Can u check my diary?
karyabc
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Hi there, I believe my diary its open, if anyone has the time to check it out and give any advice or opinions I'll appreciate it.
I'm 5'6, female 283.8 lbs, bmi 45.8 I believe, I have everything set to lose 2lbs per week on 1400 cals according to mfp sugestions.
I started logging on August 3rd, I don't do cheat meal, have a scale and put everything first there, anything that u may see tbsp, cups or whatever, I dont have measure cups and only use grams for solids and oz for liquids.
Since I start logging 19 days I lost 2.2lbs and last 7 days 200g.
I know any progress it's progress but guys look at my diary, am I doing something wrong
? I'm not even close to 1400 most days.
Thank you.
**and yes the few days you see lower than 1000 that was exactly what I ate, was in my time of the month and dont eat much around those days.
Hi there, I believe my diary its open, if anyone has the time to check it out and give any advice or opinions I'll appreciate it.
I'm 5'6, female 283.8 lbs, bmi 45.8 I believe, I have everything set to lose 2lbs per week on 1400 cals according to mfp sugestions.
I started logging on August 3rd, I don't do cheat meal, have a scale and put everything first there, anything that u may see tbsp, cups or whatever, I dont have measure cups and only use grams for solids and oz for liquids.
Since I start logging 19 days I lost 2.2lbs and last 7 days 200g.
I know any progress it's progress but guys look at my diary, am I doing something wrong
? I'm not even close to 1400 most days.Thank you.
**and yes the few days you see lower than 1000 that was exactly what I ate, was in my time of the month and dont eat much around those days.
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If you're actually weighing everything, and you're actually logging everything, and you don't have a medical condition, then you just need to give it time. Have you started a new exercise program too, because that can lead to retaining water weight? Either way, you are just getting started. I weigh about 100 lbs less than you right now and am down 23 lbs this year averaging 1900-2300/day (with moderate exercise), so you certainly should be able to lose weight if you really truly are keeping to 1400. My diary is open if you want to check out the glory that was this past weekend (warning - I ate mostly garbage, but I kept it below maintenance!).5
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Looks fine to me. Give it more time and you'll see the trends start to develop. Technically you're only 3 pounds or so off - that's normal variation.3
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MegaMooseEsq wrote: »If you're actually weighing everything, and you're actually logging everything, and you don't have a medical condition, then you just need to give it time. Have you started a new exercise program too, because that can lead to retaining water weight. Either way, you are just getting started. I weigh about 100 lbs less than you right now and am down 23 lbs this year averaging 1900-2300/day (with moderate exercise), so you certainly should be able to lose weight if you really truly are keeping to 1400. My diary is open if you want to check out the glory that was this past weekend (warning - I ate mostly garbage, but I kept it below maintenance!).
Yes I 100% ate exactly what it's log, no medical condition, last week went twice to the doctor and did test and he call me saying everything was great.
No exercise, I know commonly when you start any program that may happen, and since I've notice things are not working out too well and haven't figure out yet the calorie part, that's on hold for now.
I'm scare to eat the 1400 cal, will I lose anything at all, I started logging 21 days ago on mfp but really this week 9 for me.
Tx u anyway.0 -
In terms of your diary, though, I would note that it does not look like you are actually weighing your snacks - those could be one place where calories are adding up. Prepackaged stuff is often much larger than the estimated portion, and nutrition labels can be off up to 20% in the US, but you can at least compare the weight to the grams listed. Also, to be super blunt (since you asked for advice), if you weight 283 lbs I assume that you weren't eating anything remotely like this a month ago - you're really setting yourself up for failure if you try to make a bunch of drastic changes all at once, and there are many ways you might be sabotaging yourself that someone on the internet would never be able to guess. I mean, maybe you really love eating brown rice and chicken breasts and broccoli, but unless you were eating truly massive portions of those before, I'm guessing you're trying to follow a very restrictive diet that isn't likely to be sustainable.6
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MegaMooseEsq wrote: »In terms of your diary, though, I would note that it does not look like you are actually weighing your snacks - those could be one place where calories are adding up. Prepackaged stuff is often much larger than the estimated portion, and nutrition labels can be off up to 20% in the US, but you can at least compare the weight to the grams listed.
