Does my diary look ok
angelsja
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Basically does my diary look ok anything that jumps out as being wrong any advice welcome
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does Tea mean something specific to you?
was just curious if dinner was all logged under tea?
I am also going to assume most will tell you to eat a bit more.
Looks like you burn a pretty decent amount of calories and are not netting very much.
What about water/drink intake?
I for one suck at logged them but just checking.4 -
does Tea mean something specific to you?
was just curious if dinner was all logged under tea?
I am also going to assume most will tell you to eat a bit more.
Looks like you burn a pretty decent amount of calories and are not netting very much.
What about water/drink intake?
I for one suck at logged them but just checking.
"Tea" is used in the UK to refer to the evening meal. I believe that is where OP is from.8 -
janejellyroll wrote: »does Tea mean something specific to you?
was just curious if dinner was all logged under tea?
I am also going to assume most will tell you to eat a bit more.
Looks like you burn a pretty decent amount of calories and are not netting very much.
What about water/drink intake?
I for one suck at logged them but just checking.
"Tea" is used in the UK to refer to the evening meal. I believe that is where OP is from.
well it confused me as it said dinner as an entry and tea as an entry
darn Americans
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Are you weighing all of your food? It appears you are because of the number of gram entries, but then some are always the exact same number, for instance, your 100g of berries. That particular entry off a few grams isn't going to matter with them being relatively low cal, but I was curious.1
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You're frequently under your calorie goal by several hundred calories, sometimes a thousand calories or more. This is fine if it's an occasional thing or if you're a little bit under, but your diary says that isn't the case. There are also multiple days when you didn't log anything, and at least one day where all you had was protein shakes (which put you far under your calorie goal).
Eat the number of calories MFP tells you to eat. Log consistently.10 -
does Tea mean something specific to you?
was just curious if dinner was all logged under tea?
I am also going to assume most will tell you to eat a bit more.
Looks like you burn a pretty decent amount of calories and are not netting very much.
What about water/drink intake?
I for one suck at logged them but just checking.
Water I log on Fitbit usually 4litres or more a day tea is my evening meal iam.in the UK2 -
serindipte wrote: »Are you weighing all of your food? It appears you are because of the number of gram entries, but then some are always the exact same number, for instance, your 100g of berries. That particular entry off a few grams isn't going to matter with them being relatively low cal, but I was curious.
Yes I weigh all my food using a food scale3 -
You're frequently under your calorie goal by several hundred calories, sometimes a thousand calories or more. This is fine if it's an occasional thing or if you're a little bit under, but your diary says that isn't the case. There are also multiple days when you didn't log anything, and at least one day where all you had was protein shakes (which put you far under your calorie goal).
Eat the number of calories MFP tells you to eat. Log consistently.
The 2 days I didn't log one I was at a food Festival the other ended up being a f**k it and eat everything in site day
hence the following 2 low cal days 4 -
I never share my diary with strangers.20
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The OP has considerably high exercise calories. It may not be wise to eat all of those back because they may be over inflated. Being under on calorie goal isn't that big of an issue when general advice is to only eat back about half of your exercise calories.Eat the number of calories MFP tells you to eat. Log consistently.
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Looks pretty good. Fairly aggressive calorie deprivation, are you looking to lose a few pounds? You look fairly slim in your picture. The only thing I could possible add is less processed food where possible, more fresh greens, but on the balance pretty dern healthy. Best wishes.1
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your carb goal looks really high?14
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sarahrosheen wrote: »your carb goal looks really high?
In what way? Her macro goals are set to the MFP default percentages7 -
sarahrosheen wrote: »your carb goal looks really high?
Carbs are good. It’s a preference.5 -
Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »I never share my diary with strangers.
I do. But then, I'm not a cute woman with all the hen-pecking that goes with that.9 -
Basically does my diary look ok anything that jumps out as being wrong any advice welcome
Basically, it looks to me as if your entries are ok and your weighing of them is accurate. There is some intrinsic inaccuracy even in the USDA food database, so we all must compare actual results to our log predictions and make adjustments as our individual data indicates is necessary.0 -
janejellyroll wrote: »does Tea mean something specific to you?
was just curious if dinner was all logged under tea?
I am also going to assume most will tell you to eat a bit more.
Looks like you burn a pretty decent amount of calories and are not netting very much.
What about water/drink intake?
I for one suck at logged them but just checking.
"Tea" is used in the UK to refer to the evening meal. I believe that is where OP is from.
well it confused me as it said dinner as an entry and tea as an entry
darn Americans
In some regions of the U.K. dinner would be the mid-day meal and the evening meal would be tea. UK, not US. Not sure why you say darn Americans.3 -
Seems like you have an awful lot of big deficits. I'd ask what your results have been, but it looks like you've only been logging for a week. If after a month or so you find you're losing weight faster than you should, or sooner if you find yourself unusually fatigued or unable to continue your workouts, you should consider reducing that deficit (either by eating more, exercising less, or a combination of the two.1
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janejellyroll wrote: »does Tea mean something specific to you?
was just curious if dinner was all logged under tea?
I am also going to assume most will tell you to eat a bit more.
