 Ossie-Sharon 9 years ago | Hi, casper048.Your menu pattern is designed to only provide a maximum of 45 grams of carbohydrates at each major meal and 20 grams of available carbohydrates for snacks (including the evening snackc), but this also depends on your food choices – if you use the personal version of the Menu Planner and select the foods in the lightest blues and choose fruits that are less sugary, this will be the case. Overall, your plan gives you a daily total of less than 200 grams of carbohydrates (35% of energy), even less available carbohydrates.
As for the calories, is there a specific reason your dietitian wants you to have so little? I ask because starting at an amount that will support gradual weight loss is more likely to result in long-term maintenance and outcomes. Something like 1500 is great when you reach your goal weight, but starting now may cause plateauing. Are you physically active? |
 casper048 9 years ago | I seen my nutritionist yesterday, and I showed her the menus, I’ve been following, and she said, they was way to many carbs for my diabetic diet. How can we change this, once we’ve started. I have to eat between 1300 to 1500 calories and only 45 grams of carbs at each meal and only one bedtime snack, of 20 grams of carbs. |
 Support 9 years ago | Welcome glenholl,
Great to have you in the club 🙂
If this looks like too much food, keep in mind that the Trim Down Club is NOT a crash diet – it’s a normal, balanced, customized healthy eating plan that will help you lose the weight you want in a sensible way that’s more likely to stick. Eating all these portions and 6 meals a day will keep you from feeling hungry or deprived and will encourage long-term weight loss instead of yo-yo dieting.
With that being said, you should begin to see a difference in two weeks’ time.
If necessary, you can change the variety in your profile to see less variety of foods in the menu.
Also, please remember to update your weight in the Progress Meter every week, and generate new menus, so that your meal portions will be customized for your new weight.
Best 🙂 |
 glenholl 9 years ago | Hi, I’m new to Trim Down. This sounds like the most sensible program to date so I thought I would give this a try..oops begin a new way of eating. The other;dieting was not working for me, I was up and down like a yoyo and gaining back always. So, this is a new beginning. Tell me of your successes please. Seems like an awful lot of food to be losing weight on. I do Zumba three days a week and love it! |