It might actually save some calories too. I have been weighing all of my prepackaged foods lately and, besides meat and bread, most ALL of my prepacked foods weigh less
My darn yogurt cups keep coming up 135g instead of 150g. I guess it doesn't help a company's profit margin to constantly be packing more food into a package. However, back to point, it's important to weight everything if you are concerned about problems with your logging.
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MegaMooseEsq wrote: »In terms of your diary, though, I would note that it does not look like you are actually weighing your snacks - those could be one place where calories are adding up. Prepackaged stuff is often much larger than the estimated portion, and nutrition labels can be off up to 20% in the US, but you can at least compare the weight to the grams listed. Also, to be super blunt (since you asked for advice), if you weight 283 lbs I assume that you weren't eating anything remotely like this a month ago - you're really setting yourself up for failure if you try to make a bunch of drastic changes all at once, and there are many ways you might be sabotaging yourself that someone on the internet would never be able to guess. I mean, maybe you really love eating brown rice and chicken breasts and broccoli, but unless you were eating truly massive portions of those before, I'm guessing you're trying to follow a very restrictive diet that isn't likely to be sustainable.
I'm hispanic, I ate rice every single day of my life.
I'm just trying the whole everything with moderation, I'm trying to eat more vegetables so I eat half the week or so rice and the other half vegetables with protein.
I work 12h day driving, dont have access to fridge, microwave or anything that's why the snacks I eat. For now on, I'll weight them too. Thank you4 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »In terms of your diary, though, I would note that it does not look like you are actually weighing your snacks - those could be one place where calories are adding up. Prepackaged stuff is often much larger than the estimated portion, and nutrition labels can be off up to 20% in the US, but you can at least compare the weight to the grams listed. Also, to be super blunt (since you asked for advice), if you weight 283 lbs I assume that you weren't eating anything remotely like this a month ago - you're really setting yourself up for failure if you try to make a bunch of drastic changes all at once, and there are many ways you might be sabotaging yourself that someone on the internet would never be able to guess. I mean, maybe you really love eating brown rice and chicken breasts and broccoli, but unless you were eating truly massive portions of those before, I'm guessing you're trying to follow a very restrictive diet that isn't likely to be sustainable.
I'm hispanic, I ate rice every single day of my life.
I'm just trying the whole everything with moderation, I'm trying to eat more vegetables so I eat half the week or so rice and the other half vegetables with protein.
I work 12h day driving, dont have access to fridge, microwave or anything that's why the snacks I eat. For now on, I'll weight them too. Thank you
Nothing wrong with your snacks! I usually weigh and log my lunch in the morning, so maybe that'd help you since you're on the road. From what you're saying, I'm starting to think that maybe you're having a slow start (maybe retaining water for some reason?) and you just need to stick to it. Good luck!0 -
MommaGem2017 wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »In terms of your diary, though, I would note that it does not look like you are actually weighing your snacks - those could be one place where calories are adding up. Prepackaged stuff is often much larger than the estimated portion, and nutrition labels can be off up to 20% in the US, but you can at least compare the weight to the grams listed.
It might actually save some calories too. I have been weighing all of my prepackaged foods lately and, besides meat and bread, most ALL of my prepacked foods weigh less My darn yogurt cups keep coming up 135g instead of 150g. I guess it doesn't help a company's profit margin to constantly be packing more food into a package. However, back to point, it's important to weight everything if you are concerned about problems with your logging.
Ok. Got it, I'm not that concern about the logging part honestly just the rate of weightloss, I guess I thought I was doing ok but apparently not really.0 -
MommaGem2017 wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »In terms of your diary, though, I would note that it does not look like you are actually weighing your snacks - those could be one place where calories are adding up. Prepackaged stuff is often much larger than the estimated portion, and nutrition labels can be off up to 20% in the US, but you can at least compare the weight to the grams listed.
