Box diet
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op In concept it could be a way for you to meal plan and hit your macro and micro nutrients ...but in reality, with the example you have shown, it's a really nutrient and calories poor diet ..sorry .you should rethink0 -
sunnybeaches105 wrote: »What's in the box?!!!
Food! Usually some eggs, some tomato/cucumber salads, pasta, pepper, and chocolate. It depends on my mood largely what I put inside.
Perhaps you could make green eggs and ham?
Then you could eat from boxes
with foxes.
You could eat on train
or in the rain.
You could use MFP to pre-log
you could exercise with calorie burning zig-a-zog
You could track your macros
You could exercise with a yoga pose
Tracking your nutrition is so good you see
Just count calories and you'll feel free
Lol post of the day!0 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »What's in the box?!!!
Food! Usually some eggs, some tomato/cucumber salads, pasta, pepper, and chocolate. It depends on my mood largely what I put inside.
Perhaps you could make green eggs and ham?
Then you could eat from boxes
with foxes.
You could eat on train
or in the rain.
You could use MFP to pre-log
you could exercise with calorie burning zig-a-zog
You could track your macros
You could exercise with a yoga pose
Tracking your nutrition is so good you see
Just count calories and you'll feel free
Lol post of the day!
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kommodevaran wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »kommodevaran wrote: »juggernaut1974 wrote: »
Darn. I was already thinking "yummy children".
Taste like chicken don't they??
Right!? And the words look almost identical, if you turn your head quickly
Just needs some seasonings.0 -
I'm hungry just looking how little you are eating today
Weight loss doesn't have to be so hard. Eat more and you'll still lose!0 -
juggernaut1974 wrote: »
LOL . Really funny.0 -
Well this thread took off
op In concept it could be a way for you to meal plan and hit your macro and micro nutrients ...but in reality, with the example you have shown, it's a really nutrient and calories poor diet ..sorry .you should rethink
I have never claimed that what I showed on the picture is the food for every day. So what you are saying is simply based on the wrong assumption.0 -
Well this thread took off
op In concept it could be a way for you to meal plan and hit your macro and micro nutrients ...but in reality, with the example you have shown, it's a really nutrient and calories poor diet ..sorry .you should rethink
I have never claimed that what I showed on the picture is the food for every day. So what you are saying is simply based on the wrong assumption.
Then please show us a more typical day but I don't think you'll be any happier with the comments because your box is tiny. In all fairness, you chose the day to show us and we are only critiquing it based on what we can see. To me, that box is lunch.0 -
Maybe, but if you eat well you can eat a larger volume. Take those crab sticks for example. I love crab sticks, and I use them as a low cal snack on fast days (5 counts less than 100 cals), but never as a 'meal'. How depressing would that be?
My intake today:
Spinach, kiwi, cucumber, and coconut water smoothie - 100 cals ish
Yoshoi rice sticks - 97 cals
Spinach, tomatoes and cucumber with a handful of prawns - 102 cals
Graze miso soup and edamame beans - 97 cals
Grilled flat mushroom, poached egg, grilled tomatoes, 1 low fat sausage - 191 cals
All came in at 600 cals, yet I suspect I had a more satisfying day than yours was.
Meal planning, MFP, and food scales are your friends.
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There are calculators and devices which will help you quantitate the amount of calories you need to eat to maintain your weight at your current height/weight/activity level. For reference, I'm a 5'2 female, over 40, and my maintenance number including exercise is about 2200 calories. As a 30 year old male, yours will probably be higher than mine.
Whether you maintain, lose, or gain weight comes down to a balance between your calories in and your calories out. If you eat less than your maintenance, you will lose. If you eat more, you will gain. Knowing the numbers will help make your efforts to lose 25 lbs and keep that weight off more successful. That will help you determine what you need to put in the box.
MFP can help you estimate those numbers by putting in your basic stats and your goals. I'm not sure why you are so resistant to using this site as it is designed?
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Maybe, but if you eat well you can eat a larger volume. Take those crab sticks for example. I love crab sticks, and I use them as a low cal snack on fast days (5 counts less than 100 cals), but never as a 'meal'. How depressing would that be?
My intake today:
Spinach, kiwi, cucumber, and coconut water smoothie - 100 cals ish
Yoshoi rice sticks - 97 cals
Spinach, tomatoes and cucumber with a handful of prawns - 102 cals
Graze miso soup and edamame beans - 97 cals
Grilled flat mushroom, poached egg, grilled tomatoes, 1 low fat sausage - 191 cals
All came in at 600 cals, yet I suspect I had a more satisfying day than yours was.
Meal planning, MFP, and food scales are your friends.
And just to clarify, because I think you posted this upthread but in case the OP didn't catch it or others didn't - you are doing IF, correct? What is your calorie intake on your non fast days?0 -
WinoGelato wrote: »
Maybe, but if you eat well you can eat a larger volume. Take those crab sticks for example. I love crab sticks, and I use them as a low cal snack on fast days (5 counts less than 100 cals), but never as a 'meal'. How depressing would that be?
