Look at my food diary- good/bad?

amy93w

Hey guys - any help with my diary for today - what am I doing wrong? I'm starving and ive already had my lunch and morning snacks and breakfast.


Your Food Diary For:

 Wednesday, June 7, 2017  



Breakfast Calories

Tesco - Free Range Eggs (Medium), 2 Egg - 132 
Oil - Olive Oil (1 Tsp), 0.5 tbsp(s) - 60 
Tesco - Frozen Mixed Berries, 50 g - 14 
Market - Banana, 1 banana - 105 
Margarine Tesco - Butter Me Up, 5 g - 18
Tesco Value - Golden Syrup, 8 gram - 26 

Total 355




Lunch
Tesco - Brocoli and Cauliflower Floret Mix (Frozen), 96 g - 5 florets- 29 



Total- 29



Dinner


Not yet had dinner



Snacks
Milk - Semi Milk, 100 ml - 50
Asda - Satsuma, 100 g - 28 
Tesco - Gala Apple*, 1 Apple (133g) - 71
Tesco - Crunchy Peanut Butter, 1.6 tbsp - 152 
Graze - Veggie Protein Power Beans & Cashews, 32 g - 150
Apricots - (Dried) - 5 Pcs, 5 pieces (40g) -100
Market - Banana, 0.5 banana - 53
Strawberry - Large, 2 berry- 12


Total 616

Totals 1,000
Your Daily Goal 1,327
Remaining 327

I want to lose another 20 lbs (vanity pounds now really)

tinkerbellang83

What are your stats?

janejellyroll

Well, 1,327 isn't a lot of calories.

Are you usually full on this amount of calories or is this a new plan? If it's new, how did you get your calorie goal? If you only want to lose 20 pounds, make sure you're chosen a reasonable rate of loss for each week.

amy93w

1200 is what mfp gave me - have a sedentary job but I try and do a lot of exercise - walking every night, walking to work and back. running a few times a week.

I've got 1327 today I guess from exercise on top? thanks

LisaMoxon155

Have you drank any water. That can help with hunger.
Ive had my breakfast and lunch already but have also had 2 cups of coffee and a litre of bottled water.
Are u weighing you foods?

tinkerbellang83

amy93w wrote: »

1200 is what mfp gave me - have a sedentary job but I try and do a lot of exercise - walking every night, walking to work and back. running a few times a week.

I've got 1327 today I guess from exercise on top? thanks

it gave you that from what you filled in. What is your height, current weight, age and goal weight?

janejellyroll

amy93w wrote: »

1200 is what mfp gave me - have a sedentary job but I try and do a lot of exercise - walking every night, walking to work and back. running a few times a week.

I've got 1327 today I guess from exercise on top? thanks

How many pounds did you tell MFP you wanted to lose each week? The calorie goal is based on your weight loss goal and an aggressive goal will give you lower calories.

Luna3386

I'm also seeing mostly carbs (though I am unfamiliar with some items). Protein and fats and fiber are your filling friends. Like your lunch for example, I would need to have chicken and a smidge of butter or something. Just veggies does nothing for me.

MaddMaestro

Drink water, have a protein and fiber filled breakfast. Oatmeal with bacon or something as a start. I see a lot of carbs in your breakfast for today. That can easily make you feel hungry throughout the day. Don't give up. Look around at what others are doing and do what ends up being best for you. It's trial and error

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

I'm guessing you are vegetarian.

Maybe add oats or eggs to your breakfast. Tempeh or tofu or eggs to lunch.

PearDragon

Everyone is different, but for me that would be too much sugar and not enough starchy/wholegrain carbs.

In my brain, I'd break it down like this:

2 eggs, a graze box, a tablespoon of peanut butter and small amounts of milk, olive oil and butter as protein/fats.

• Tesco - Free Range Eggs (Medium), 2 Egg - 132
• Oil - Olive Oil (1 Tsp), 0.5 tbsp(s) - 60
• Margarine Tesco - Butter Me Up, 5 g - 18
• Milk - Semi Milk, 100 ml - 50
• Tesco - Crunchy Peanut Butter, 1.6 tbsp - 152 
• Graze - Veggie Protein Power Beans & Cashews, 32 g - 150

A small amount of broccoli is the only vegetable.