It might actually save some calories too. I have been weighing all of my prepackaged foods lately and, besides meat and bread, most ALL of my prepacked foods weigh less My darn yogurt cups keep coming up 135g instead of 150g. I guess it doesn't help a company's profit margin to constantly be packing more food into a package. However, back to point, it's important to weight everything if you are concerned about problems with your logging.
I have never, ever had a yogurt cup weigh what it's supposed to! They are always less than it says on the package, never spot on or more. Bread and most everything else is always more than it says on the package.1 -
Christine_72 wrote: »MommaGem2017 wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »In terms of your diary, though, I would note that it does not look like you are actually weighing your snacks - those could be one place where calories are adding up. Prepackaged stuff is often much larger than the estimated portion, and nutrition labels can be off up to 20% in the US, but you can at least compare the weight to the grams listed.
It might actually save some calories too. I have been weighing all of my prepackaged foods lately and, besides meat and bread, most ALL of my prepacked foods weigh less My darn yogurt cups keep coming up 135g instead of 150g. I guess it doesn't help a company's profit margin to constantly be packing more food into a package. However, back to point, it's important to weight everything if you are concerned about problems with your logging.
I have never, ever had a yogurt cup weigh what it's supposed to! They are always less than it says on the package, never spot on or more. Bread and most everything else is always more than it says on the package.
Do all successful mfp people really weigh their bread, yogurt, protein bar, etc? I thought for what I read here people get more strict when they have the last 10-20 pound to lose or something, but I have 130lbs still to go. For that extra 20% when labels are off I precisely Dont eat the full 1400 cals most days.0 -
Christine_72 wrote: »MommaGem2017 wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »In terms of your diary, though, I would note that it does not look like you are actually weighing your snacks - those could be one place where calories are adding up. Prepackaged stuff is often much larger than the estimated portion, and nutrition labels can be off up to 20% in the US, but you can at least compare the weight to the grams listed.
It might actually save some calories too. I have been weighing all of my prepackaged foods lately and, besides meat and bread, most ALL of my prepacked foods weigh less My darn yogurt cups keep coming up 135g instead of 150g. I guess it doesn't help a company's profit margin to constantly be packing more food into a package. However, back to point, it's important to weight everything if you are concerned about problems with your logging.
I have never, ever had a yogurt cup weigh what it's supposed to! They are always less than it says on the package, never spot on or more. Bread and most everything else is always more than it says on the package.
Do all successful mfp people really weigh their bread, yogurt, protein bar, etc? I thought for what I read here people get more strict when they have the last 10-20 pound to lose or something, but I have 130lbs still to go. For that extra 20% when labels are off I precisely Dont eat the full 1400 cals most days.
I've only got 4lbs left to lose, so yeah i have to be precise. My bread says 85g for 2 slices, but it's usually around 102g which is a difference of 46 calories. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but if this happens with various foods over the course of the day, day after day it will add up. My deficit is only 250 calories, so i need to be as accurate as possible5 -
Oh here's another one i just checked... Chicken kiev, data base says 190g for the brand i use, I just weighed it and its 279g, that's a difference of 142 calories, that's over half my deficit in one little logging error!4
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Wow, that's a huge difference!
But my mini Dove ice cream bars and Fiber One bars are always under weight. Extra mini. Makes me sad
My frozen lunches are always under weight as well. But in the foods I eat, chicken sausages, bread, and cheese slices - always over.0 -
Christine_72 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »MommaGem2017 wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »In terms of your diary, though, I would note that it does not look like you are actually weighing your snacks - those could be one place where calories are adding up. Prepackaged stuff is often much larger than the estimated portion, and nutrition labels can be off up to 20% in the US, but you can at least compare the weight to the grams listed.
