Girl sway attempt questions

[atomic sagebrush]

As long as you've lost a little weight on a lower protein diet it's ok, you may want to focus more on running and less on stairclimber as you get closer to your sway just in case it builds muscle at all (I highly doubt it would!)

[Haking]

Okay, thank you! I will try to focus more on running. Maybe run 3-4 days and only do stairs 1-2 days. I just like to do it for a a change of pace and it really is a hard workout for me. Almost more so than running sometimes. I really get sweaty and heart rate is very high on the stairs compared to running.

I have definitely lost some weight since starting the diet only 5 weeks ago as well as upping exercise. Weight is coming off quicker this time compared to last sway when I didn’t do any exercise and just did the couch potato style sway.

[atomic sagebrush]

Sounds great! Keep up the hard work!

[Haking]

Any suggestions to up calories without eating more protein or fat? I’m good on those levels but still need about 200-300 calories a day. I’m skipping breakfast with the exception of coffee and cream and some sweet n low. This is okay, right?

Lunch and dinner I’m having veggies, cooked in veg oil and rice and occasionally a beer with dinner for empty calories. But feel like I need a little more. Right now I’m around 1200-1300 calories a day.

[Haking]

I forgot to add that I add in chicken to my dinner and lunch too to meet protein goal

[atomic sagebrush]

fruit is the best way to do that on the alternate diet. Or bend the rules and have some more carby grain foods or even a bit of sugar if you need to.

YOu're at 50-60 g protein and fat, right? Because that's where you should be on alt. diet.

Yes the coffee in the am is fine!

[Haking]

Yup, about 50-55 for both most days. I may have gone a tad over on fat 1-2x during the holiday but I’m really trying to not stress it and go with the flow this time. Last sway I was too strict, and obsessive. Different approach this time.

When you say carb/grain food would a dinner roll or something like crackers be okay?

[atomic sagebrush]

yes. whole grain if you can

[Haking]

Ok got it. Fruit and whole grain crackers or rolls if possible. That should help make up my 200-300 calories deficit.

Thank you!

[Haking]

So, maybe this is a silly question but since starting the diet my period has disappeared. I had one at the start of the diet and nothing since in the 7 weeks on it.

I’ve never had this happen before. Is there something I did wrong or should change or just wait it out and things will even back out?