Hi Karen-
Yeah, 18 times BW seems awfully high. I've heard 10xBW if you're trying to lose weight in the traditional weight loss programs. But that's where Fast-5 is different because the Fast-5 diet is designed around calorie restriction. It's a plan designed to increase lifespan, provide good health, and to reset your appestat so you don't WANT to eat much. So you need to find the amount of calories that causes you to maintain your current weight and then reduce it by 25-40%. Take that number and (in your case 1060) eat fats and proteins to get your calories and I'll bet you'll do well. I mentioned cream in your coffee as an example as most folks add small amounts of calories throughout the day that add up to substantial daily additional calories. One of my favorite taboos is to slice off a pat of butter and eat it like cheese, so yeah, I have no problem with drinking cream. :) Except now that I'm on my Paleo kick, I'd have to wrastle a wild cow down, steal a bunch of milk, find a culture and some salt, build a bucket, and make my cheese or butter. Seems like an awful lot of work. Hmm, maybe a goat would be easier, but I think it's just easier to eat the goat. :)
-Rick
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.
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> Rick shared:
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> >>...I was feeling weak and mushy on Fast-5 until I cut out my daily huge
> spoonful of peanut butter and beer or wine with dinner. Once I cut that
> out, the weight has just melted off very easily. I suspect there's
> something in your diet that's adding calories that you're unaware of.
> (Starbuck's, cream in your coffee, etc). Don't forget, the point of Fast-5
> is to cut calories by 20-40% below BMR. ...<<
>
> Thanks, Rick.
>
> It is not hard for me not to have grains, either. Then I get all goofy and
> think "a calorie is a calorie" and eat some...
>
> After yesterday, I just kept thinking to myself that it is possible I'm just
> consuming too many calories.
>
> One article I read recently (perhaps Anabolic Diet?) suggested caloric
> intake was 18 x BW (I figured "ideal BW" as opposed to current BW!).
>
> That would put me at 2394 calories (133 x 18)!!
>
> When I was following Optimal Diet ratios, I was consuming on avg 1800
> calories.
>
> Just today, I calculated my BMR and it was 1334. with what you've stated
> above, that means my calories should be at the highest, 1067. Somehow I
> missed that point of cutting calories w/F5... (And I also know I've got to
> re-read F5!)
>
> I'd shared being on a calorie restricting diet last year. The calories were
> 1200 and I was hungry all the time.
>
> And...eating high fat, I DO get that cream, 'ceptin' I don't drink coffee: I
> just drink the cream! 2 & 3 ounces of it! Hooyah!!!
>
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