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  • candacedarnell
    candacedarnell Posts: 14
    Couple of thoughts - you said you weigh everything, which is great. Do you use the listings for YOUR foods and make sure they match? Sometimes the listings for brand name products are just plain wrong or maybe the formula has changed which can throw things off. A couple days ago I see you logged Subway for lunch but then put McDonald's, two cookies in. Did you get cookies at Subway or McDonald's? If you got them at Subway, their cookies are higher in calories than the McDonald's cookies. Go to the Subway website to get the NI.

    Also, I've noticed that manufacturers of products are sometimes allowed to provide the NI for a product and exclude the calories from fiber. You see this especially on the 100 calorie, high fiber type of foods. Those 100 calorie Arnold thin? By using the carb/fat/protein numbers are actually closer to 120 calories but they are allowed to label them at 100 calories because they omit the calories from fiber. I noticed that on your veggie burgers they were WAY off - it showed 220 calories but if you use the macros to calculate calories, they actually come to 264 calories.

    Yeah, these numbers may not seem like much, but can add up to 100+ calories per day. Also, if you don't weigh the pre-packaged items, sometimes they may weigh more than a serving size. Usually it's not off by much, but that could also add even more calories to your day.

    If you're off just 250 calories per day on average, that's enough to keep you from losing 1/2 pound per week. Sodium shouldn't matter if it's your normal intake levels.

    Wow I didn't think of that! Thank you! I just drains me because I shouldn't have to do all of this science to lose weight. I should just be able to eat clean....burn more than I eat and wahlaaa! Butttttt No! My body has to be difficult. The cookies I did get from McDonalds....its that time of the month and wanted something sweet ;) . I figured if I burned so much from zumba and weights that going over 100-200 cal, one or two days, from my normal caloric intake it would still give me weightloss. I guess I'll have to go this route. Thanks for your help as well!

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