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Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »One of you mentioned potatos I may go back to a baked spud occasionally but will have to offset the carbs elsewhere that day..With your help and using MFP I am absolutely sure that I am eating healthier overall.
All good stuff. There really isn't anything wrong with a good old potato coming in at a mere 110kcals (depending on weight). It is a nutritious choice. Tasty, too. The hard part is giving up the butter, sour cream, and bacon bits, and it's hard to eat plain. I can recommend pouring some chicken or beef stock over it. That's good eating!
A sweet potato is much easier to eat plain or with a very small amount of butter and is also a great food choice. (I mostly eat those.)
It's a rare (sad) day when I can't afford 60 calories for a couple of TB of sour cream.
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Good Day! 214lbs today and came in under my goals yesterday. (except sodium).4
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I no longer do biscuits and gravy, fast food breakfast sandwiches, fried foods. One of you mentioned potatos I may go back to a baked spud occasionally but will have to offset the carbs elsewhere that day..With your help and using MFP I am absolutely sure that I am eating healthier overall.
Nutrition matters for health, but it doesn't matter for weight loss, except insofar as it affects satiation (so compliance with calorie goal) or energy level (so activity, i.e., calories out).
You don't have to offset the carbs, and you certainly don't have to do it all in the same day. Nutrition is about a good overall balance over time, which can include minor/moderate variations from day to day (and the occasional major one).
Your doctor saying you can't lose without cutting carbs is wrong, as in not supported by sound research. Your wife's experience with low fat may have affected her success via satiation, but that's about all. There's sound research showing high carb vs. high fat makes no significant difference to weight loss, at equal protein level.
Not everyone finds protein shakes filling, tasty or satisfying, and some people don't drink any, ever. (I don't, and I lost weight fine, and seem to maintain good health).
Really, you're making this harder than it needs to be. Eat foods you like, choosing a fair number of nutrient-dense ones if you'd like to get good nutrition. Get enough protein (your current goal is higher than necessary for good nutrition; 0.6-0.8g per pound of healthy goal weight is reasonable for most people here without special circumstances); but if you like eating that much protein, that should be fine, too.
It's a good thing to eat healthier, but protein shakes and kale aren't the only way to eat healthfully. Eat some tasty lean meats and fish, eat some veggies (including starchy ones like potatoes). Eat mostly nutrient-dense foods you actually enjoy.
Monitor your calorie level as you do that, log accurately (try2again had some good observations about that), monitor for 4-6 weeks, then adjust calorie level if needed to keep loss happening at a sensibly moderate rate. Don't add any more inconvenience or complexity than you need. Treat weight loss as a way to figure out a happy way to eat at reasonable calories permanently, in order to stay at a healthy weigh forever.
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212.4 today. yeehaw Belly B Gone is back on track
YESTERDAY = 
I adjusted the CARB up and lowered the Protein *as suggested*
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Just read this on HEALTHLINE.. It Lines up with what my Dr. suggested
"The dietary guidelines recommend that carbs provide 45 to 65 percent of your daily calorie intake. So if you eat a 2000-calorie diet, you should aim for about 225 to 325 grams of carbs per day. But if you need to lose weight, you will get much faster results eating around 50 to 150 grams of carbs."2 -
Just read this on HEALTHLINE.. It Lines up with what my Dr. suggested
"The dietary guidelines recommend that carbs provide 45 to 65 percent of your daily calorie intake. So if you eat a 2000-calorie diet, you should aim for about 225 to 325 grams of carbs per day. But if you need to lose weight, you will get much faster results eating around 50 to 150 grams of carbs."
What matters for weight loss is calories. Only.
You can eat whatever you want. If you eat fewer calories than your maintenance (even if you only carbs) you will lose weight. Period.
If you drastically reduce carb intake, you will lose more water initially. That isn’t fat loss.
You may also lose the will to live because carbs are delicious.
If you have a medical reason to reduce carbs, then that’s matters. If you find that eating a lot (or a little) of carbs affects your hunger levels, then that matters.
My dinner on Saturday was cake, ice cream, 2 donuts and a giant cookie. I also sucked down nearly 1000 calories in pure carbs just before/during/after my run on Saturday.
I’m at my lowest weight in 16 months.
