3. Daily nutrition accountability
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@katdanash I hope your loved one is doing better. All my best to them and you.
@animalrob37 Thank you for the heads up about the inaccuracies! What were some of the biggest culprits that you discovered, if I may ask?
Despite the stress levels, I came in a good bit under calories yesterday (always happens when I do a zoodle dinner, gotta
the little green squash ). Today is a better day. So far on plan and feeling ok. 0 -
over yesterday, shaky today0
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Nuari, well lets just take a simple Coke for instance. Nobody could possibly screw up entering that right? Well lets see.
20 oz Coke - 240 calories (correct answer)
20 oz Whataburger Coke - 300 calories (hmm do they add extra sugar?)
30 oz Mcdonalds Coke - 300 calories (???)
24 oz Mcdonalds Coke - 280 calories (???)
ok new example
Boneless skinless Chicken Breast Raw
4 oz = 140 calories (calorie count.com, also on Tyson Farms Label)
4 oz = 110 - 184 depending on the entry. That is just for ones that say Raw, most don't say at all.
67% is a pretty big variation.
Then most people don't put the other nutrients in the system and so you can't trust anything it says.
All the meats are screwed up, even packaged goods that say clearly on there what it has. This frustrates me. If you are not capable of entering basic information correctly, then pick somebody elses entry that is already there instead of cluttering it up!
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On track for calories and good fruit and veg count.0
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I came in a few hundred calories under for the third day in a row (still making sure to get at least 1200 though).0
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Under my calorie goal . right at my water goal. Made a homemade eggplant parmesan. Omg so good !!!!0
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Ugh I'm really struggling today, I had most of my calories eaten by 11am. I am having a very small supper needless to say
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@katdanash I hope your loved one is doing better. All my best to them and you .
Thank you brother is doing well for just haveing major surgery . dad said he felt a little better today .0 -
Stayed on plan today. Had some fleeting cravings to binge tonight, but ate a high protein supper & feel good
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...I did pretty well on Wednesday! No "rationalized eating" & I stayed under count.0
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Good day with plenty of fruit and veg.0
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Will be glad when life is back to normal .. Did good til dinner and then old self creeped in on me .. But was better than I would have done 6 weeks ago0
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On track today but was over yesterday.0
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Did really well again today. 1
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Finished today under my limit, so a good day. Ate another high protein supper & I think that is helping take away late evening cravings!0
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Yesterday was not too bad not that great nutritionally, but was under count0
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Doing OK today not great but OK0
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I came in under my calorie goal today, but I ate a few things I really shouldn't have.0
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Yesterday I was really under. I had planned a small meal after hanging out with friends but ended up going straight to bed.0
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Date night. Cheesecake Factory. Stayed within budget. WIN!
Their Skinnylicious menu is really quite good. I had a bowl of pasta for 570 calories and then split a slice of cheesecake for dessert.1 -
Went over by 25 Calories not a terrible day but I can do better0
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jesscoll317 wrote: »Date night. Cheesecake Factory. Stayed within budget. WIN!
Holy moly, I didn't think I'd ever read "Cheesecake Factory" and "stayed within budget" in the same sentence. Well done indeed!!!0 -
It's been a very meh few days. My stress level has been sky high, and Friday I was on the go from 6:30 am until 10:30 pm. I managed to stay within or very close to caloric budget each day, but my eating didn't feel good, if that makes any sense. I also had to rely on coffee to keep me going, and ended up not drinking enough water. I'm going to make a point of chugging down the H20 today.0
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I've been naughty and eaten a tub of Oreo ice cream I found in the freezer
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My food intake has been rubbish for last two weeks or so, been really ill with bipolar and also gastric upset which often go hand in hand for me. I hate it so much. Always the same pattern. First I very abruptly feel utterly exhausted and very weak so every movement is a huge effort, next I notice my mood drops into a deepening depression, next I find it very hard to get up out of bed, the tiredness gets progressively worse. Next I feel ravenously hungry all the time and get lots of cravings. I then am so exhausted and depressed and fuzzy headed that I give in to the cravings. I then get severe gastric upset and this all worsens over several weeks until one day I wake up and become aware I am actually awake and not a zombie. My motivation and mood spontaneously rise up out of the ashes, I clean up weeks worth of mess and catch up on everything. I tentatively look at scales and have usually gained about 20lb from fluid inflammation, muscle wastage and blubber increase. I notice my appetite drops away abruptly. Using my renewed motivation and consciousness abilities I resume eating healthy. It takes a few days but the gastric upset settles down and over next two weeks my weight rapidly drops as fluid retention goes and body composition adjusts back to my normal. While enjoying feeling human and with functioning digestive system I once again enjoy doing things like being able to leave my home and go for walks etc. My energy levels and mood rise and then one day I abruptly feel utterly exhausted and whole thing repeats. It is like some weird form or torture. I hate living like this. I hate bipolar.
