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Originally Posted by RubyCamaro
I understand most of it fine. I lot of stuff I already knew but like you said, put together in a way that helps plus some new information. I easily get lost in the numbers stuff. That will be the hardest part for me. I simply have a mental block for anything related to numbers. I find myself just looking at the words and it just washes past me. It will take me a while to process all that stuff. I am going to try to download the app Becky has and maybe that will help some. What do you think I should shoot for as a starting point for calorie intake & such. I have never really tried to count calories, and other intake data. I hope I can make myself keep that up. It will be very hard for me. Mike has been trying to help with my gluten free food transition and healthy eating, but I will be on my own with this. No way is he going to do this. I will have to cook for myself and with my nearly hour long commute time gets pretty tight. I will just have to figure it out.
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There is a lot to absorb and most of the numbers you don't have to be concerned with. What all the numbers show is that this is more science than guessing. If you've ever read the posts between Speedy, Kalimus, Bonnie,Bossbunny and myself you will notice that we all eat very similar with the exception of carb intake. Carbs are the macro that seems to have the most effect on different body types.
I was shopping earlier and as I made my selections I looked for gluten free options, just for personal knowledge, I did find choices fairly easily with the exception of pasta. I did find some made from corn flower and rice flower. I'll look into them as far as fat loss and did get some just to see if it's edible. lol. I will let you know later as I will be preparing my weekly meals later today.
"Fortunately, most of the foods that are tough to find gluten free are the ones you should be restricting somewhat, most whole foods are naturally gluten free and that is the direction your diet should be going."
Here is what I think would be a good starting point.
1600 cals daily
640 from carbs = 160g
640 from protein= 160g
320 from fat= 35g
Ideally you would eat 5 times daily so per meal
32g carbs
32g protein
7 g fat
You may notice that most woman that ask where I thing they should start is similar to above. This seems to work well for the average woman. I would say 1000 cals is rock bottom for a woman, 1300-1400 usually is good for fat loss but will most likely need 1-2 higher carb days weekly. 1700-1800 will work well for some expecially for those who never watch cals and then start to as this will most likely be a drastic reduction. 1500-1600 usually works well for most that exercise as well. and after a few weeks can be adjusted depending on a couple of factors, one is results, scale/fat measurements energy levels etc. secondly is sustainability. Do you feel like you are forcing yourself to eat this much or do youu feel like you're always hungry. If the results are good but not the sustainability you wouldn't change calories but change where they come from(food choices) You have to keep accurate logs of EVERYTHING YOU EAT AND DRINK or you're just guessing, remember the numbers, it's science not guessing.
Look at it like a car, if everyone uses the same cam, headers and intake they will most likely have very similar results. The biggest difference being the tunning and fuel quality ie carb, protein, fat ratios and food quality.