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Duck_Puddle. "You may also lose the will to live because carbs are delicious." LOL Good one!4
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Just read this on HEALTHLINE.. It Lines up with what my Dr. suggested
"The dietary guidelines recommend that carbs provide 45 to 65 percent of your daily calorie intake. So if you eat a 2000-calorie diet, you should aim for about 225 to 325 grams of carbs per day. But if you need to lose weight, you will get much faster results eating around 50 to 150 grams of carbs."
As was mentioned, the "faster" results are usually the result of a big initial drop in water weight. Each gram of carbs holds about 3 g of water, so when you cut carbs, you flush out a lot of weight in water as well. Here's the thing- if one day you wish to incorporate more carbs into your diet again, the water weight will return (though maybe not as noticeably as the drop). Which is fine, because it was never fat anyway.
I think many of us do feel like carbs are an easy area to make cuts in our diet, particularly if we've tended to sort of mindlessly eat things like bread or sweets. But I'd never worry about hitting a particular goal, and it's never interfered with weight loss.6 -
Just my 2cents here but a "diet" just gives you temporary short term results. If you want to live a fitter healthier life you have to think long term and focus more on your habits and lifestyle vs what the scale says. I think that a lot of people over think the macros and workout routines. If it comes from a box or bag its not healthy. Any workout or activity should be seen as a good thing. It can start with something as simple as going for a 15 minute walk after every meal. When you are in a rush grab some fruit instead of fast food. Small lifestyle changes will give you better long term results. Meal prepping has made a HUGE difference in my eating habits. Cooking breakfast, lunch and snacks ahead of time make it easier to stick with good choices. Setting fitness goals are just as important as weight goals as well. Go for a walk, hike, run, bike ride whatever you choose and focus on improving on that. Changing up your workouts will keep it from getting boring and make it more fun. Best of luck and keep up the hard work!
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thanks all for the tips and encouragement. I weigh and log everything. Target 2000 Cal, 125 Carb, 56 Fat g's, 250 Protein (2,300 Sodium, 56 Sugar. - I don't concern myself too much with Salt and sugar as I add little to none to my food. I dont usually exceed the Cals so I focus on Carbs and Fat. Dr says don't exceed 45 carbs / meal if I expect to lose weight... I readjusted my goals for a little more Carb to allow for snack.
Please keep in mind that the scale doesn't tell the whole story. If you are working out and eating right, you could be losing fat and gaining lean mass. Be sure to take measurements too.1 -
rodnichols69 wrote: »thanks all for the tips and encouragement. I weigh and log everything. Target 2000 Cal, 125 Carb, 56 Fat g's, 250 Protein (2,300 Sodium, 56 Sugar. - I don't concern myself too much with Salt and sugar as I add little to none to my food. I dont usually exceed the Cals so I focus on Carbs and Fat. Dr says don't exceed 45 carbs / meal if I expect to lose weight... I readjusted my goals for a little more Carb to allow for snack.
Please keep in mind that the scale doesn't tell the whole story. If you are working out and eating right, you could be losing fat and gaining lean mass. Be sure to take measurements too.
Even for a guy, half a pound a week of muscle mass gain would be a really good result, and half a pound a week of fat loss would be about the slowest observable rate of weight loss (and observing it with certainty might take a month, given normal daily fluctuations of a few pounds +/-).
I do believe that some people, in some circumstances, can lose some fat while gaining some muscle, but it's not super common; and it's very, very likely that at least one of the two things (fat loss or muscle mass gain), if not both, will be very slow indeed.
I wish it were otherwise . . . . 3 -
rodnichols69 wrote: »thanks all for the tips and encouragement. I weigh and log everything. Target 2000 Cal, 125 Carb, 56 Fat g's, 250 Protein (2,300 Sodium, 56 Sugar. - I don't concern myself too much with Salt and sugar as I add little to none to my food. I dont usually exceed the Cals so I focus on Carbs and Fat. Dr says don't exceed 45 carbs / meal if I expect to lose weight... I readjusted my goals for a little more Carb to allow for snack.
Please keep in mind that the scale doesn't tell the whole story. If you are working out and eating right, you could be losing fat and gaining lean mass. Be sure to take measurements too.
