I am 3 weeks new down 11

azzeazsaleh5429
azzeazsaleh5429 Posts: 77 Member
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Hello, just started mfp 3 weeks ago and love it. I never realized how much and how non nutritious the food I eat. I actually stop eating any food that I am unable to calculate calories for. I also eliminated somewhat processed sugar, I still havent cut out ice cream. I added exercise and now Im starting to enjoy it. Anyways just chiming in the intro section and feel free to connect. My goal is to loose 75lb.

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  • Zinka61
    Zinka61 Posts: 563 Member
    That's terrific! I've been here 4 years, and I'm still grateful for all this site has taught me about my diet.
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    What food can you not calculate calories for?
  • azzeazsaleh5429
    azzeazsaleh5429 Posts: 77 Member
    concordancia wrote: »
    What food can you not calculate calories for?

    Like cheese and bread from a local bakery or certain homemade soups. I am now weighing many foods and calculating what serving size to mfp database. Its been working for me so far that way.
  • debrakgoogins
    debrakgoogins Posts: 2,033 Member
    azzeazsaleh5429 wrote: »
    Like cheese and bread from a local bakery or certain homemade soups. I am now weighing many foods and calculating what serving size to mfp database. Its been working for me so far that way.

    If you make homemade soups (or any homemade recipe), you can use the recipe builder in MFP. It's found under the food tab. It's a great tool to use for finding healthy alternatives too.
  • Scotty2HotPie
    Scotty2HotPie Posts: 146 Member
    azzeazsaleh5429 wrote: »
    concordancia wrote: »
    What food can you not calculate calories for?

    Like cheese and bread from a local bakery or certain homemade soups. I am now weighing many foods and calculating what serving size to mfp database. Its been working for me so far that way.

    Ditching the processed sugar is an amazing place to start.

    Don't be afraid to estimate calories when you're at a place you can't get an exact match. However, try to overestimate calories, it's too easy to underestimate.

    But getting into the habit of weighing foods is great for the day to day meal planning. If you're able to be accurate 6 out of 7 days per week, then one meal where you "guessed" the macros won't be an issue. It's when those "guessed" meals start outnumbering the other ones when it's easy to take a step backwards.

    Well done

    Also, second the recommendation above. I have a lot of my own created recipe's for foods I tend to make a lot. Like salads

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