Transitioning: Eating enough food [s]

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At the request of both Kay and Laurie Masters, I forwarded Kay's recent

messages to Laurie. Laurie responds with the following, relevant for all

those in the group who are having challenges with binging and so forth.

There can be both physical and emotional causes for binging, craving, etc.,

but by far the most common physical cause is just plain undereating.

 

For all of you who have been taught to construct your program around greens

and vegetables (salads, green juices), this message is a MUST READ. You

simply cannot, under any reasonable meal scenario, get the calories you need

by emphasizing vegetables, Once you realize this, you basically have 2 RF

choices for calorie sources: fruits (melons, bananas, dates, figs, grapes,

apples, pears, nectarines, peaches, plums, berries, citrus, kiwi, etc.) or

fats (nuts, seeds, oils, avocado). After that, the next choice is cooked

food, usually starch doused in fat (oil, cheese, sauce).

Elchanan

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To Kay, hi! I am wondering whether you have had a chance to go onto

Nutridiary and log what you are eating. I have some thoughts/observations

about what you wrote on April 18th. My calorie estimates are just a

guess...based upon your input for that date, below:

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1 green juice Maybe 200 calories??

1x6 banana 100 calories each smoothie with 6 large strawberries 6 calories

each (636 total)

1 pear 100 calories

1 green bowl green leaves+lettuce 25 calories + 1 tomato 25 calories+ 1/3rd

avocado 175 calories

1 apple 80 calories

 

Today I was thinking of omitting the salad (because I don't like it without

avocado, but reducing fat intake to minimum) And replacing it with a 8

banana smoothie with possibly grapes and a green juice near it(I kinda

" know " I will want some greens around that)

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I feel grateful and also really excited for you for the way you have trusted

my advice and started embracing bananas. Now, as you feel comfortable doing

so, I suggest you increase your bananas or other fruit quite a bit more. At

about 1250 calories, the diet you describe above is WAY too little food,

especially if you are getting any exercise (are you?? Sure hope so!!)

 

I want to point out something: That the salad without avocado is probably

only about 50 calories...surely not more than 100 even if you eat a whole

large head of lettuce along with that tomato. Note that this is the same

amount of calories in 1/2 - 1 banana. So your idea about replacing the salad

with an 8-banana smoothie plus grapes is an excellent one. I suggest,

however, eating both the salad and the extra smoothie and eliminating the

green juice in the morning. If you do these things, you will probably end up

with about 2,000 calories, which sounds a lot more healthful to me!!

 

This is REALLY IMPORTANT! I see this all the time. People think that because

a salad is large in volume that it gives them calories. It does not! Hunger

and binge eating are almost inevitable if you try to base your diet around

greens/vegetables.

 

 

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