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Originally Posted by Little Linguist
Thank you so much!  No, that made a LOT of sense, actually! I'm going to go to the gym tomorrow and Saturday (prob. not Sunday). Alas, I don't have a lot of time at the beginning of next week buuuuuuut I'm on vacation starting on Thursday, so I can get a lot of workouts in!!!  So I'm really psyched about this!! Let's do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Sorry just giving myself a pep talk!!!) |
i also forgot to mention, 2-3 servings of dairy, same as protein.
this might look familiar to you
the important thing to note is that most of your vitamins and nutrients are coming from the middle 4 groups, and a big portion of your calories are coming from the grain group.
that means to lose weight, cut back from fats/sweets (obviously) and carbohydrates (1-3 servings instead of 6-11) and leave the rest alone. if you find that you arent meeting your calorie target--which is entirely likely if youre taking off 5-8 servings of grain out of a normal diet--then make that up with extra servings of protein to help with muscle development