Looks like you burn a pretty decent amount of calories and are not netting very much.
What about water/drink intake?
I for one suck at logged them but just checking.
"Tea" is used in the UK to refer to the evening meal. I believe that is where OP is from.
well it confused me as it said dinner as an entry and tea as an entry
darn Americans
"Dinner" means the largest meal, it can be any time, most commonly lunch or supper. Tea is the evening meal.
To OP: It generally looks good to me, some days are a little too low for comfort, but there are days where you are eating all of your exercise calories so it should even out. One question: how are you calculating your exercise calories? The burns look suspiciously high. Not saying they aren't, just keep an eye on them and if you experience a stall in your weight loss for several weeks, consider that you may be over-estimating your exercise calories.
For now, don't change it if it isn't broken. If after a few weeks you notice you are losing too fast or too slow make changes in either direction accordingly.1 -
I would say, if this works for you continue, no ones diaries are perfect, if you are losing weight continue with it, if you feel you are not losing or losing too much make some changes, I'm always tweaking my diary, I used to worry about how my diary looked to others but I soon stopped caring because there is always someone out there that will find flaws in your diary/eating habits, have fun and enjoy your healthier lifestyle x0
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srburmester wrote: »Looks pretty good. Fairly aggressive calorie deprivation, are you looking to lose a few pounds? You look fairly slim in your picture. The only thing I could possible add is less processed food where possible, more fresh greens, but on the balance pretty dern healthy. Best wishes.
What processed foods are you referring to I cook all home made foods
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »Seems like you have an awful lot of big deficits. I'd ask what your results have been, but it looks like you've only been logging for a week. If after a month or so you find you're losing weight faster than you should, or sooner if you find yourself unusually fatigued or unable to continue your workouts, you should consider reducing that deficit (either by eating more, exercising less, or a combination of the two.
Been logging since January actually averaging about a 1lb a week had some days off and put weight back on so would have been more if not2 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »does Tea mean something specific to you?
was just curious if dinner was all logged under tea?
I am also going to assume most will tell you to eat a bit more.
Looks like you burn a pretty decent amount of calories and are not netting very much.
What about water/drink intake?
I for one suck at logged them but just checking.
"Tea" is used in the UK to refer to the evening meal. I believe that is where OP is from.
well it confused me as it said dinner as an entry and tea as an entry
darn Americans
"Dinner" means the largest meal, it can be any time, most commonly lunch or supper. Tea is the evening meal.
To OP: It generally looks good to me, some days are a little too low for comfort, but there are days where you are eating all of your exercise calories so it should even out. One question: how are you calculating your exercise calories? The burns look suspiciously high. Not saying they aren't, just keep an eye on them and if you experience a stall in your weight loss for several weeks, consider that you may be over-estimating your exercise calories.
For now, don't change it if it isn't broken. If after a few weeks you notice you are losing too fast or too slow make changes in either direction accordingly.
I have my Fitbit synced I walk 90min every morning then 30min in the afternoon then I do T25 at night average 20k steps a day I rarely eat them all anyway
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amusedmonkey wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »does Tea mean something specific to you?
was just curious if dinner was all logged under tea?
I am also going to assume most will tell you to eat a bit more.
Looks like you burn a pretty decent amount of calories and are not netting very much.
What about water/drink intake?
I for one suck at logged them but just checking.
"Tea" is used in the UK to refer to the evening meal. I believe that is where OP is from.
well it confused me as it said dinner as an entry and tea as an entry
darn Americans
"Dinner" means the largest meal, it can be any time, most commonly lunch or supper. Tea is the evening meal.
To OP: It generally looks good to me, some days are a little too low for comfort, but there are days where you are eating all of your exercise calories so it should even out. One question: how are you calculating your exercise calories? The burns look suspiciously high. Not saying they aren't, just keep an eye on them and if you experience a stall in your weight loss for several weeks, consider that you may be over-estimating your exercise calories.
For now, don't change it if it isn't broken. If after a few weeks you notice you are losing too fast or too slow make changes in either direction accordingly.
I have my Fitbit synced I walk 90min every morning then 30min in the afternoon then I do T25 at night average 20k steps a day I rarely eat them all anyway
Yes, this is reasonable for 20k steps. Many people make the mistake of logging a single one hour session of elliptical as 1000 calories then wonder why they were not losing when they eat back their exercise calories.
With your activity level, it's safe to eat back most of them (in fact it's preferred). If you are overweight or obese, your weight loss seems reasonable so I wouldn't change a thing. If you are normal weight and just trying to slim down a bit, I would consider eating a bit more and slowing down to less than a pound a week.
All in all, it looks fine to me.5 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »does Tea mean something specific to you?
was just curious if dinner was all logged under tea?
I am also going to assume most will tell you to eat a bit more.
Looks like you burn a pretty decent amount of calories and are not netting very much.
What about water/drink intake?
I for one suck at logged them but just checking.
