Years trying to lose weight.

SusanMFindlay

I agree with the people who say to get a food scale. You indicated that you have 1 tsp of peanut butter on toast. I find this very unlikely. 1 tsp of peanut butter is an absolutely tiny amount that weighs less than 5 grams. Spread across a piece of toast, you'd barely be able to see the peanut butter. 1 tbsp is still a small amount of peanut butter - but it's an amount that's actually feasible to spread on a piece of toast, and it is three times as much as 1 tsp. (1 tbsp weighs about 14 g.)

I also agree with the people who pointed out that you need to log your food all seven days of the week. If you're eating restaurant food on the weekend, that can be enormous amounts of calories - more calories in a single meal than you're eating all day on one day during the week. It's one thing to maintain a deficit during the week and eat maintenance (i.e. the same number of calories as you burn) on the weekend, but if you splurge on the weekend, you could undo all of your hard work during the week.

Finally, please increase your calorie target for a day to at least 1200 calories for your own health.

Prishan22

cerise_noir wrote: »

tracymayo1 wrote: »

Prishan - you need to use MyFitnessPal and enter your information and let the program give you your goals.
Then you need to buy a food scale and use it for EVERYTHING that isn't a liquid. do NOT go off of the packaged information as it is often wrong

This is good. Chose to lose 1lb per week, or even 1.5lbs and eat all those calories. Definitely start using a digital food scale to weigh all solid and semi solid food in grams. Use cups and spoons for liquid only. Weigh butter.

Log c including vegetables, fruit, cooking oil, sauces. Every food and drink that passes your lips, log it. Log individual components of a salad or sandwich. Home cooked meals recipes get added to the recipe builder.

Dear tracymayo1, thank you so much for your comments.yes trying to log in everything.First time it seems very hard and complicated but not anymore ..feel better when I have done it!! thanks to you all for encouraging me my friend..love you all and all the best ..

Prishan22

Dear SusanMFindlay, thank you so much for your kind comment,
it's great that when you get a review by the third person, because
when you're doing wrong,it's very difficult for anyone to find out
of own wrong! That's why I need you, my friend, to see me with
your eyes.
Actually, I got a clear picture of 'weight loss' journey when I
reached this forum.
Here I need to clear about my 'peanut butter story'.I jut put 1tsp
peanut butter in on of the side of bread and rolled the piece of
bread like a finger and eat it !
But It's very eye opening for me to talking to you all.
you have a very clear knowledge about food which I have not,
thank you so much for your support and showing me the way
to come out from a dead end .thanks again my friend.

Prishan22

SusanMFindlay wrote: »

I agree with the people who say to get a food scale. You indicated that you have 1 tsp of peanut butter on toast. I find this very unlikely. 1 tsp of peanut butter is an absolutely tiny amount that weighs less than 5 grams. Spread across a piece of toast, you'd barely be able to see the peanut butter. 1 tbsp is still a small amount of peanut butter - but it's an amount that's actually feasible to spread on a piece of toast, and it is three times as much as 1 tsp. (1 tbsp weighs about 14 g.)

I also agree with the people who pointed out that you need to log your food all seven days of the week. If you're eating restaurant food on the weekend, that can be enormous amounts of calories - more calories in a single meal than you're eating all day on one day during the week. It's one thing to maintain a deficit during the week and eat maintenance (i.e. the same number of calories as you burn) on the weekend, but if you splurge on the weekend, you could undo all of your hard work during the week.

Finally, please increase your calorie target for a day to at least 1200 calories for your own health.

Dear SusanMFindlay, thank you so much for your kind comment,
it's great that when you get a review by the third person, because
when you're doing wrong,it's very difficult for anyone to find out
of own wrong! That's why I need you, my friend, to see me with
your eyes.
Actually, I got a clear picture of 'weight loss' journey when I
reached this forum.
Here I need to clear about my 'peanut butter story'.I jut put 1tsp
peanut butter in on of the side of bread and rolled the piece of
bread like a finger and eat it !
But It's very eye opening for me to talking to you all.
you have a very clear knowledge about food which I have not,
thank you so much for your support and showing me the way
to come out from a dead end .thanks again my friend.