It might actually save some calories too. I have been weighing all of my prepackaged foods lately and, besides meat and bread, most ALL of my prepacked foods weigh less My darn yogurt cups keep coming up 135g instead of 150g. I guess it doesn't help a company's profit margin to constantly be packing more food into a package. However, back to point, it's important to weight everything if you are concerned about problems with your logging.
I have never, ever had a yogurt cup weigh what it's supposed to! They are always less than it says on the package, never spot on or more. Bread and most everything else is always more than it says on the package.
Do all successful mfp people really weigh their bread, yogurt, protein bar, etc? I thought for what I read here people get more strict when they have the last 10-20 pound to lose or something, but I have 130lbs still to go. For that extra 20% when labels are off I precisely Dont eat the full 1400 cals most days.
I've only got 4lbs left to lose, so yeah i have to be precise. My bread says 85g for 2 slices, but it's usually around 102g which is a difference of 46 calories. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but if this happens with various foods over the course of the day, day after day it will add up. My deficit is only 250 calories, so i need to be as accurate as possible
Of course I understand with only 4lbs and 250 cals. I have 130lb to go and 1000 cal deficit/daily.
Congrats and good luck!0 -
@karyabc One observation is that you haven't logged any water. Do you drink much? Also it may be a good idea to include some moderate exercise in your program, even if its only 15 to 30 minutes of walking. Finally, please note that eating below the recommended amount of calories is not always a good idea, as the body needs a certain amount of food to fuel normal living.1
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The one day I saw looked like you have a healthy relationship with protein, carbs, and fat. At 283 lb you are not eating as many calories as you should. I know you don't want to be told that, but it's true. Your body is not being properly nourished and will, in time, rebel to the point of causing you to have a binge which will leave you dismayed at your inability to control yourself. The binge isn't the end of the world, but the dismay can be the end of your efforts to lose weight. I advocate to you that you eat every calorie allowed by your mfp weight loss goal.3
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Christine_72 wrote: »MommaGem2017 wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »In terms of your diary, though, I would note that it does not look like you are actually weighing your snacks - those could be one place where calories are adding up. Prepackaged stuff is often much larger than the estimated portion, and nutrition labels can be off up to 20% in the US, but you can at least compare the weight to the grams listed.
It might actually save some calories too. I have been weighing all of my prepackaged foods lately and, besides meat and bread, most ALL of my prepacked foods weigh less My darn yogurt cups keep coming up 135g instead of 150g. I guess it doesn't help a company's profit margin to constantly be packing more food into a package. However, back to point, it's important to weight everything if you are concerned about problems with your logging.
I have never, ever had a yogurt cup weigh what it's supposed to! They are always less than it says on the package, never spot on or more. Bread and most everything else is always more than it says on the package.
Do all successful mfp people really weigh their bread, yogurt, protein bar, etc? I thought for what I read here people get more strict when they have the last 10-20 pound to lose or something, but I have 130lbs still to go. For that extra 20% when labels are off I precisely Dont eat the full 1400 cals most days.
I don't speak for all successful mfp people. I speak for me. I've lost 100+ lb in the past 18 months. I do weigh my bread, but I also bake my own bread. The times I use a commercial bun, I weigh it, too. The cookies, get weighed. The granola bar, gets weighed. The butter on my bread, gets weighed. The kale in my smoothie, gets weighed. The ice cream, the yogurt, the caramel syrup on the ice cream, it all gets weighed.6 -
Christine_72 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »MommaGem2017 wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »In terms of your diary, though, I would note that it does not look like you are actually weighing your snacks - those could be one place where calories are adding up. Prepackaged stuff is often much larger than the estimated portion, and nutrition labels can be off up to 20% in the US, but you can at least compare the weight to the grams listed.
It might actually save some calories too. I have been weighing all of my prepackaged foods lately and, besides meat and bread, most ALL of my prepacked foods weigh less My darn yogurt cups keep coming up 135g instead of 150g. I guess it doesn't help a company's profit margin to constantly be packing more food into a package. However, back to point, it's important to weight everything if you are concerned about problems with your logging.
