First a correction, I once was 5’5”, but at 85 have shrunk to 5’3”. You said you had increased your calorie count because your weight was in the 140s at 5’11”. So regarding the two recommendations based on ideal diet studies, your 93 gr protein is fine, but the 125 gr carb is way above the 50 gr the Army decided based on their study for soldiers, not elderly people. Therefore, if you want to approach the Army figure and not struggle to keep your weight down with very low calorie diet, you will need to increase your good fats. Note, my calculation was at 70 gr fat to stay near the 1250 cal level.
Frankly, based on my experience losing weight from Jan. a year ago, 25 to 30 pounds with no diet suffering, if you do that your weight will not go up a lot and you will probably become a lot more healthy. Regarding counting carbs, all packaged goods now have a chart with fats, carbs, fiber, and protein. meat, fish, poultry, and seafood have almost no carbs to worry about. The green leafies and other low carb vegetables also are not of much concern if your target is 50 gr carbs a day. However other healthy carbs like brown rice and barley, whole grain breads, etc. need to be watched carefully. With them you need to read the labels, subtract the fiber grams from the total carb grams to get the NET CARB number. Add up the net carbs for each day and try not to go over 50. You can look at those figures on cans of beans and lentils to judge whether cooking the dried equivalent will work in your diet or look up figures for them on line. Seeds and nuts are also good, and even for single ingredient packages, these figures are often listed.
The first 4 months I was dieting I was trying to go no higher than 20 gr of carbs and occasionally 25 gr. Now I have stabilized around 130lb and probably consume around 35 to 45 gr of carbs. I don’t count calories. I enjoy an occasional holiday dinner, dining out, or a pot luck party, and eat all I want of the things good for me, and small tastes of rice, potatoes, and the bread with the meal. I dip my lobster pieces in melted butter with delight. On those days I eat very little until I arrive at the event, and very little again for the following one or two days. When I had my annual physical in late Jan. my lab results were the best they have been in almost a decade. I do take lots of supplements, but my only medication is for thyroid, $5 for a 3 month supply of pills. Cheers and good luck.
Many years back when I was still able to eat pretty much what I wanted, I went on a wheat free diet.
I ate rice, popcorn, and oats without counting carbs and the weight STILL fell off.
For me, wheat was the culprit. Potatoes also give me trouble but by far, wheat is the worst.
And no, I do not have celiac. Been tested for it about 5 different ways and all come back negative. It does not give me common celiac symptoms. But it does cause in me, weight gain.
More later. I have some critical software updates to make today. Tomorrow is going to be somewhat unproductive with a colonoscopy/endoscopy starting at 7:30 AM. Hopefully the docs find the gastric bleed and find a way to fix it.