hey there, 'im only new so i'm sorry if this sort of stuff has been posted before. I was wanting to know some questions regarding balanced eating plans.
I thought I had a good diet, full of healthy foods lots of veggies and fruits and low in saturated fat.
However when I went on a calorie counter, it told me that my body is going into starvation mode, as i am consuming too few calories. My food is generally the same thing everyday (as i am poor and cant afford different options
)
here is a quick summary.
Breakfast (8am)- Fat free greek yoghut and bran cereal- a normal bowlfull
Snack (11am)- Apple
Lunch (1pm)- garden salad, cottage cheese, lean meats like turkey or ham( decent plateful sized)
Snack-(4pm)- Orange
Dinner-(7-8pm)- Veggies and lean meat, sometimes pasta it all depends
Calcium tablet supplements as i dont drink milk
I usually exercise about an hour a day ( half an hour HIIT cardio, and half an hour body weight exercises for toning)
I thought this would be a healthy balanced diet. Everyone says to eat lots of veggies and cut down pre packaged foods and lessen alcohol (i dont drink either). My job involves a lot of sitting down, so i exercise to keep healthy)
When i input this food plan into a calorie counter it only added up to about 900 calories (without taking off the calories used by exercise), apparently due to age and weight (21, 123 pounds/56kg) that this is too few calories and it should be around the 1200 calorie mark. I'm not exactly fat, but i do have a muffin top i want to get rid of and i cant see my toes unless i suck in my belly. I'd like to shed just a little bit of weight but im unsure on how to do this as apparently im already eating too few calories, i dont want my body to go into starvation mode and slow my metabolism down, but how do i loose those 2-3 extra kg and make my metabolism quicker without cutting my calories. any suggestions?
Thankyou for any advice, much appreciated.
I thought I had a good diet, full of healthy foods lots of veggies and fruits and low in saturated fat.
However when I went on a calorie counter, it told me that my body is going into starvation mode, as i am consuming too few calories. My food is generally the same thing everyday (as i am poor and cant afford different options
)here is a quick summary.
Breakfast (8am)- Fat free greek yoghut and bran cereal- a normal bowlfull
Snack (11am)- Apple
Lunch (1pm)- garden salad, cottage cheese, lean meats like turkey or ham( decent plateful sized)
Snack-(4pm)- Orange
Dinner-(7-8pm)- Veggies and lean meat, sometimes pasta it all depends
Calcium tablet supplements as i dont drink milk
I usually exercise about an hour a day ( half an hour HIIT cardio, and half an hour body weight exercises for toning)
I thought this would be a healthy balanced diet. Everyone says to eat lots of veggies and cut down pre packaged foods and lessen alcohol (i dont drink either). My job involves a lot of sitting down, so i exercise to keep healthy)
When i input this food plan into a calorie counter it only added up to about 900 calories (without taking off the calories used by exercise), apparently due to age and weight (21, 123 pounds/56kg) that this is too few calories and it should be around the 1200 calorie mark. I'm not exactly fat, but i do have a muffin top i want to get rid of and i cant see my toes unless i suck in my belly. I'd like to shed just a little bit of weight but im unsure on how to do this as apparently im already eating too few calories, i dont want my body to go into starvation mode and slow my metabolism down, but how do i loose those 2-3 extra kg and make my metabolism quicker without cutting my calories. any suggestions?
Thankyou for any advice, much appreciated.