I have never, ever had a yogurt cup weigh what it's supposed to! They are always less than it says on the package, never spot on or more. Bread and most everything else is always more than it says on the package.
Do all successful mfp people really weigh their bread, yogurt, protein bar, etc? I thought for what I read here people get more strict when they have the last 10-20 pound to lose or something, but I have 130lbs still to go. For that extra 20% when labels are off I precisely Dont eat the full 1400 cals most days.
I've only got 4lbs left to lose, so yeah i have to be precise. My bread says 85g for 2 slices, but it's usually around 102g which is a difference of 46 calories. Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but if this happens with various foods over the course of the day, day after day it will add up. My deficit is only 250 calories, so i need to be as accurate as possible
Of course I understand with only 4lbs and 250 cals. I have 130lb to go and 1000 cal deficit/daily.
Congrats and good luck!
Yes, you have quite a bit of leeway at the moment. But if the time ever comes that you've stalled or are losing less than expected, then tightening up on logging would be the first place to start.
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@karyabc One observation is that you haven't logged any water. Do you drink much? Also it may be a good idea to include some moderate exercise in your program, even if its only 15 to 30 minutes of walking. Finally, please note that eating below the recommended amount of calories is not always a good idea, as the body needs a certain amount of food to fuel normal living.
I think I'm good in the water department. Exercise coming soon, just bought my pair of snikers on friday. Aknowledge the eating below calories, tx u.0 -
Are you getting exercise? try to start with a 20 minute walk every day. Also, increase your water intake. I'm not a fan of protein bars myself. I know they work for some people but I'd rather have calories in nuts or protein like cottage cheese.0
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JeromeBarry1 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »MommaGem2017 wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »In terms of your diary, though, I would note that it does not look like you are actually weighing your snacks - those could be one place where calories are adding up. Prepackaged stuff is often much larger than the estimated portion, and nutrition labels can be off up to 20% in the US, but you can at least compare the weight to the grams listed.
It might actually save some calories too. I have been weighing all of my prepackaged foods lately and, besides meat and bread, most ALL of my prepacked foods weigh less My darn yogurt cups keep coming up 135g instead of 150g. I guess it doesn't help a company's profit margin to constantly be packing more food into a package. However, back to point, it's important to weight everything if you are concerned about problems with your logging.
I have never, ever had a yogurt cup weigh what it's supposed to! They are always less than it says on the package, never spot on or more. Bread and most everything else is always more than it says on the package.
Do all successful mfp people really weigh their bread, yogurt, protein bar, etc? I thought for what I read here people get more strict when they have the last 10-20 pound to lose or something, but I have 130lbs still to go. For that extra 20% when labels are off I precisely Dont eat the full 1400 cals most days.
I don't speak for all successful mfp people. I speak for me. I've lost 100+ lb in the past 18 months. I do weigh my bread, but I also bake my own bread. The times I use a commercial bun, I weigh it, too. The cookies, get weighed. The granola bar, gets weighed. The butter on my bread, gets weighed. The kale in my smoothie, gets weighed. The ice cream, the yogurt, the caramel syrup on the ice cream, it all gets weighed.
Wow awesome, probably have heard a million time but so much congratulation!! I spend over 12h daily driving, what Im going to do it's get another scale and leave it in the car so I can weigh the snacks. The other stuff I already do it at night when I meal prep for the day before.0 -
esmerelda9479 wrote: »Are you getting exercise? try to start with a 20 minute walk every day. Also, increase your water intake. I'm not a fan of protein bars myself. I know they work for some people but I'd rather have calories in nuts or protein like cottage cheese.
Believe me when I say I loveee cottage chesse, its not that Im the biggest fan of protein bars but I dont have access to fridge, microwave or anything so they become very helpful. Lately Im eating almonds and unsalted peanuts.
