food journal respond

yalmira82

wow I would of never thought I ate that much carbs and sugar. But I guess it is in the cereal I eat in the morning. I eat that because it is quick and easy. I eat mixed cereals in a 2 cup container with no milk and I drink coffee in the morning. This is all while driving to work. My food actually works around my work schedule. Grab and go. Even lunch at work. I can prepare meals at home for dinner. I do jog up and down my drive way 5 times back and forth. The driveway is kinda long. Crunches leg lifts every other day and we play the wii as a family and several other things. All done every other day (three - 4 times a week. My calories are set at 1200 a day for my goal! any suggestion?????

Kelly_Wilson1990

I looked at today's journal. You need to cut out the sugar filled cereal. Eat Cheerios or other low sugar cereals. You are not eating enough protein. You need to set your protein up and your carbs down. You should be getting between 75-100 grams of protein a day.

AliBlake29

I looked at yesterdays journal and my suggestion is to watch your portion control. I know its hard with cereal and wanting something fast on the go but cereal is a killer for me because there isn't much to a portion size. You might want to try something that is more filling so that you can control your portion size. I also agree the sugar filled cereal will get ya everytime.
Good luck to you and always look for new recipes, things you can eat that are natural quick and healthy to help with your food intake.

WifeMomDVM

I'm sure by the time I finish typing this you'll have a bajillion replies, but here goes anyway:

1) You are eating too few calories, especially if you are exercising as much as you say you are. At the very least EAT 1200 calories and NO LESS, but with your exercise I would recommend that you eat 1400-1500/day. Your metabolism is going to slow way down if it hasn't already from you eating so little. You have to eat to lose, TRUST ME. I've been on the 1200 cals/day before - I finally learned (the hard way) to eat more to lose. I'm now losing with 1500 cals/day.

2) Try Kashi Go Lean Soy Twigs and Honey Puffs cereal - only 6 grams of sugar per serving and loaded with fiber.

3) Go change your diary settings to custom - switch to 40% carbohydrates, 30% fat, 30% protein and make sure you eat your protein in the form of lean meats - fish, poultry. Try to eat 1 gm of protein per lb of body weight. Protein takes longer for your body to digest and will keep you feeling fuller longer.

4) Drink lots of water.

5) I like to track sodium too -try to keep it under 1500 mg/day.

Clean up your diet - less packaged/processed food - it takes a little advanced planning, but I too often eat on the go, but can manage to find healthy alternatives that are quick.

Here's a nice link to get you started on cleaner eating if you're interested:

http://www.extremely-fit.com/fitness-tips/2011/01/8week-transition-diet/

In addition, though you didn't ask - I highly recommend weight training at least 3 days a week with heavy weights.