Cuando de dietas se trata, rápido pensamos que debemos disminuir el consumo de calorías... pero no siempre es así para conseguir lo que queremos.

La bloguera Madalin Giorgetta lo demostró al añadir 1,000 calorías a su dieta de 800, tal como lo cuenta el portal de noticias RT en español.

La australiana de 27 años quería un cuerpo más tonificado, por lo que su nutricionista le recomendó agregar las cantidad de calorías mencionadas y un 50 por ciento de carbohidratos a su dieta diaria.

"Cuando consumía 800 calorías al día, pensaba que estaba llevando una vida saludable... No pierdan su tiempo comiendo ensaladas cuando podrían estar comiendo papas dulces y tortas de plátano. Comer más y ponerse en forma. De verdad funciona", explica Giorgetta mediante su cuenta de Instagram.

"Empecé con 52 kilos (115 libras) y ahora estoy en 52 kilos... Tengo abdominales, bíceps visibles y un trasero bonito, así que no me quejo. Y ni hablar de mi salud mental y lo increíble y llena de energía que me siento cada día", dice la joven.

Let's just preface this by saying no, I did not have an ED. When I was eating 800 calories a day, I thought I was healthy. I was eating healthy food, but hardly any macronutrients. I was curious to find out what my macros were like before I actually started counting my macros, so I entered my old foods into @myfitnesspal to find out. I was quiet astonished to see how little protein and carbs I was eating. 800 calories seems absurdly low as now I need minimum 1500 calories to be full, but at the time 800 calories was keeping me full because that's what my body was used to. After a while though, salad simply wasn't cutting it, and for all the restrictions I was placing on my diet, I simply wasn't seeing the results I had anticipated. So I got in touch with a PT and nutritional coach and got my macros sorted. When he first told me to eat 50% carbs I nearly died! I was eating about 10% carbs before and could not fathom how 50% carbs would not make me fat. I also freaked out at all the calories. I've been keeping an excel spreadsheet and in the first week of being on macros my average calories for the week was a little over 1000. I remember how hard I struggled to actually eat the size of my meals. I would just put my lunch next to my desk and eat it over the course of 3 hours as I couldn't eat it in one sitting! Now my stomach can take way more and is much happier! In the second week I was averaging 1600 calories a day! It didn't take long for my body to catch up. A part of me may always have that mindset that relates not eating with weight loss and "being good today". Sometimes I may forget to eat lunch just because I got busy and for a second I will revert back to old thinking, and think "ohh, I've done really well today and haven't eaten much at all." That's why I love tracking my macros. It will tell me "Maddy, you need to eat more. Go eat 3 potatoes". And I'll pat myself on the back for being healthy and doing really good today! If you're under feeding yourself in an effort to lose weight, don't do what I did for so long. Don't waste your time eating salad when you could be eating sweet potatoes and banana pancakes. Eat more and get fit. It actually works ????

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