Even for a guy, half a pound a week of muscle mass gain would be a really good result, and half a pound a week of fat loss would be about the slowest observable rate of weight loss (and observing it with certainty might take a month, given normal daily fluctuations of a few pounds +/-).
I do believe that some people, in some circumstances, can lose some fat while gaining some muscle, but it's not super common; and it's very, very likely that at least one of the two things (fat loss or muscle mass gain), if not both, will be very slow indeed.
I wish it were otherwise . . . .
I agree if the person is fit and working out regularly. I've seen guys who've been out of the gym for a while, come back to lose and gain 2+ lbs. of muscle each week for 2-4 weeks, then drop to normal or flat muscle gains. Because of that, it's not uncommon for someone trying to lose weight to initially stay flat, then suddenly see exciting weight loss progress. I'm saying patient and give it a couple of weeks.1 -
Thanks again to all. FYI I'm 64 6' retired Cattle Rancher, Drummer and Law Enforcement. Point being I been skinny and active all my life. 33 waist til 46-7 34 waist til 55 yrs. and then a slow climb to 36" waist. I have been riding the couch too much. I've always ate what I wanted with impunity. But again at my age Nov the 5th last year I weighed in at 227lbs..So......I'm arresting the growth, making better food choices, eating smaller portions and educating myself on all this "diet" stuff. My goal is to change my eating habits to a healthier me moving forward so it's not just a temporary diet.
1) target 185 lbs ( I may fall short and realistically settle for 190-195)
2) Ditch this belly overhang and get back into a comfortable semi loose realistic 34-35" waist pant
3) look and feel better
All of this is going to help blood pressure, stave off any potential type II diabetes in the future and rely less on cholesterol meds. It's all good. This is a good community for ideas, support, suggestions and education.4 -
today 211 lbs. Finally broke the 212 barrier.
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gearhead426hemi wrote: »Just my 2cents here but a "diet" just gives you temporary short term results. If you want to live a fitter healthier life you have to think long term and focus more on your habits and lifestyle vs what the scale says. I think that a lot of people over think the macros and workout routines. If it comes from a box or bag its not healthy. Any workout or activity should be seen as a good thing. It can start with something as simple as going for a 15 minute walk after every meal. When you are in a rush grab some fruit instead of fast food. Small lifestyle changes will give you better long term results. Meal prepping has made a HUGE difference in my eating habits. Cooking breakfast, lunch and snacks ahead of time make it easier to stick with good choices. Setting fitness goals are just as important as weight goals as well. Go for a walk, hike, run, bike ride whatever you choose and focus on improving on that. Changing up your workouts will keep it from getting boring and make it more fun. Best of luck and keep up the hard work!
I can think of plenty of nutritious foods that are in a bag or box. You're telling me that my garbanzo beans have been stripped of nutrients just because they were transported to my house in that specific form of packaging?9 -
gearhead426hemi wrote: »Just my 2cents here but a "diet" just gives you temporary short term results. If you want to live a fitter healthier life you have to think long term and focus more on your habits and lifestyle vs what the scale says. I think that a lot of people over think the macros and workout routines. If it comes from a box or bag its not healthy. Any workout or activity should be seen as a good thing. It can start with something as simple as going for a 15 minute walk after every meal. When you are in a rush grab some fruit instead of fast food. Small lifestyle changes will give you better long term results. Meal prepping has made a HUGE difference in my eating habits. Cooking breakfast, lunch and snacks ahead of time make it easier to stick with good choices. Setting fitness goals are just as important as weight goals as well. Go for a walk, hike, run, bike ride whatever you choose and focus on improving on that. Changing up your workouts will keep it from getting boring and make it more fun. Best of luck and keep up the hard work!
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Glad I started this MFP when I did. Else I might have found myself in as bad a shape as Buddy352 and headed for more than just "one skid down"
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U Kuo ki CB2
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Shouldn't have eaten that half a bunless Whataburger late last night..;-)
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Don't remember if anyone has shared this on the thread or not:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10683010/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-fluctuations/p16 -
Mu version of starving myself.
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No, no, 5'6" poundage undisclosed not *that* old me concurs. Easily doable on 1500 cals, even more so on the 2000 OP is meant to be eating.2
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