry for about 3-4 hours. If I workout and lift weights after breakfast I will eat 2-3 hours after this meal. I measure everyhing RAW before I cook it. Next meal will be posted soon!

How much water are you drinking?

How much water are you drinking?

I drink A LOT of water. I have a 32 oz bottle and always at least drink 3-4 a day and about 1-2 during a workout. I only drink tea every once in a while, no coffee.

Quote from: Bikhlejser on October 25, 2010, 04:41:19 AM

To lose weight I would cut out nut products 100%.  And I would stick to whole eggs, not just the whites, as the fat is your friend as counter-intuitive as it may sounds. Eat at least 2 full meals per day. Avoid dairy and fruit if able.

Yea that's what I was thinking. Damn, gonna miss those almonds

Question: Some people say to eat more nuts because it is fat. Or is it the carbs in the almonds that are bad? This confuses me. I can switch to another type of nut, sunflower seeds?

ANd say bye-bye tot he green beans - they are legumes.

I would cut the green beans as they are not paleo.

Question: Some people say to eat more nuts because it is fat. Or is it the carbs in the almonds that are bad? This confuses me. I can switch to another type of nut, sunflower seeds?

Almonds do have some carbohydrate, but their fat doesn't have a great omega 3:6 ratio either, if I recall correctly.  The avocados also are not ideal.  Ideally, you should be getting most of your fat from animal sources.

You should replace the lean ground beef with the fattiest ground beef you can find.  Replace the chicken breasts with chicken legs with the skin on, as the legs will have more fat, or at least make sure you eat the breasts with the skin on.  I don't know the fat content of tilapia, but salmon with the skin on might be better.  Ideally you'd use grass fed beef, pastured chicken, and wild fish, but even with commercial meat, fatty is better than lean.

That should get you enough animal fats that you can cut down on the almonds and avocados.

Wow, today was crazy! Missed breakfast which NEVER happens. Had 2 packs tuna and handful of almonds for lunch, and about 5 oz chicken breast for dinner with 1 tbs. olive oil over spinach leaves. I am SO EXHAUSTED! Tomorrow will be a much smoother day with wayyyyy more food! Bed time for me now though..ZZZzzz...

I didn't realize how many calories where in veggies. I''m counting them from now on until I get the hang of eating like this.

I think counting carbs is more important than calories with regards to weightloss, but even that is not so necessary. Just try to eat more fatty meat and eggs than anything else and you should be right.

With regards to the egg whites, are you throwing a yolk away or using some sort of commercially produced egg white? To me throwing away the yolk is like cooking up a nice juicy steak and a side of veggies, and throwing the steak in the bin.