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I think you're missing vitamin R. As in a big ribeye steak for dinner. Might want to try a true low-carbohydrate protocol for a bit, without the pumpkin, banana, fat-free yogurt (fat free anything should be out of your vocabulary). Substitute some eggs (5 or 6 at a time), fatty skin-on chicken, or the other things that have been suggested already. You'll get through this and come out stronger for it. Good luck.
Well I need to go grocery shopping and my fridge only had bacon and partially frozen steak. I guess I need to grocery shop more often and eat bigger meals. I am so used to limiting myself and counting every little morsel that goes into my mouth. If I hadn't "rationed" out the tuna for lunch and dinner I would have had to use more protein powder as my protein source! The moral of the story is to grocery shop often and plan out my meals better. Thanks for your help and support, everyone. I think once all my fruit is gone I'm not going to buy any more for a while, and I'll ask my boyfriend if he can do without his sugary cereals till I feel "safe" around them again, haha. I don't see why he wouldn't trade cookies for breakfast for a big plate of steak & eggs! :)
[QUOTE=Cierra;1085203]I don't see why he wouldn't trade cookies for breakfast for a big plate of steak & eggs! :)[/QUOTE]
You sound like a seasoned Primal veteran already!
[QUOTE=Cierra;1085203]Well I need to go grocery shopping and my fridge only had bacon and partially frozen steak. I guess I need to grocery shop more often and eat bigger meals. I am so used to limiting myself and counting every little morsel that goes into my mouth. If I hadn't "rationed" out the tuna for lunch and dinner I would have had to use more protein powder as my protein source! The moral of the story is to grocery shop often and plan out my meals better. Thanks for your help and support, everyone. I think once all my fruit is gone I'm not going to buy any more for a while, and I'll ask my boyfriend if he can do without his sugary cereals till I feel "safe" around them again, haha. I don't see why he wouldn't trade cookies for breakfast for a big plate of steak & eggs! :)[/QUOTE]
I completely understand where you're coming from. I used to be an obsessed food-weigher and Calorie-counter for almost three years as I journeyed through a 37 pound weight-loss. Like you, I counted everything that went in my mouth and was very limiting on what I ate: basically egg white omelets (made with fat-free cheese, yuck!) every day for breakfast and dinner, lunch was some kind of salad with loads of beans and fat-free vinaigrette, and snacks were "Skinny Cow" 90-Calorie fat-free ice cream bars and meringue cookies.
I also have a hard time eating enough. In fact, yesterday I only ate about 1100 Calories by the end of dinner but I was totally full! I had a few spoonfuls of almond butter and called it a night. Other days I can easily eat 1600 or more Calories without blinking, on all Primal[-ish] foods like poultry, rice, eggs, bacon, carrots, berries, coconut products and a few nuts.
It takes time, but you can get there. :)
Ding ding ding! Another newbie thread. "I ate all the coconut and almond butter and greek yogurt like I was supposed to and I watched every calorie and had some dainty snacks and how come it's not working o woe is me." There are DOZENS of newbie threads on the forums which sound exactly like yours. Think of it this way: you're clearly NOT the only one who's been through this. But there's a pretty set path to fixing your metabolism. You need to fix your metabolism first, before you think about any weight loss. Sometimes weight loss happens right away, sometimes it takes a month or two to begin. But don't worry, it will work. All the newbies got there, and you will too. :)
So here are the suggestions for newbies:
1. Have you gone through carb flu? Have you forgotten to eat a meal on a busy day, as in "oops, I was supposed to have lunch but I was just so busy that I forgot and now it's 3 PM already!" ?
2. Ditch the nuts, nut butters, and yogurt. Nuts are high fat, but for some reason they don't make you feel full, and for some reason they don't work to change your metabolism (at least not for me). Yogurt has too much sugar. And this sounds odd, but don't concentrate on coconut. Use it, but don't obsess.
3. Eat meals, not finger food. That phrase "real food" means you have to cook it, put it on a plate, and [i]use a knife and fork[/i]. Primal fare is messy and drippy. If you're using your fingers or just a spoon or standing at the counter or don't need a napkin, then you're not eating, you're SNACKING, probably on the wrong stuff.
4. STUFF YOURSELF. Yup, fatty ground beef or steak, any part of a chicken that is NOT chicken breast, the [i]entire[/i] egg, pork sausage if you can find one without too many additives. Lots of cooked low carb veggies like kale or green beans or bell peppers with lots of BUTTER AND SALT. Yup, all the butter you can hold. You should feel like you like it was Thanksgiving day, so stuffed that you never want to eat again. If you feel hungry or you want bread and sugar, eat another fatty filling meal to where you never want to eat again. And do it again tomorrow. Yes, your friends will think you're nuts.
5. Do NOT look at calories. They don't matter (yet).
6. Do this for about 2 months, be strict, and watch for carb flu. That's a big indicator that your metabolism is switching from sugar burner to fat burner. You may gain a pound or two during this. That's okay. The important thing is to be fat adapted. Once you're feeling better, then you can start cutting down on the food so that you don't feel so full. You may even forget a meal; that's another good indicator.
Good luck!
Yeah, Look at your food pyramid as veggies with some fat as the base, meat in the middle and fruits, nuts, and dairy on top.
[QUOTE=oxide;1085492] But there's a pretty set path to fixing your metabolism. You need to fix your metabolism first, before you think about any weight loss. [\QUOTE]
Your advice and list of tips are excellent, but I am not trying to lose weight. I am trying to familiarize myself with food again and eat normally because of anorexia, and on top of that I have IBS. So, while I am weight restored and exercising to become healthy again, I am also trying to fix my digestive issues with Primal.
I will definitely take your advice to heart though and start buckling down! I need to go buy some MEAT lol.