Food diary advice...

stefraab

I opened up my food diary and am wondering if people could take a look and see if it looks like generally I'm doing a good job. I am losing weight - a bit fast actually - so I upped my calories per day by 100 cals. just to see how that goes for a bit.

There were some days when I was super over on sodium - I've learned my lesson there. I get major water-retention after. I'm also frequently over on sugar... that's partly due to the fact that I have a mount of easter chocolate I am slowly working through and cannot resist. I'm aware of those things :-)

But in general is my diet fairly healthy? I'm a sucker for carbs so I've tried to cut back a bit on those. Any other recommendations?

Vegasboricua702

I think your doing great. One thing I noticed tho. You should try to cut out fat as much as you can. Everybody is different. Only 15-20% of my calories come from fat. I consume around 30g a day in fat. If your eating fats make sure they are healthy fats such as fruits, fish oil, extra virgin olive oil. I use numerous fat free products such *kitten* skim milk, fat free dressing, and eating egg whites while limiting my yolks.

mlh612

I think you are doing really well! Like you said, just watch the sodium and try to up your water intake... and it's OK to have a small piece of chocolate every day- that will keep the cravings away and help you avoid wanting the entire bag of chocolate

stefraab

Thanks! We generally eat fairly healthy so I haven't really had to change my diet - other than drinking less beer.

I'll keep the fat thing in mind. I am thinking it's probably coming in the egg yolks and some recipes we make although we also try to use low-fat milk and extra-virgin olive oil :-) Thanks for the info!

louiseei

A lot of your entries are recipies and I can't see exactly what's in them, so I could be wrong, but I think you might try to incorporate more fruit and vegetables perhaps. Otherwise, well done on your loss.

stefraab

A lot of your entries are recipies and I can't see exactly what's in them, so I could be wrong, but I think you might try to incorporate more fruit and vegetables perhaps. Otherwise, well done on your loss.

Aah - sorry. Yeah I find if I input all the ingredients it's quicker than putting each ingredient in every single time
Generally though in our recipes we use E.V. Olive Oil... never cook with salt (other than what's in some sauces)... and try to use veggies that are PC "blue menu" - low sodium, low fat.

dlaplume2

I think it looks good and if you are losing weight and happy with the results, I would worry too much. You said you thought you might be losing too fast though. I don't know when in April you started, but if you continue to lose more than 2lb a week you might want to add some calories to your plan. Maybe fruit, yogurt, even some cheese sticks or something.

stefraab

I think it looks good and if you are losing weight and happy with the results, I would worry too much. You said you thought you might be losing too fast though. I don't know when in April you started, but if you continue to lose more than 2lb a week you might want to add some calories to your plan. Maybe fruit, yogurt, even some cheese sticks or something.

I started March 31st I think - 11lbs in just over a month is great in theory but yeah, I was worried it was coming off a bit too fast. I added back 100 cals... I'm going to see if that slows it down (no giant loss this morning so I'm thinking it's helping a bit) and will add more if it keeps going so quickly.
Thanks! :-)