My intake today:
Spinach, kiwi, cucumber, and coconut water smoothie - 100 cals ish
Yoshoi rice sticks - 97 cals
Spinach, tomatoes and cucumber with a handful of prawns - 102 cals
Graze miso soup and edamame beans - 97 cals
Grilled flat mushroom, poached egg, grilled tomatoes, 1 low fat sausage - 191 cals
All came in at 600 cals, yet I suspect I had a more satisfying day than yours was.
Meal planning, MFP, and food scales are your friends.
And just to clarify, because I think you posted this upthread but in case the OP didn't catch it or others didn't - you are doing IF, correct? What is your calorie intake on your non fast days?
Average 1500 cals a day for the other 5 days a week.
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Well this thread took off
op In concept it could be a way for you to meal plan and hit your macro and micro nutrients ...but in reality, with the example you have shown, it's a really nutrient and calories poor diet ..sorry .you should rethink
I have never claimed that what I showed on the picture is the food for every day. So what you are saying is simply based on the wrong assumption.
So you have a day that's nutrition poor
Why?0 -
Actually just added up. As long as I am under 10k a week I'm happy. I just find it easier to do that if I do 5:2.WinoGelato wrote: »
Maybe, but if you eat well you can eat a larger volume. Take those crab sticks for example. I love crab sticks, and I use them as a low cal snack on fast days (5 counts less than 100 cals), but never as a 'meal'. How depressing would that be?
My intake today:
Spinach, kiwi, cucumber, and coconut water smoothie - 100 cals ish
Yoshoi rice sticks - 97 cals
Spinach, tomatoes and cucumber with a handful of prawns - 102 cals
Graze miso soup and edamame beans - 97 cals
Grilled flat mushroom, poached egg, grilled tomatoes, 1 low fat sausage - 191 cals
All came in at 600 cals, yet I suspect I had a more satisfying day than yours was.
Meal planning, MFP, and food scales are your friends.
And just to clarify, because I think you posted this upthread but in case the OP didn't catch it or others didn't - you are doing IF, correct? What is your calorie intake on your non fast days?
Average 1500 cals a day for the other 5 days a week.
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Actually just added up. As long as I am under 10k a week I'm happy. I just find it easier to do that if I do 5:2.WinoGelato wrote: »
Maybe, but if you eat well you can eat a larger volume. Take those crab sticks for example. I love crab sticks, and I use them as a low cal snack on fast days (5 counts less than 100 cals), but never as a 'meal'. How depressing would that be?
My intake today:
Spinach, kiwi, cucumber, and coconut water smoothie - 100 cals ish
Yoshoi rice sticks - 97 cals
Spinach, tomatoes and cucumber with a handful of prawns - 102 cals
Graze miso soup and edamame beans - 97 cals
Grilled flat mushroom, poached egg, grilled tomatoes, 1 low fat sausage - 191 cals
All came in at 600 cals, yet I suspect I had a more satisfying day than yours was.
Meal planning, MFP, and food scales are your friends.
And just to clarify, because I think you posted this upthread but in case the OP didn't catch it or others didn't - you are doing IF, correct? What is your calorie intake on your non fast days?
Average 1500 cals a day for the other 5 days a week.
Thanks. I just wanted to make sure the OP didn't latch onto your 600 cal day and think that was what he should be aiming for every day.0 -
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I've read some pretty arbitrary stuff, but this one is right up there. OP - I'm a 5'4 female and lose weight eating double that. Your thinking is flawed, and is likely to have negative ramifications.0
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I believe that the OP, might have; an eating disorder.0
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arditarose wrote: »asinine
Good word.0 -
That's we use MFP to log our eating and track our calories and nutrition, Valen.
If you want to lose weight, putting food in a box doesn't guarantee good nutrition or appropriate caloric intake for your goals.
It's fine to have a box, but take your items in your box for the day and log them on MFP, count your calories and check your macros to make sure you're getting proper nutrition.0 -
YEAH box diet!
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Op, if the picture in your profile is recent, combined with your goals and eating approach, I think you need to talk to a dr.0
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tcatcarson wrote: »YEAH box diet!
I read your post on my phone, which doesn't show pics, and thought you were enthused about a WHOLE different diet. Then I logged in on PC and it wasn't what I thought at all.0 -
ElizabethOakes2 wrote: »
That's we use MFP to log our eating and track our calories and nutrition, Valen.
If you want to lose weight, putting food in a box doesn't guarantee good nutrition or appropriate caloric intake for your goals.
It's fine to have a box, but take your items in your box for the day and log them on MFP, count your calories and check your macros to make sure you're getting proper nutrition.
Pre-MFP-ing the box sounds like a good idea.
The box, however, should remain.0 -
So yesterday it was like 1300 calories, not 600 .
It is very easy to underestimate the calories you consume.
To make viewing easier, I attach yesterday's box image:
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That is still at least 500 cals under the minimum level you should be eating, not to mention as others have said it is lacking in micronutrients.0
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