Ubber Low-Fat Diet

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sandejosgirl
sandejosgirl Member Posts: 57
edited June 2014 in Working on Your Fitness

Heyyah all. I have TNBC and was talking to the dietician at my Cancer Center & she's been telling me about the support in studies for a diet consisting of less than 20% calories consumed in fat. Which didn't sound hard until we started laying said diet out.

So...anyone else out there on a very low-fat diet? I also need to lose postpartum pounds. In order to get to the bottom of my BMI range is going to add additional pounds to the 20lbs I didn't get a chance to lose after my babe Kate was born.

Anywho. Thanx

~Stephanie

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  • Outfield
    Outfield Member Posts: 1,109
    edited September 2011

    Sort of.  I aim for it, but it's really hard.  The bulk of what I eat is vegetables, mostly raw, some things baked.  Ton of beans, fruit, some grains.  I have gotten pretty used to it and I don't feel deprived, but it's hard to eat with other people.  I find it's easier to just say I'm a vegan, which is pretty much true although I do eat some fish and sometimes some egg whites.  I wasn't overweight when I started eating like this, but my weight did drop.  I went from a BMI of about 24 to 19.  

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  • sandejosgirl
    sandejosgirl Member Posts: 57
    edited September 2011

    Do you track? I've started tracking on www.livestrong.com, but I sometimes wonder about the fat grams that it gives me for things. But I am so surprised at things, like soy milk. 4gs of fat in 1 cup!!! Really? But I don't know what else to eat for breakfast.  I thought an egg and some toast, but I am gluten free and my bread is flax bread and also high in fat as the egg. :(

    Not sure what to do but keep moving forward and try to be conscious of what I am eating.

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  • Outfield
    Outfield Member Posts: 1,109
    edited September 2011

    I  use ON-TARGET nutritional tracker .  Seems usuable.

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  • Suze35
    Suze35 Member Posts: 1,045
    edited September 2011

    Stephanie - I use www.fatsecret.com to track.



    It is tough, but I try. I use light soy milk, half the fat. My typical day is 5-grain hot cereal with frozen blueberries and 1/2 cup soy milk, lunch is usually either tuna or salmon on whole grain bread, veggies/salad, homemade bean soups, and occasionally pretzels, and dinner is fish, organic chicken, veggie stir fry, whole wheat pasta, etc., with more veggies. I also have fruit thru the day, and always do a night snack - lately Greek yogurt with fresh fruit mixed in.



    I've gotten the fat down, but struggle to get 1200 calories in each day, which is my minimum to really feel good. Sometimes I'll have a low-carb protein drink, or make a fruit smoothie with fat free frozen yogurt just to get my cals up.



    I do cut myself slack about 25% of the time, which helps.

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