Could someone please look at my food diary?

chooklady

Looks good and healthy. Maybe you are like me, putting on weight at first but not losing fat because I was exercising more . Then people told me to watch sodium , Drink lots of water. I couldn't have stuck it out without fitness pal friends. Just starting to turn the scale after 3 weeks hard work . But there are other benefits ; fitness and energy!

ludogx87

doesnt seem as though your eating enough protien.... maybe try n up the protien and lower carbs a little???

HannahMarieMcDougald

Your eating a lot of carbs and always going over?

californiahomegirl

Your diary looks good. You could try drinking more water. Depending on when you started, you could have built up some muscle, too. It weighs more than fat. Don't give up--there are plateaus!

VAMommyAgain

Here are my suggestions:

-set your goal to 1 lb loss/wk MAX....maybe even go to 1/2 lb/wk (I do not think you are eating too many cals AT ALL)

-you need MORE protein! Try to get 30% protein/30% fat/40% carbs (if you have the iPhone app this is easy to track on the pie chart they use for the macros)

-start lifting weights (I HIGHLY recommend reading The New Rules Of Lifting For Women...your library probably has it)

Di3012

Looking at the few posts she has had, I'm guessing either she doesn't know how to find topics she started, or doesn't really care, or is only reading what she wants to hear and therefore not responding to those truly trying to offer useful help.

This ^

I agree, I just saw the postings she has made in the past.

nutteranna

Keep an eye on your carb/protein ratio as well, I'm looking at Jan 30, you show 228 carbs but only 32 protein. Try to balance those two out more. I would be starving on that low of protein a day.

thats exsactly what i was thinking, too many carbs in your previous days, i'd recomend eating less carbs AND stready your callorie intake through the day, for exsample in the morning and lunch have the more callories and a light tea that way your having the most in morning and lunch and it burnes longer before the next day but make sure you have a light tea (i often have veg soup for tea), try to have more callories at lunch hun insted of eating so much for breakfast, share out the main food intake between breaky and lunch but don't go over your daily recomended intake, your working hard but i'd say deffo cut down on the carbs hun

mummytee87

Took me 4 weeks of healthy eating and exercise before anything came off, then it was coming off 2-4lbs a week.. Sometimes it just takes a little longer... Keep up the good work though x

paleojamie

you clearly need 6 small meals

TerraGirl17

Please tell me what I'm doing wrong...I'm not losing anything

You aren't eating enough if you are at a healthy or near healthy weight to begin with. Your diary shows you set to 2lbs per week loss but you only want to lose 15lbs. 1200 calories isn't enough to coax your already healthy body to shed the little bit extra you want off.

Read this:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/61706-guide-to-calorie-deficits

The guy who wrote that is actually a trainer AND lost weight doing this so he actually knows what he is talking about.

^^^^^^^^ I agree with this 100%, you should up your calories to between 1400-1800

erin_zuk

I find it incredibly hard to believe you're only burning 200 calories when you're running 5 mph for 30 mins....
I'd highly suggest a heart rate monitor and search for some eating plans for runners.

iwannarun1095

THank you, I will try eating more protein and less carbs. And I have stopped binge eating about a month ago, when I just started. I currently don't have an HRM, I'm thinking about getting one but right now I'm just doing with what I have.
My life is hectic, so I'm trying to work on getting more small meals

sappyoldlady

I am not sure but we bought a scale and when we put in a small sweet potato the calories were higher that what you have listed by weight....not sure might want to check it...

RMuske

Muscle weighs more than fat. If you are working out, running, etc you may be reducing fat and gaining muscle so the real progress might not be showing on the scale. Do you feel better?

vs1023

Muscle weighs more than fat. If you are working out, running, etc you may be reducing fat and gaining muscle so the real progress might not be showing on the scale. Do you feel better?

Sorry not correct, a pound is a pound, the difference is muscle takes up less space then fat so losing fat and gaining muscle makes you appear leaner. Also if working out a lot muscles will retain water.

Everyone had great suggestions. Lift weights, more protein and be sure you are eating enough