Where are the calories coming from?
 

I've tried coming up with low carb meal plans in preparation for beginning TSP this coming week. However, they are coming out to about 1000 calories/day. This is _definitely_ not enough. Where do the calories come from? How does one get up to, say, 1600 cals/day?

Make sure you're adding enough fat.

Jen

Definitely the fat. Fat has more than twice the calories of carbs or protein per gram.

I add 1 tablespoon of butter to my 1/3 cup (measured dry) of oatmeal in the morning, and the butter has as many calories as the oatmeal. Don't skimp on the oil & vinegar dressing on your salads, either. And nuts for snacks -- I think they're practically the perfect food.

*smacking forehead*
 

Of _course_, I knew I was forgetting something. Hee hee. I think I'm just so used to _not_ eating fat that it didn't even occur to me.

:p