"Tea" is used in the UK to refer to the evening meal. I believe that is where OP is from.
well it confused me as it said dinner as an entry and tea as an entry
darn Americans
In some regions of the U.K. dinner would be the mid-day meal and the evening meal would be tea. UK, not US. Not sure why you say darn Americans.
because I am an American and didn't understand it.. hence the darn Americans.3 -
Basically does my diary look ok anything that jumps out as being wrong any advice welcome
Hi Angelsja. What you ate the other day sounds really tasty and healthy. I've also been incorporating more seeds into my meals. My latest thing lately is adding pumpkin seeds to salad. So good! They're also a nice salty/crunchy alternative to junk foods like potato chips. Anyway, you seem to have it down right food wise. You're eating healthy foods. Not sure what your goals are (losing/gaining/maintaining weight). If you are trying to gain, then keep doing what you are doing (calorie surplus). If trying to lose weight, then you need a calorie deficit of at least 500 calories. Your Tea time looked a bit high in calories. I recommend cutting back a little more there and even swapping in some veggies (either steamed or sauteed- however you like them). Water is also crucial to weight loss, so make sure you are drinking the recommended daily water intake. Oh, and don't eat back the calories you get from exercise. This will surely sabotage weight loss. MyFitnessPal tends to add those calories to the calorie budget which i think confuses people who are trying to lose weight.
These are just my two cents, to be taken with however many grains of salt you wish.30 -
Kimmotion5783 wrote: »Basically does my diary look ok anything that jumps out as being wrong any advice welcome
Hi Angelsja. What you ate the other day sounds really tasty and healthy. I've also been incorporating more seeds into my meals. My latest thing lately is adding pumpkin seeds to salad. So good! They're also a nice salty/crunchy alternative to junk foods like potato chips. Anyway, you seem to have it down right food wise. You're eating healthy foods. Not sure what your goals are (losing/gaining/maintaining weight). If you are trying to gain, then keep doing what you are doing (calorie surplus). If trying to lose weight, then you need a calorie deficit of at least 500 calories. Your Tea time looked a bit high in calories. I recommend cutting back a little more there and even swapping in some veggies (either steamed or sauteed- however you like them). Water is also crucial to weight loss, so make sure you are drinking the recommended daily water intake. Oh, and don't eat back the calories you get from exercise. This will surely sabotage weight loss. MyFitnessPal tends to add those calories to the calorie budget which i think confuses people who are trying to lose weight.
These are just my two cents, to be taken with however many grains of salt you wish.
Really?! Have you ready any of the advice that the other posters have put on here?? It seems to completely contradict what others have said...11 -
srburmester wrote: »Looks pretty good. Fairly aggressive calorie deprivation, are you looking to lose a few pounds? You look fairly slim in your picture. The only thing I could possible add is less processed food where possible, more fresh greens, but on the balance pretty dern healthy. Best wishes.
What processed foods are you referring to I cook all home made foods
Your diary has things like chips, hot sauce, bread, chocolate, protein bars, purchased custards/desserts, flavored water, pretzels, vegetable oil, and protein powder. These are all processed foods.
Note: I'm not saying there is anything wrong with eating these. You can lose weight while eating all of them.7 -
janejellyroll wrote: »srburmester wrote: »Looks pretty good. Fairly aggressive calorie deprivation, are you looking to lose a few pounds? You look fairly slim in your picture. The only thing I could possible add is less processed food where possible, more fresh greens, but on the balance pretty dern healthy. Best wishes.
What processed foods are you referring to I cook all home made foods
Your diary has things like chips, hot sauce, bread, chocolate, protein bars, purchased custards/desserts, flavored water, pretzels, vegetable oil, and protein powder. These are all processed foods.
Note: I'm not saying there is anything wrong with eating these. You can lose weight while eating all of them.
I see you have a different definition of processes than me not sure where your getting pretzels from though lol I would class processed food as yes chips burgers ready meals etc but no big deal 2 -
Kimmotion5783 wrote: »Basically does my diary look ok anything that jumps out as being wrong any advice welcome
Hi Angelsja. What you ate the other day sounds really tasty and healthy. I've also been incorporating more seeds into my meals. My latest thing lately is adding pumpkin seeds to salad. So good! They're also a nice salty/crunchy alternative to junk foods like potato chips. Anyway, you seem to have it down right food wise. You're eating healthy foods. Not sure what your goals are (losing/gaining/maintaining weight). If you are trying to gain, then keep doing what you are doing (calorie surplus). If trying to lose weight, then you need a calorie deficit of at least 500 calories. Your Tea time looked a bit high in calories. I recommend cutting back a little more there and even swapping in some veggies (either steamed or sauteed- however you like them). Water is also crucial to weight loss, so make sure you are drinking the recommended daily water intake. Oh, and don't eat back the calories you get from exercise. This will surely sabotage weight loss. MyFitnessPal tends to add those calories to the calorie budget which i think confuses people who are trying to lose weight.
These are just my two cents, to be taken with however many grains of salt you wish.
No sure what meal your refering to as sounding tasty lol. My goal is weight loss lost around 22lbs done January if I didn't eat my exercise calories back I'd basically be dead I my tdee is between 2400-3000 and your saying stick to the 1200 mfp set me sorry but no. Water I drink 4+ litres everyday11
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