Wow - now I know why my cutting was so slow

[Sim882]

I had what I thought was a pumpkin addiction, except what we call pumpkin I just found today is called in US butternut squash.

Whilst cutting, I was eating 1.5kg per day, as its cheap in Aus, and I was thinking that this was 375 cals, and less than 90 carbs. Although high GI, the foods fairly low in sugar and i was thinking given how filling this was and nutritious, it was a worthy carb investment given I wasn't low carbing.

Well turns out that this is apparently US butternut squash, 675 calories, and a 175 carbs!

No wonder I was cutting so slowly, because the 500-700 calorie deficit I planned turned out to be far less.

Has this ever happened to anyone? At least the positive out of it is that I know I can lose weight on a relatively high amount of carbs (must have been close to 300), and my metabolism is faster than I thought (I must have been consuming 2800-3000 cals average, which isn't that low cutting at my weight). I think I dropped 2 - 2.5 kilos in 8-10 weeks, so it was quite slow, and in retrospect, I'm a bit shitty with the mistake I made

 

[lacoste]

I had done something similar with my measurements. I wasn't measuring food properly. Which can have a huge difference on the total calorie count. Glad you caught it man. Now you should see a nice little boost, although it looks like you are already pretty lean, maybe 10-11ish in the you avatar.

 

[Powerbuilder333]

If it works - stick with it.
Never tried a pumpkin diet, nor a squash diet - lol.

 

[Sim882]

I'm a bit leaner now than the avatar, and decided to end the cutting.

I'm thinking next time will be more effective though.

I chose pumpkin because it's sugar content is lower per carb than even brocolli, although it's GI is much higher because it behaves like a starch. Apparently the true pumpkin not the squash I was eating tastes terrible though

 

[deathdroprob]

That must be a load off, knowing this haha, good luck with future cutting