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<blockquote data-quote="Gracie204" data-source="post: 2434866" data-attributes="member: 515464"><p>Hi Muzza3</p><p></p><p>Thank you very much for your time and help that you have so generously given in helping me understand the PE Diet. However, you're probably going to wish you hadn't, because I'm struggling!</p><p></p><p>Right, I understand what I was doing wrong in the first instance, thinking that the weight of the rib eye steak equated to how many grams of protein I should be eating when in fact I should have been looking at the actual grams of protein contained in the steak. So although the steak may weigh 8 oz, it only has 37 grams of actual protein in it, and it is this figure I should be working on.</p><p></p><p>So I looked up the following:</p><p></p><p>8oz Rib Eye Steak 37 grams of protein</p><p>3 Medium Eggs 17.1 grams of protein</p><p>100 grams Sea Bass 23.9 grams of protein</p><p></p><p>Totalling 78 grams of protein.</p><p></p><p>This amount of protein would be more than enough for me to eat in a day, but according to the PE Diet I'm allowed 140 grams protein per day, so if I ate the above I would have shortfall of 62 grams of protein. Or am I getting it totally wrong?</p><p></p><p>You quote the ratio figure of 1.17, and I have come across a chart showing various foods and accompanying vegetables, and a figure at the side perhaps saying 1.5. Poultry and vegetables, for instance, show a figure of 2.5, which is higher than the ratios you quoted of 1.2/1.3. So would eating the higher ratio food be a good thing or a bad one?</p><p></p><p>And I never realised how many carbs there are in above the ground vegetables until today when I looked them up. I've always eaten quite a few vegetables believing that they are good for me. For instance, two cups of cauliflower contains ten grams of carbs, and I love cauliflower, cooked, mashed with butter and a teaspoonful of mustard added. And one cup of green beans has 7.9 grams of carbohydrates. No wonder I cannot lose weight! Been eating too many vegetables.</p><p></p><p>Are you thinking I'm a lost cause? You'd probably be right. Perhaps I'd be best sticking to low carb, and just cutting down on the fats?</p><p></p><p>Best wishes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gracie204, post: 2434866, member: 515464"] Hi Muzza3 Thank you very much for your time and help that you have so generously given in helping me understand the PE Diet. However, you're probably going to wish you hadn't, because I'm struggling! Right, I understand what I was doing wrong in the first instance, thinking that the weight of the rib eye steak equated to how many grams of protein I should be eating when in fact I should have been looking at the actual grams of protein contained in the steak. So although the steak may weigh 8 oz, it only has 37 grams of actual protein in it, and it is this figure I should be working on. So I looked up the following: 8oz Rib Eye Steak 37 grams of protein 3 Medium Eggs 17.1 grams of protein 100 grams Sea Bass 23.9 grams of protein Totalling 78 grams of protein. This amount of protein would be more than enough for me to eat in a day, but according to the PE Diet I'm allowed 140 grams protein per day, so if I ate the above I would have shortfall of 62 grams of protein. Or am I getting it totally wrong? You quote the ratio figure of 1.17, and I have come across a chart showing various foods and accompanying vegetables, and a figure at the side perhaps saying 1.5. Poultry and vegetables, for instance, show a figure of 2.5, which is higher than the ratios you quoted of 1.2/1.3. So would eating the higher ratio food be a good thing or a bad one? And I never realised how many carbs there are in above the ground vegetables until today when I looked them up. I've always eaten quite a few vegetables believing that they are good for me. For instance, two cups of cauliflower contains ten grams of carbs, and I love cauliflower, cooked, mashed with butter and a teaspoonful of mustard added. And one cup of green beans has 7.9 grams of carbohydrates. No wonder I cannot lose weight! Been eating too many vegetables. Are you thinking I'm a lost cause? You'd probably be right. Perhaps I'd be best sticking to low carb, and just cutting down on the fats? Best wishes. [/QUOTE]
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