Tell me what im doing wrong.

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    edited February 2016
    OP, with 3 pounds to lose you need to weigh your food! Walnuts, peanut butter, even your triscuits. Peanut butter is very calorie dense, and so are nuts. You are not logging accurately, sorry. There is NO room for error when your this close to goal.

    ETA-protein powder should be weighed too! My scoop comes out to 40grams but the serving is only 30 grams.
  • dalielahdawn
    dalielahdawn Posts: 141 Member
    No. Don't log anything according to what the package says is in a serving. It's almost always more. And depending on what the product is, it can be off by a lot.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Just weight until you weigh your peanut butter. I can almost guarantee you are eating more of it than you think.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Just weight until you weigh your peanut butter. I can almost guarantee you are eating more of it than you think.

    Yep yep. Here's 32 grams, 190 calories .
    https://instagram.com/p/9FRabJg0iU/embed/
  • Mapalicious
    Mapalicious Posts: 412 Member
    Superreal wrote: »
    Wow... i thought if i ate a 1/4 of a bar then thats how many calories that is. . Thats kind of crazy seeing thats why they put caloroe amount on the pkg.

    You don't seem to like the answers given here, eh?

  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Just weight until you weigh your peanut butter. I can almost guarantee you are eating more of it than you think.

    Yep yep. Here's 32 grams, 190 calories .
    https://instagram.com/p/9FRabJg0iU/embed/

    Most depressing :cry:

  • Blondie_130
    Blondie_130 Posts: 22 Member
    edited February 2016
    BurnWithBarn2015 wrote: »
    You are eating more calories than you think
    Tighten up your logging

    Look at this short video and see what not weighing certain foods can do. ( hundreds of calories difference)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY


    It is really important with a small deficit and the leaner you are to be accurate. Or otherwise cut more in your daily calorie allowance.
    Looking at your diary it seems you are not weighing everything and like others said half days logged. So it looks inaccurate.

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    WOW. Thank you for sharing that video! Holy smokes. I use spoons/cups for everything. Absolutely switching to the scale from now on!!!
  • Superreal
    Superreal Posts: 23 Member
    Mapalicious wrote: »
    Superreal wrote: »
    Wow... i thought if i ate a 1/4 of a bar then thats how many calories that is. . Thats kind of crazy seeing thats why they put caloroe amount on the pkg.

    You don't seem to like the answers given here, eh?

    Hence the pkg.. didnt think i needed to weigh a .25 of the bar... i appreciate answers...
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Superreal wrote: »
    Mapalicious wrote: »
    Superreal wrote: »
    Wow... i thought if i ate a 1/4 of a bar then thats how many calories that is. . Thats kind of crazy seeing thats why they put caloroe amount on the pkg.

    You don't seem to like the answers given here, eh?

    Hence the pkg.. didnt think i needed to weigh a .25 of the bar... i appreciate answers...

    There is always a margin of error allowed on packaged items, I believe up to 20% but someone correct me if I'm wrong. I eat these 80 calories sausages, they're supposed to weigh 68 grams. Some weigh 75grams, and I eat 3 at a time...If I need to get serious about losing, you bet I'm weighing them.
  • dalielahdawn
    dalielahdawn Posts: 141 Member
    "Tell me what I'm doing wrong".

    You're logging portions of packages, instead of by actual weight. You're not accurately logging, which means a lot when you don't have much to lose.
    That is the answer to your question. Sorry you don't like it, but it is what it is.
  • Superreal
    Superreal Posts: 23 Member
    dalielahdawn wrote: »
    "Tell me what I'm doing wrong".

    You're logging portions of packages, instead of by actual weight. You're not accurately logging, which means a lot when you don't have much to lose.
    That is the answer to your question. Sorry you don't like it, but it is what it is.

    Never said i didnt like it..glad i know
  • gmallan
    gmallan Posts: 2,099 Member
    Even if you don't end up weighing everything 100% of the time even doing it for a week or two can be a massive eye-opener.
  • BurnWithBarn2015
    BurnWithBarn2015 Posts: 1,026 Member
    edited February 2016
    Superreal wrote: »
    Mapalicious wrote: »
    Superreal wrote: »
    Wow... i thought if i ate a 1/4 of a bar then thats how many calories that is. . Thats kind of crazy seeing thats why they put caloroe amount on the pkg.

    You don't seem to like the answers given here, eh?

    Hence the pkg.. didnt think i needed to weigh a .25 of the bar... i appreciate answers...

    I use sometimes a meal bar/protein bar etc. Those are high calories
    some are 400 calories 64 grams
    I had till now, not one that was 64 gram...always more. So 1 gram of a 400 calorie bar is over 6 calories per gram
    Meaning when i eat a 68 gram bar is 425 calories and not 400.
    Now you would say 25 more...meh not much...But what if you eat 2 a day
    Or your other calories you dont calculate for?
    It ads quickly up to over 100 calories a day, forgotten or inaccuracy's
    so 700 a week not counted
    5 weeks 3500 calories = 1lbs!!!!!

    I run a small ( very small deficit) i am accurate. I lose weight on 2000 calories a day....slowly but i lose.
    So weighing ALL my food ( even my spices and coffee which add up to some days 80 calories for me) is important.

    So some people say meh....i dont care...some people dont have to, others dont want to.

    But i like to be accurate and eat as much as i can and still lose weight.


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