I am now going to look into GAPS diet which all about gut bacteria and how imbalances in that can poison body and affect brain function. It seems to fit my issues.
http://www.gaps.me/?page0 -
ObesityWarrior wrote: »My food intake has been rubbish for last two weeks or so, been really ill with bipolar and also gastric upset which often go hand in hand for me. I hate it so much. Always the same pattern. First I very abruptly feel utterly exhausted and very weak so every movement is a huge effort, next I notice my mood drops into a deepening depression, next I find it very hard to get up out of bed, the tiredness gets progressively worse. Next I feel ravenously hungry all the time and get lots of cravings. I then am so exhausted and depressed and fuzzy headed that I give in to the cravings. I then get severe gastric upset and this all worsens over several weeks until one day I wake up and become aware I am actually awake and not a zombie. My motivation and mood spontaneously rise up out of the ashes, I clean up weeks worth of mess and catch up on everything. I tentatively look at scales and have usually gained about 20lb from fluid inflammation, muscle wastage and blubber increase. I notice my appetite drops away abruptly. Using my renewed motivation and consciousness abilities I resume eating healthy. It takes a few days but the gastric upset settles down and over next two weeks my weight rapidly drops as fluid retention goes and body composition adjusts back to my normal. While enjoying feeling human and with functioning digestive system I once again enjoy doing things like being able to leave my home and go for walks etc. My energy levels and mood rise and then one day I abruptly feel utterly exhausted and whole thing repeats. It is like some weird form or torture. I hate living like this. I hate bipolar.
I am now going to look into GAPS diet which all about gut bacteria and how imbalances in that can poison body and affect brain function. It seems to fit my issues.
http://www.gaps.me/?page
That's rough! I hope you find something that helps soon! Hang in there!0 -
Work stuff destroyed the last half of my week, I was thankfully able to stay on budget food-wise.0
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I'm on vacation starting now . food has been crappy today . all I am craving is carbs.. Ugh but I will be OK. Brush myself off and start new tomorrow.0
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ObesityWarrior wrote: »My food intake has been rubbish for last two weeks or so, been really ill with bipolar and also gastric upset which often go hand in hand for me. I hate it so much. Always the same pattern. First I very abruptly feel utterly exhausted and very weak so every movement is a huge effort, next I notice my mood drops into a deepening depression, next I find it very hard to get up out of bed, the tiredness gets progressively worse. Next I feel ravenously hungry all the time and get lots of cravings. I then am so exhausted and depressed and fuzzy headed that I give in to the cravings. I then get severe gastric upset and this all worsens over several weeks until one day I wake up and become aware I am actually awake and not a zombie. My motivation and mood spontaneously rise up out of the ashes, I clean up weeks worth of mess and catch up on everything. I tentatively look at scales and have usually gained about 20lb from fluid inflammation, muscle wastage and blubber increase. I notice my appetite drops away abruptly. Using my renewed motivation and consciousness abilities I resume eating healthy. It takes a few days but the gastric upset settles down and over next two weeks my weight rapidly drops as fluid retention goes and body composition adjusts back to my normal. While enjoying feeling human and with functioning digestive system I once again enjoy doing things like being able to leave my home and go for walks etc. My energy levels and mood rise and then one day I abruptly feel utterly exhausted and whole thing repeats. It is like some weird form or torture. I hate living like this. I hate bipolar.
I also have bipolar and PCOS and get very, very bad GI problems from both. I'm on Metformin for the PCOS (can't take birth control, which is the usual treatment, because of my bipolar meds) and it does help with the gastric problems a fair amount. However, I can 100% relate to not being able to leave the house, even for 20 minutes in episodes like this. It's completely awful and makes it even harder to try not to sink into such a deep depression, because it literally locks you in your house 24/7.
Eating right obviously helps immensely... but when your mood just... plummets without any warning eating right is incredibly hard to do. I'm really sorry you have to go through it. I do too and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
My daily report: I've been really good this week and have been under my calorie goal everyday. I haven't felt pleased with a few of the things I've been eating for the last couple days (ice cream, muffins, candy) even though I was under. I just notice how much worse I feel when I eat a lot of sugar. Again, my GI tract turns to hell with my mood fluctuations and PCOS and carbs make it terribly bad. Even a small amount of 100% fruit juice can give me tummy troubles.
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The day overall was not too bad! Mainly because, to avoid wandering in & out of the kitchen to "graze", I researched how to determine the nutritional value of home made foods...tedious, but interesting & distracting!0
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