On Nov 16, 2:34*am, "Info" wrote:
If this is a duplicate, please accept my apologies.

I weigh 184 and am 5'7". *I need to lose twenty pounds and I cannot exercise
because I'm in a wheelchair.

What is your daily calorie intake and what do you eat to keep your taste
buds interested when you've cut back on food or calories?

My baseline metabolic rate is around 2200 (although I suspect it's
gone down a bit, as I've lost weight). Right now, I'm taking in
anywhere from 1000-1500 calories a day. Most days I hit 1200 pretty
consistently, but no diet is without falter.

I'm a resident undergraduate student, so my choices are unfortunately
somewhat limited, but on a average weekday:

Breakfast (~300 cal)
Generally, nothing. But if I do eat something, it's a bagel with
cream cheese & black coffee

Lunch (~500 cal)
A wrap or sandwich (anything from buffalo chicken to turkey club)
A bag of chips (generally try to stick to something in the 200 cal
range)

Occasionally, I'll opt for a 6" sub instead (turkey+green peppers).

Dinner (~600 cal)
This is my grabbag meal. I generally end up with some kind of meat/
veggie mix from an all-you-care-to-eat facility, but sometimes I opt
for two slices of pizza or something instead.

Snack (80 cal)
I chow down on a Dannon Light & Fit Yogurt. They're the best I've
found, to date. Sometimes I stir in a little granola.


I eat All Bran with skim milk in the AM and at least two apples a day. I
drink four or five glasses of water *a day, some decaf tea and two Metamucil
cocktails. *I also take several B-Complex vitamins. I ran into some 90
calorie "garden burgers" and 230 frozen dinners. *I hardly ever use salt.