MRG
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That cup of oatmeal is about 25 grams of carbs. It has a lowish glycemic index, but the glucose meter will show him how much that affects his blood sugar. Whatever he is eating for breakfast appears to clamp his body's ability to use fat.
I would agree. Additionally on 1400 calories a day I would be ill. Even more so at 60% carbs. When I ate high carbs losing my ability to continue physical activity was normal.
I understand the need to cut, attempting to lose 2(1000 calorie daily deficit) pounds weekly at close to a normal BMI is very aggressive(IMO). I would look at slowing down the loss over a longer period of time.
A question for the folks that are not sure of calories or macros. What technology are you using. I've been using MyFitnessPal for almost a year and feel I understand our calories and macro distribution very well. At least to the extent the nutritional data is accurate. We don't eat out much and I cook very simply, weighing our food..
In the same amount of time I could remember what I ate, I log it and view a chart of my macros and can get to the raw data. I don't think it takes any more time. Better yet it's free there's probably another 5 or 6 that do the same thing.