The Hemp Connection + women's health

Follow along with our counseling session

Earlier this week, I conducted a counseling session on our radio program with an inCYST fan. If you missed it, and you would like to listen in, you can hear it at BlogTalkRadio. These broadcasts, BTW, can be downloaded as podcasts, which you can listen to while commuting, working out, etc…please take advantage!

We'll be having ongoing contact with our client so that you can follow along with her progress.

To continue with what we discussed on the radio, here is some information.

I have estimated, given the information this client gave me, that to maintain the goal weight she identified, she would need to eat about 1900 calories a day.

Often times calories levels are calculated by estimating what it takes to maintain current weight, then subtracting 500 calories a day for each desired pound of loss per week. However, the calorie levels this calculation creates are so low they cannot be easily followed, they provoke cravings, and they make it very hard to exercise.

My approach is to learn to eat to maintain where you want to be. That way, instead of bouncing between starvation and bingeing, you're learning what normal eating is.

Also, since our client wanted to know how much added sugar she can have, we're going to use the guideline of 7.5% of total calories. That works out to 143 total calories, or 35 grams. We may have to dial this down, but that is our starting point to evaluate how her body handles it.

Our client's assignment is to take a look at how much sugar she has been eating compared to what I've recommended. If it's over, she's not necessary FAILING, she's just identified an opportunity for us to figure out some solutions that will work for her.

Stay tuned as we progress!

And if you're interested in setting up a consultation for yourself, please contact me directly at monika at afterthediet.com

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Follow along with our counseling session + women's health