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Originally Posted by blankall
Try and add up the total calories from what you're eating. Keep in mind that many vegetables have almost no calories. The calories come from what they are cooked in, dressed with, wrapped in, etc...
If your calories are way below maintenance, you're going to feel dizzy, tired, and weak. In order to lose fat, you need to be below maintenance, but you don't want to go too far below. The feelings of weakness and fatigue may be your metabolism shutting down, if your calorie intake is too low. However, what you're feeling could just be an adjustment period. It's not possible to tell without more details of what you're eating.
Other tips I always suggest is to find sauces and condiments that are low in calories. Many mustards and hot sauces have virtually no calories.
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I am at 2200 per day. The dietician said that a man of my age/height should be at 2500. And when I told her that I am cycling to/from work each day (40 mins each way) + seeing the personal trainer 3 times a week, she said it should be around 2700 to 2800 each day. But whenever I get anywhere near that, I start putting on weight.
I don't feel fatigued at all.
I didn't give you the portion sizes. Breakfast is typically 800 calories, lunch is 600 and dinner is 800.
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As for the dietician, she was taught that the Canadian Food Guide was the end-all, be-all. My diet, with very few carbs, did not meet what she was saying so she wanted nothing to do with it. If you are a goalie coach that specializes in teaching the butterfly and someone comes in that flops around like Hasek, you tell them you want nothing to do with their style. If that is what they are being taught in university... *shrug*