3+ Weeks, no cheats, no days over, gained 2 lbs

AliceDark

Did you create the potatoes fried in olive oil entry yourself? 220 calories for a cup of potatoes in olive oil sounds really low -- 1 tbsp of olive oil alone has 120 calories.

Same question about the stir fried tofu entry (1.5 cups for 220 calories). It depends on the type of tofu you use, but 0.5 cup of firm tofu has around 80 calories, so that's already over 220 calories before you add any oil.

It's always better to log the individual components of a dish than pick an entry from the database that sounds like what you ate. Also, did you say whether or not you're using a food scale? If not, you should be. They're cheap -- I think I paid about $18 for mine on Amazon.

MorRioghan

Alright, so here is what I see:

1. A high fat, high sugar, low to medium protein and high carb diet
2. Copious amounts of sodium
3. A lack of non-starchy vegetables
4. Some very high fitbit calorie adjustments

Eyeballing it, you are eating 1/2 a cup of sugar on average a day. Not from milk, fruit or sweet vegetables either. It seems to be coming from added sugar (ie processed foods).

Yes, a calorie is (somewhat) a calorie but sugar has this interesting way of making you hungrier.

My advice- start cooking more and eating processed food (including "vegetable mixes" with added sugar).

nicsflyingcircus

j_ringsaker wrote: »

Your sodium is high, but dude....EAT BREAKFAST!!!!!!

I've lost 122lbs not eating breakfast. Meal timing is irrelevant, quit beating that dead horse.

Mr_Knight

That diary looks awfully familiar...have we been through this before?

bteeter2

prattiger65 wrote: »

OP, its a simple math and science equation. Notice I said simple, not easy. You have to burn more calories than you consume OVER TIME. It makes not one bit of difference where those calories come from when it comes to WEIGHT LOSS. Sodium will make you retain fluid, but that will wax and wane with the intake and that is generally where you see the daily fluctuation. If you scale doesn't move any OVER TIME, you are eating too much for the level of expenditure you have. Please don't listen to the nonsense about different macros or foods being "bad", there are no "bad" foods in and of themselves. We get fat when we eat TOO MUCH of anything. Especially run from anything containing the names Dr. Lustig or Dr. Mercola.

Yeah, I always take that stuff with a grain of salt. I know someone who's been dieting forever and they "eat clean" and as much as they want because its "healthy" but don't count calories. Basically they are always wondering why they never lose weight.

The thing is, I'm a Vegan, have been for 6 years now. I already eat pretty damn well. I will readily admit, I am a carb fiend, so dieting has been hard in the sense that I used to live on chips, fries, potatoes and rice.

I've cut back to eating probably 1/4 the carbs I used to - probably less even. I'm not even hardly ever hungry anymore so its not like I'm suffering. 2K calories a day feels like I ate at a buffet to me now.

I just want to see the results.

I never cheat. I measure all my food. I do not weigh it, maybe that's an issue, but I measure with measuring cups everything I eat at home.

If I'm out, I overestimate what I ate to cover. You'll see Red Robin on my chart a lot. I love their Boca burgers and fries. But, I never actually eat the 20 fries I log. I log 20 just to be sure. Most of the time I might eat 10.

I don't sneak anything and not log it. I even log the damn ketchup I put on food.

I am stronger than I was 6 months ago, and maybe I'm swapping muscle for fat which could be part of it too. I'm pretty regularly weight lifting, running, doing elliptical and playing baseball.

Anyways, a bit of a rant, but thank you for confirming what I already knew.

LeanButNotMean44

bteeter2 wrote: »

prattiger65 wrote: »

I never cheat. I measure all my food. I do not weigh it, maybe that's an issue, but I measure with measuring cups everything I eat at home.

I guarantee that the bolded text IS the issue.