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Earthboundmother
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You're on the right path, absolutely. What I recommend is looking into your BMI (Body Mass Index), and seeing how many calories you should be consuming per day, based on your height, weight, age, activity level. There are tons of counters online. Then, you just have to figure out how your body reacts to carbs; for instance... I used to be a fat kid. Huge. I did research, and slowly changed my lifestyle.
When I got down from 180 to 137, I encountered a plateau; this was remedied by me lessening the workouts, eating more, more often (little meals, like 5 a day), and cutting down on the carbs. Now, I'm a girl, so my calories are gonna be waaay different than yours. Even BMIs change per gender.
Keep in mind, also (although it sounds to me like you know healthy food, and that's usually most of the battle) hidden calories exist in sodas, any fatty dressings (mayo, etc - though there are some fantastic low fat mayonaises these days), beer, liquor - very high in calories, surprisingly. There are plenty of sites with lists of calories and fat grams, but there's also this cool book called calorie, fat & carbohydrate counter by Alan Borushek. Here's a site, though. http://www.calorieking.com/foods.
Sorry about being so prolix, but I love this subject; I'm still around because of it! I was an unhealthy panda! ; O
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