• Tesco - Brocoli and Cauliflower Floret Mix (Frozen), 96 g - 5 florets- 29 

Everything else is fruit and syrup...

• Tesco - Frozen Mixed Berries, 50 g - 14 
• Market - Banana, 1 banana - 105 
• Tesco Value - Golden Syrup, 8 gram - 26 
• Asda - Satsuma, 100 g - 28 
• Tesco - Gala Apple*, 1 Apple (133g) - 71
• Apricots - (Dried) - 5 Pcs, 5 pieces (40g) -100
• Market - Banana, 0.5 banana - 53
• Strawberry - Large, 2 berry- 12

If it were me, all that sugar would make me really hungry for the rest of the day. Fruit is of course lovely and healthy, but that doesn't change the fact that it doesn't fill me up and the sugar from that much would make me crash later! I'd replace some of the fruit with more veggies and perhaps add bit more protein/some oats or potatoes.

janejellyroll

PearDragon wrote: »

Everyone is different, but for me that would be too much sugar and not enough starchy/wholegrain carbs.

In my brain, I'd break it down like this:

2 eggs, a graze box, a tablespoon of peanut butter and small amounts of milk, olive oil and butter as protein/fats.

• Tesco - Free Range Eggs (Medium), 2 Egg - 132
• Oil - Olive Oil (1 Tsp), 0.5 tbsp(s) - 60
• Margarine Tesco - Butter Me Up, 5 g - 18
• Milk - Semi Milk, 100 ml - 50
• Tesco - Crunchy Peanut Butter, 1.6 tbsp - 152 
• Graze - Veggie Protein Power Beans & Cashews, 32 g - 150

A small amount of broccoli is the only vegetable.

• Tesco - Brocoli and Cauliflower Floret Mix (Frozen), 96 g - 5 florets- 29 

Everything else is fruit and syrup...

• Tesco - Frozen Mixed Berries, 50 g - 14 
• Market - Banana, 1 banana - 105 
• Tesco Value - Golden Syrup, 8 gram - 26 
• Asda - Satsuma, 100 g - 28 
• Tesco - Gala Apple*, 1 Apple (133g) - 71
• Apricots - (Dried) - 5 Pcs, 5 pieces (40g) -100
• Market - Banana, 0.5 banana - 53
• Strawberry - Large, 2 berry- 12

If it were me, all that sugar would make me really hungry for the rest of the day. Fruit is of course lovely and healthy, but that doesn't change the fact that it doesn't fill me up and the sugar from that much would make me crash later! I'd replace some of the fruit with more veggies and perhaps add bit more protein/some oats or potatoes.

I'm the same way. This much fruit without a lot of vegetables and/or protein to balance it would leave me feeling hungry and shaky.

crb426

Don't get me wrong, I love fruit. And sugar. But having a diet of mostly sugar, even fruit sugar, is not always helpful in keeping you full all day.

Personally, I balance my meals a bit more through the day. I aim for 200 calorie breakfast, 300-400 calorie lunch, and 500-600 calorie dinner, with a few 100 calorie snacks built in. I also find that grains keep me more content. Oatmeal with fruit for breakfast, brown rice with dinner, etc.

inertiastrength

I personally fast through till lunch because I find I'm able to be (mildly) hungry with lunch dinner and snacks on the horizon vs no macros at the end of the evening. When I eat breakfast I seem to be hungrier for the whole day despite eating more cals.

cityruss

Weigh your peanut butter, banana, strawberries.

amy93w

Thanks guys. I'm not a vegetarian but don't eat much meat and if I do only at dinner. I don't each much dairy either.

I think I will try to add more protein and potatoes/other starch in instead of so much fruit.

I do weigh everything I eat, I just have a tablespoon or so of peanut butter I try to keep really accurate

StaciMarie1974

I'm seeing very little protein and grains, and I'd be hungry too.