Someone who knows

Msaip

Please. Someone who actually knows about the diet to weightloss challenge .....Look at my diary the last week.....aside from saturday...I know what I did wrong there. I drink 3 liters of water a day minimum......what am I eating too much of/not enough of?

dls06

The only thing is watch protion size on carbs. The rice is only 1/2 cup. Also add more vegetables.

Msaip

well the only thing with the rice is it's those minute bowls.....it's not any good reheated..I can't cook to save my life

What do you do for veggies? Do you eat them plain or is there a tastier solution?

DianaPowerUp

Overall, your diary looks quite good.
I'm not doing that particular challenge, so I don't know the specifics of it, but here are some guesses that I have:

1. If you aren't using a HRM, you may be overestimating your burns, and therefore allowed more calories than you really should be

2. Are you actually measuring/weighing your food, so that you are certain about serving size? (sometimes something will say 1/2 cup or X amt of gms, and I can tell you, from experience, that weighing it out will be less than your cup or tbl measurement).

3. You haven't been at it long enough to see a change, or you are already so close to your goal that it is getting harder to drop the weight

Otherwise, things really look pretty good. You could clean it up a little more (less processed, like your rice or butter choices, for ex, and add more veggies), but all in all, it seems pretty on target. Just keep at it, and I'm sure you'll see the results you want!

Msaip

Overall, your diary looks quite good.
I'm not doing that particular challenge, so I don't know the specifics of it, but here are some guesses that I have:

1. If you aren't using a HRM, you may be overestimating your burns, and therefore allowed more calories than you really should be

2. Are you actually measuring/weighing your food, so that you are certain about serving size? (sometimes something will say 1/2 cup or X amt of gms, and I can tell you, from experience, that weighing it out will be less than your cup or tbl measurement).

3. You haven't been at it long enough to see a change, or you are already so close to your goal that it is getting harder to drop the weight

Otherwise, things really look pretty good. You could clean it up a little more (less processed, like your rice or butter choices, for ex, and add more veggies), but all in all, it seems pretty on target. Just keep at it, and I'm sure you'll see the results you want!

My goal is about 140ish. i'm 189 right now and I'm 5'6 so I figure that is a good range for me to start with. I might give the 130's a try, Should I lessen to one pound a week and focus more on cardio? I like weight training but I just don't think I get enough from it. I plan on getting a hrm as soon as I can afford one

angel79202

In looking at your diary, I would say if you can try to decrease your fat..I know you are technically under the goal but 50 grams or so is a lot in a day. I typically do 25-35 a day. My trainer said no more than 30% of the cals should come from fat. Same thing with sodium, i know you are technically under but try to do more natural foods. I know you said you don't cook, but maybe more fruits and veggies, granola bars work as low cal snacks..good luck!

cammons

I should start by stating that I am not a nutritionist or a doctor, they would be the best people to consult to determine how much of any one thing you should consume in a day.

I looked through a few days in your food diary and what jumped out at me was the sodium levels. For the most part you stick a few hundred milligrams below what MFP has reccomended but you are still nearly 1,000mg above the guidelines that the American Heard Association recommends (they feel that 1,500mg is the appropriate cap).

I have noticed that most of your foods throughout the day are processed. It's not the end of the world but pre-packaged foods, while convenient and necessary at times often have much higher sodium than their less convenient (meaning you actually have to cook them) and less processed counterparts...they also tend to cost more than buying the more unprocessed "good stuff". I would suggest that you get some chicken and grill or bake it yourself and cut it into strips to replace the Tyson chicken, and rather than relying on frozen meals for lunch, toss a few things into a tupperware and make you own "frozen meal" for lunch. (I make slightly larger dinners and pack the leftovers for my husband to take to work for lunch the next day or freeze for a later day's lunch.)

It does take more work, and I'm sure you're super busy (we all are these days) but if you can give yourself even half an hour you can get a lot of food prep in over the weekends for your lunches and dinners that will make it easy to throw things together during the week. Try cutting up some veggies and having them ready to go in the fridge, you'd be surprised how easy that makes it to up the veggie intake without having to use frozen or canned (processed!) veggies.

The quick summary: I'd go after cutting out as much of the pre-packaged foods as is humanly possible and cutting back on the sodium intake to more closely match those of the AHA.