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Robster65
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As a rough guide, you need to match your calorie intake to your desired weight and energy expenditure. That way you shouldn't gain weight or store excess calories as fat. Because you're metabolising them all.
Then you need to decide whether you want lots of carbs, in which case you'll need more insulin, or go for low carb, in which case you eat more fat and protein.
Dieticians will advise on total calories needed but can only give guidance amounts because they can't monitor exercise. You need to eat to your lifestyle.
ALso, alcohol has a high calorie content. And it will generally be laid down straight to fat because of the way it's metabolised and you normally go to bed straight after.
So the first thing you need is your actual weight, then deduce your target weight and work out a total daily calorie target.
And try and fit a balanced diet into that so that you get all your vits, minerals and enough of carb, fat and protein to keep you happy. Including alcohol if you need it.
www.myfitnesspal.com is a good palce to start.
Rob
Then you need to decide whether you want lots of carbs, in which case you'll need more insulin, or go for low carb, in which case you eat more fat and protein.
Dieticians will advise on total calories needed but can only give guidance amounts because they can't monitor exercise. You need to eat to your lifestyle.
ALso, alcohol has a high calorie content. And it will generally be laid down straight to fat because of the way it's metabolised and you normally go to bed straight after.
So the first thing you need is your actual weight, then deduce your target weight and work out a total daily calorie target.
And try and fit a balanced diet into that so that you get all your vits, minerals and enough of carb, fat and protein to keep you happy. Including alcohol if you need it.
www.myfitnesspal.com is a good palce to start.
Rob
trophywench
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Speak as you find - at my clinic we have a very GOOD dietitian. She was one of the three who went to Bornemouth to learn how to deliver 'our local 'take' on BERTIE' to lucky people such as myself and Natalie.
She was even pushing dafne (ie the same words but not in capitals, LOL) to interested and motivated people (eg me again) when all about her were simultaneously pooh-poohing it. Unfortunately she was pregnant at the time and came back at a different hospital so I thought I'd lost her forever. I was delighted to find her again and I'm hanging on to her. Her knowledge of the bodily processes involved in converting the 3 main food groups to BG is sound, as is her understanding of the parts Vitamins and trace elements etc have to play, so she's a nutritionist as well as a Dietitian.
I hope you will be as lucky as I/we are, NRB.
She was even pushing dafne (ie the same words but not in capitals, LOL) to interested and motivated people (eg me again) when all about her were simultaneously pooh-poohing it. Unfortunately she was pregnant at the time and came back at a different hospital so I thought I'd lost her forever. I was delighted to find her again and I'm hanging on to her. Her knowledge of the bodily processes involved in converting the 3 main food groups to BG is sound, as is her understanding of the parts Vitamins and trace elements etc have to play, so she's a nutritionist as well as a Dietitian.
I hope you will be as lucky as I/we are, NRB.
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