Can someone look at my food diary?

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  • Phoenxyx79
    Phoenxyx79 Posts: 22
    Thank you all for the constructive criticism. Compared to what I was eating a month ago I have come a long way. So a month from now I expect to be even further along.
  • Annie_01
    Annie_01 Posts: 3,096 Member
    I don't think that 2lbs a week is unreasonable at your weight. I started at 246 and for the first several months I averaged 2lbs a week. After I dropped out of the 200s I averaged 1.5lbs a week. I try to stay at 1500 calories most days but allow myself to go as high as 1750 if I have worked out beyond my norm.

    I am at a point now where I am elated to lose 1lb a week but am happy if it is only .5lbs.

    I eat fairly healthy and still have my indulgences so I don't think a bagel and cream cheese is so bad. I just finished a peanut butter and banana sandwich for breakfast...it is within my calorie goals and provides me with protein...fat...fiber...potassium...and some micronutrients.

    My advice...just keep working on making some adjustments...it took me several weeks to find what would work for me.

    Good luck...

    Thanks Annie.....

    I feel like its one of the hardest things that most people will ever do and alot of people dont understand it.

    I am going to start eating cleaner one meal at time.

    The struggle is real

    It can be a struggle at times...if we allow it to become one. I find at times that I become obsessed with the process instead of enjoying the journey. When that happens...I have to take a step back and refocus. Recently I found myself so caught up in tracking those macro/micro things that I wasn't enjoying what was happening to my body and in my life. So...I am taking a break from those temporarily and just trying to stay in my calorie goals.

    For me...this has been a "good" point in my life and one that was much needed for various reasons. Besides from learning about food...nutrients...exercise...I have learned much more about myself...the good and the bad. I think that is what has allowed to be more successful this time in losing weight...knowing who I am and what I am capable of.

    Try to enjoy the journey...the weight will come off...

    Keep getting up every morning and starting anew...be kind to yourself...most of all...do for yourself all of the things that you deserve...even if that is a bagel with cream cheese!!! (Just not too many of them...LOL)
  • lrmall01
    lrmall01 Posts: 377 Member
    After reading through this I thought of one other strategy you might play around with.

    As others have mentioned, the most likely candidate here is that you might be underestimating some calories and thus eating more than your diary may indicate. So to get things moving in the right direction you need to eat less.

    You could play around with intermittent fasting and skip a meal every once in a while. For example, you could consider skipping breakfast every other day but eat normally for your other meals and snacks. From what I see in your diary this would save you a few hundred calories every time you do it. Basically giving you a some 1200 calorie days and some 1500 calorie days.

    Anyway, just another strategy that hadn't been mentioned before.

    Good luck!
  • thebigcb
    thebigcb Posts: 2,210 Member
    Are you being honest? With yourself? Come on now, tell the truth
  • Phoenxyx79
    Phoenxyx79 Posts: 22
    Yes I am.
  • Julzanne72
    Julzanne72 Posts: 468 Member
    I have my diary set for 2 lbs a week, and I have about 60lbs to lose, give or take, the thing is, I knew when I set it at 2lbs a week that I should not expect every week to be exactly the same. That is unrealistic, and if you expect that you will only get frustrated when the scale is not showing you what you want to see. I am sure you know your body is a complex machine, and you should not expect every week to be exactly the same. That being said, wouldn't you rather it take you 2 years and you get to your goal and have changed your life in a way that you are able to maintain your weight loss long term rather than dropping in in months and going back to old habits and gaining the weight back, yet again. I understand the want to have the lbs. drop quickly, it's a hard road, but it's so worth the effort. Be patient, start weighing your food, not guesstimating, and keep moving forward, and you will get there. It's not a race, it's a journey and it takes time and patience.

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