Noob request - Comments/Suggestions on my daily diet?

VictoryGarden

While I am not a completely noob to MFP (this is my 5th? 6th? 7th? go at trying to lose weight) I have had moderate short term success with the "low fat" or "Portion control" calorie counting. However, they all failed due to one reason. I WAS PHYSICALLY HUNGRY ALL THE TIME. Finish a meal- still hungry. Go to bed maxed out on allowed calories - still hungry. Wake up - hungry. Usually 3 months was my max of gutting out the constant hunger before I finally threw in the towel.

Desperate to shed pounds (I'd like to lose 100-125), I started reading up on weight loss again, and in several places by several people, read that they had success sticking with low-carb diets because it makes them feel full.

So here I am. And it's wonderful. I finish a meal full. I go to bed full. I wake up and don't even need to eat until 11A or noon, with the exception of an occasional cup of coffee/sugar free creamer on the mornings where I am struggling to focus. (I guess sort of a natural 16:8 IF??)

Anyway, I'd love for any of you long timers to take a quick glance through my diary, am I doing this right?? haha Does it appear that I will be lacking any major nutrients, etc. Any suggestions you may have are very welcome.

FYI, I take a daily complete multivitamin, magnesium/calcium/zinc/D3, Vit c, and DHA/EPA supplements daily.

Also, please feel free to friend me!

tcunbeliever

I went through the past week, it looks good to me!

bametels

Looks like you are doing great!

The only thing that I noticed, which you may want to address is the food entries you select to log food. While it may not be as important now, the lower your weight becomes the more accurate your logging needs to be, If you are using incorrect entries, you may be eating more calories than you think, you may be consuming less fiber, etc. I noticed, for example, several times that you logged pecans and you used different entries. Pecans are very calorie dense (and healthy, and yummy!) so accurate logging is essential. Your most recent logged entry used the number of pecan halves vs. the grams of pecans. Pecans vary in size so you might be eating more (or less) than you think you are. This same entry also listed both the number of grams of carbs and fiber as 2. Therefore, those who use net carbs would think that they could eat as many pecans as they want without it affecting their carb count. This is simply incorrect. I checked the USDA listing for pecans - https://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/nut-and-seed-product - and found that 1 oz. of pecans (which is a very small amount) has 3.9g of carbs and 2.7g of fiber. So clearly, pecans are not a "carb free" food for those who count net carbs.

A point of caution about using entries in the MFP database... It's best to use entries that are USDA entries or those that multiple people have verified - either of which could still be wrong as the database is user generated. If there are foods you eat regularly, you may want to make use of the "My Foods" function to create your own list of the foods you eat often.

Keep up the good work!

Barbara

VictoryGarden

Thank you, that's an excellent point! I didn't realize there were a lot of errors in the food database. And you are correct, I need to hone in my exact weights/sizes for entries. I'll definitely work on that!

NicoleL874

bametels wrote: »

Looks like you are doing great!

The only thing that I noticed, which you may want to address is the food entries you select to log food. While it may not be as important now, the lower your weight becomes the more accurate your logging needs to be, If you are using incorrect entries, you may be eating more calories than you think, you may be consuming less fiber, etc. I noticed, for example, several times that you logged pecans and you used different entries. Pecans are very calorie dense (and healthy, and yummy!) so accurate logging is essential. Your most recent logged entry used the number of pecan halves vs. the grams of pecans. Pecans vary in size so you might be eating more (or less) than you think you are. This same entry also listed both the number of grams of carbs and fiber as 2. Therefore, those who use net carbs would think that they could eat as many pecans as they want without it affecting their carb count. This is simply incorrect. I checked the USDA listing for pecans - https://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/nut-and-seed-product - and found that 1 oz. of pecans (which is a very small amount) has 3.9g of carbs and 2.7g of fiber. So clearly, pecans are not a "carb free" food for those who count net carbs.

A point of caution about using entries in the MFP database... It's best to use entries that are USDA entries or those that multiple people have verified - either of which could still be wrong as the database is user generated. If there are foods you eat regularly, you may want to make use of the "My Foods" function to create your own list of the foods you eat often.

Keep up the good work!

Barbara

So much of this! So many things are wrong in the DB! I count total carbs, and a lot of people alter listings to show net carbs, so I find myself inputting several things myself. It's frustrating, but I want to keep a close eye on my macros!