MrsK
Is it possible to eat too much fat on this WOE? Is there a limit i should set?
^It's hard to eat so much fat because you feel full very quickly. You should be aiming for around 60-70% of your diet to be fat.
Because the last 3 days i have eaten way more (loads of fatty meat and butter) and i think i have put on weight. My belly isn't as flat as it was and my clothes feel tighter. sad
Look, in the nicest possible way, you need to stop obsessing about this. You are breastfeeding, so you need to eat more. And if your belly isn't as flat 'as it was', then it was flat! So what's the problem? You've lost half a stone since we started Bootcamp, which is bloody good going!
I'm struggling a bit now and pretty hungry. I spend my time foraging around the kitchen for things to snack on. Today i have had:
B - 3 Egg omelette with cheese, spinach and mushrooms cooked in loads of butter.
Why not try adding a bit more protein to this, as well as fat, so try some streaky bacon with it?
L - (2 hrs later) Green pepper stuffed with half a pack of feta cheese, oregano and olive oil, roasted. On half a big bag of rocket and mixed leaves in an oily dressing.
That's a lot of cheese! But also, not really much food overall, as a lot of that is salad. How about tuna (canned in oil) with the salad?
s - salami, cup of marmite, 4 dst sp greek yogurt
OK - but also more dairy with the yoghurt
D - salmon, buttery celeriac mash, greens in butter.
How did you cook the salmon?
If you're hungry, you're not eating enough. You're not eating enough protein and possibly enough fat.
MrsS does butter count as dairy in this woe? Or are you just referring to the cheese? I'm not sure i could do this woe without cheese whether i was bfing or not blush .
Butter doesn't count, but milk, cream, yoghurt and cheese does. Why not try going without dairy for 2-3 days and see what happens?
I think one of the main problems is that i eat my dinner way too late and graze/snack from 4-8pm because i am so hungry. But i don't get the time to cook and eat before that because i have the boys and have to do bedtimes etc.
You need to make sure that you're eating. Three meals a day is far better than snacking here there and everywhere. I know you have the boys, but you have to start planning what you're going to cook for yourself. I'm sure you think about what you're cooking for the boys but why don't you think you're worth thinking about and planning for?
Atm i am at my parents and they don't eat till 9ish. I am starving and have just had 3 brazils and a slice of cheese.
Why don't you take over then, and cook for yourself?
The only meal i've been really full for longer than 2-3hrs recently has been the pork belly roasted i had with loads of mayo and salad.
Fab! Then you're learning what is going to work for you!
I feel really bloated today.
If you're bloated, this is a sign that you need to drink more water.
trash i find myself more hungry when i drink water, after a drink i feel ravenous, its as if it has reminded my stomach about food.
This is silly. If you're feeling ravenous simply because you're drinking water then YOU NEED TO EAT MORE! EAT MORE, BUT EAT MORE FAT AND EAT MORE PROTEIN. CUT BACK ON THE DAIRY!
i feel faint now. both the dc are crying and my temper is short because i'm so hungry. dinner is on.
This is also really bad. How on earth can you be feeling faint from eating what you've reported above? But if you are feeling faint, then again, you need to eat more.
However. I'm worried that you're talking about feeling faint. Have you had your blood pressure checked recently? Are you making sure that you're keeping your electrolytes balanced - are you eating foods that will give you plenty of sodium, magnesium and potassium?