FIRST, I gotta make one thing clear: PLEASE don't recommend any kind of a Keto diet to me! I am a vegan, and I really value that and it's near impossible to combine the two. I avoid useless carbs, but I need to base my diet around things like oats, fruit, beans, legumes and vegetables. Thank you.
Ok, so I've started the process of losing some weight, I am not very obese but clearly a little chubby, and carry all of my weight on my waist which obviously is BAD.
To be honest, I have a horrible relationship with my body and food, and I plan not to weight myself until I feel mentally prepared to. I am F/27, 5'8 and estimated 180-185 lbs (not sure if I converted these correctly, I'm from a country that uses the metric system) as I used to be 143 lbs and consider that my goal.
I've never really eaten a lot of junk food or sweet things, but I think portion control is my issue. I actually gained all this weight RAPIDLY trying intermittent fasting (an 8-hour eating window or even shorter) , so it clearly didn't work for me, and I got really sick.
The thing is, I suffer from severe GERD (acid reflux disease) and got the advice from a doctor to eat tiny portions, the size of my palm, every 2-3 hours and stop eating at 7PM.
I've eaten this way for a week (and together with medication it helps with my GERD) and counted calories. I eat the things I would normally eat, and it's impossible for me to surpass 1300 calories. One day I needed to have a big glass of juice to reach a 1000... I'm not hungry at all and have all the energy I need.
So I'd assume eating 1200-1300 kcal a day I'd lose weight, but is that safe? So many pages say it's gonna put your body in a starvation mode and damage your metabolism etc.
I also don't have a lot of muscle, and have never exercised seriously, but have an active lifestyle otherwise (spending all day on my feet).
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