PLEASE HELP ME - I'M BECOMEING SO DISCOURAGED

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  • Chrissy_Michelle
    Chrissy_Michelle Posts: 176 Member
    Hello! firstly, 5 pounds is awesome, congrats!!! Second, after viewing your food diary over the last few days I can see why you are having difficulty in losing more weight. Where are the fruits and veggies? I see lots of processed food and sweets even soda. Even when we stay in our caloric window, the foods we eat can impact our efforts and slow us down dramatically. You need lean protein, low fat or non fat dairy, lots of veggies and fruits and tons of water, high fiber foods and if you must have breads or pasta or rice, go for whole grain ones! Good luck and try incorporating more of the things i listed! I think you will be pleased with the outcome :)
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,330 Member
    Looking at your diary, the problem becomes very apparent. You could theoretically lose weight eating what you are eating, but much of it is empty calories. By that I mean it does not have the vitamins and minerals your body needs. Those may seem like a small thing, but they make a huge difference in the function of your body, especially in weight loss. Next, the food you eat has almost no fiber. Of all the things you can increase in your diet, that is one that is proven to help in weight loss, the other is protein. Start eating more fruits and veggies. A coffee and donut a day would be fine, but you need veggies, fruits and lean meats as well. This will mean making some of your own food. The other thing that worries me is are those entries for restaurant sandwiches accurate? I ask because 2 slices of bread will usually come to about 200 calories all by themselves. Add about 80-90 for say turkey, then some more for various toppings and you are easily over 300 calories in one sandwich. More is the bread slices are thicker and the meat put on it is more than one serving. Don't trust all the stuff in the database unless you verify it. I have found a bunch that are wrong when compared to the numbers on what I am eating. If I had simply trusted them I would have been way over on my calories a number of days.
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