How did that happen?

shawnreyb

I'm still at the beginning of taking my meals to see where I'm going wrong. This morning, I had a two egg omelette with cheese. With that one meal I have ate all the fat I'm supposed to eat for the day. How did this happen? What do I do for the rest of the day?
-Scared to eat more

louubelle16

Eggs and cheese have a lot of fat, plus any oil you cooked the omelettes in. Personally, I would have had one omelette with no cheese. Still yummy, but much less fat. Two really is twice as much as you need...

livingleanlivingclean

louubelle16 wrote: »

Eggs and cheese have a lot of fat, plus any oil you cooked the omelettes in. Personally, I would have had one omelette with no cheese. Still yummy, but much less fat. Two really is twice as much as you need...

I would have used 1 egg with whites, plus the cheese. Or find a low fat cheese... Or use less cheese (how much did you use?).. Or a stronger tasting cheese so you need less (parmesan perhaps)

Or question whether you're eating too little fat...

Celestina_Loving

If you're just starting out, I would eat how you normally eat for a day so you can see what your diet really looks like(might show you where you had been going wrong). I had my husband do that when he started and it was a real eye opener. You just need to learn to plan out your meals, it's like a big puzzle trying to make everything fit.

PaytraB

luckytruck6 wrote: »

If you're just starting out, I would eat how you normally eat for a day so you can see what your diet really looks like(might show you where you had been going wrong). I had my husband do that when he started and it was a real eye opener. You just need to learn to plan out your meals, it's like a big puzzle trying to make everything fit.

This. It takes awhile to figure out what you should/need to change in your current consumption. Don't change anything and log well for a few days. You'll see the patterns that need to be tweaked a little bit.

Confuzzled4ever

What??? Your fat is probably set to low. Unless you ate a lot of cheese. 2 eggs is not too many. When I eat eggs I eat 2 eggs + 2 or 3 egg white, a lot of veggies and cheese and an English muffin or biscuit. What else did you have besides the 2 eggs with cheese? That's barely 300 calories, like I said, unless you ate a lot of cheese with it. Fat is not the devil. Fat from cheese is healthy.

marcelo_templario

Yes, your fat portion is too low, check it.

shawnreyb

I was just using what the app provided. It said I was only supposed to have 30% for the day. I ate double that.

I know if I eat regularly, that I easily eat over 2,000 calories.

Ready2Rock206

Are you talking about the circle? That will keep changing as you eat more. You are over 30% for that meal. Next meal eat less fat than protein or carbs.

myepi

For breakfast I eat poached eggs with truffle flavored salt. Each egg I put on half of toasted english muffin. Omletes with cheese and oil/butter just isn't reasonable for most of the people.

LoupGarouTFTs

myepi wrote: »

For breakfast I eat poached eggs with truffle flavored salt. Each egg I put on half of toasted english muffin. Omletes with cheese and oil/butter just isn't reasonable for most of the people.

Doesn't it depend on what goes into the omelet? I have two eggs, scrambled with milk, onions, peppers, cheese, and sausage and still manage to eat for the rest of the day--even if I use butter instead of cooking spray.

RodaRose

It's ok to go over in fat or carbs. Look for these two numbers:
1 Get all your protein
2 Stay at your calorie number.

shawnreyb

Thank you everyone for your comments. I will try tweaking my diet to see if i can do better.

SuggaD

Agree that your fat is set too low. And don't be scared of fat. I eat a lot of it and it doesn't translate to body fat.

canary_girl

I personally don't keep track of fat. I try to eat all my protein and get 40g of fiber and keep my calories in line.

ASKyle

How much cheese did you use? I would have to eat over a cup of shredded cheese to even come close to my fat goal. Are you measuring your food?

wizzybeth

I don't track fat or sugars/carbs. I only count calories and I make sure I get my calcium, iron, protein, and fiber for the day.