Im scare to ask lol but according to science and mfp if everything is about CICO I should very well lose the weight without the exercise correct? , exercise is just an extra step for health?0 -
Nope, you do not need to exercise to lose the weight. As long as you are using MFPs calorie goal and your activity level is set to sedentary.
Do you have a small cooler and ice packs? You'd be able to take cottage cheese and yogurt with you.3 -
MommaGem2017 wrote: »Nope, you do not need to exercise to lose the weight. As long as you are using MFPs calorie goal and your activity level is set to sedentary.
Do you have a small cooler and ice packs? You'd be able to take cottage cheese and yogurt with you.
Im happy to inform that just today I used a cooler and ice packs, my salad was cold even with all this heat \win/.
I'll add the yogurt and cottage cheese in my weekly menu.7 -
Excellent! Now you'll have many more options to bring with you!1
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Christine_72 wrote: »MommaGem2017 wrote: »MegaMooseEsq wrote: »In terms of your diary, though, I would note that it does not look like you are actually weighing your snacks - those could be one place where calories are adding up. Prepackaged stuff is often much larger than the estimated portion, and nutrition labels can be off up to 20% in the US, but you can at least compare the weight to the grams listed.
It might actually save some calories too. I have been weighing all of my prepackaged foods lately and, besides meat and bread, most ALL of my prepacked foods weigh less My darn yogurt cups keep coming up 135g instead of 150g. I guess it doesn't help a company's profit margin to constantly be packing more food into a package. However, back to point, it's important to weight everything if you are concerned about problems with your logging.
I have never, ever had a yogurt cup weigh what it's supposed to! They are always less than it says on the package, never spot on or more. Bread and most everything else is always more than it says on the package.
Do all successful mfp people really weigh their bread, yogurt, protein bar, etc? I thought for what I read here people get more strict when they have the last 10-20 pound to lose or something, but I have 130lbs still to go. For that extra 20% when labels are off I precisely Dont eat the full 1400 cals most days.
I think that it's true that many people only become stricter with their weighing when they have less to lose, but any time someone says they aren't losing when they should be, the first question is always going to be "are you weighing your food?" Diets vary so dramatically that it's hard to say when and where someone might get hung up, but tightening up your logging is always a good step to take if you aren't getting the results you want.
I actually feel fairly confident that I could stop logging entirely and keep losing weight for a while, but I figure being diligent now won't hurt me later.0 -
I have a scale at home and a scale at work. They're now like gym memberships. I paid for them, I'm going to use them. Today I even weighed my can of tuna. It's so easy, why not? @karyabc you may need also to have something like a briefcase or a lap desk in your car so that your scale can have a chance of working on a solid surface. They can be, as my dad would say, squentientious.2
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MegaMooseEsq wrote: »In terms of your diary, though, I would note that it does not look like you are actually weighing your snacks - those could be one place where calories are adding up. Prepackaged stuff is often much larger than the estimated portion, and nutrition labels can be off up to 20% in the US, but you can at least compare the weight to the grams listed. Also, to be super blunt (since you asked for advice), if you weight 283 lbs I assume that you weren't eating anything remotely like this a month ago - you're really setting yourself up for failure if you try to make a bunch of drastic changes all at once, and there are many ways you might be sabotaging yourself that someone on the internet would never be able to guess. I mean, maybe you really love eating brown rice and chicken breasts and broccoli, but unless you were eating truly massive portions of those before, I'm guessing you're trying to follow a very restrictive diet that isn't likely to be sustainable.
DON'T BELIEVE THIS. It's doable trust me. You're only setting yourself up for failure if you believe you are. I can't believe people tell other people this. If you're serious about this drastic change it will turn out in your favour!
I started at 230lbs. I have been on MFP for 72 days and have lost 40 pounds. Drastic worked for me and maybe it'll work for you. But IF you listen to people telling you you will FAIL, THEN you will. Believe in yourself.
P.S. Drink LOTS of water9 -
How much water do you drink? Perhaps you need to increase this. Ive completely changed my diet and although it hasnt been long the weight is not dropping off so now ill add in the walking.2
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