A little help please

sandhillcrane

Processed food,nacos.......all bad. Also, look at your sodium. Very very high!!!! I hope your blood pressure is ok. You are eating bad cereal too, if I recall correctly. You are eating a lot of carbs which may not be too bad if you are exercising a lot. I think you really need to look at the quality of your choices. I don't think all calories are created equal. Good luck!! :flowerforyou:

yentess

I didn't look at your food diary but based on what other people are saying maybe your sodium is too high? Most pre-packaged and fast foods have tons. I know MFP sets the daily sodium limit at 2500 but I find for myself if I go much over 1000 my weight the next morning will reflect it. And I'm sorry to hear your family isn't supportive of your attempts to improve your health. Maybe you can try to explain to them how much their support would mean to you. Also if you cannot cook there are plenty of healthy foods that don't require any cooking. Raw fruits, veggies, and nuts. Yogurt, and hummus. I have had great results with a vegan raw food diet, but I really enjoy cooking and like a little more variety so it was hard to stick with long term. I really don't know what to say about your family eating the healthy foods your buy for yourself, I kinda find that odd behaviour. Maybe when you shop you can buy some that is for them too. If you have to dine out definately try some of the healthier options. Most fast food places offer salads and grilled chicken sandwiches.

leanmachinedream

I can only eat processed foods unless someone else cooks. In this house it's safer to eat processed than what my mother cooks. I mean a gallon of cooking oil and greasy tacos vs 500 extra mg of sodium.

Why can't you cook? You're eating a lot of fast food and hardly any veggies, fruit, or protein! Fast food is a lot more than 500mg extra sodium, it's fat content and highly processed. It's barely able to be called meat.

HorrorChix89

I can only eat processed foods unless someone else cooks. In this house it's safer to eat processed than what my mother cooks. I mean a gallon of cooking oil and greasy tacos vs 500 extra mg of sodium.

Why can't you cook? You're eating a lot of fast food and hardly any veggies, fruit, or protein! Fast food is a lot more than 500mg extra sodium, it's fat content and highly processed. It's barely able to be called meat.

Our oven doesn't work, only 1 eye on the top of the stove works, last time I cooked the kitchen caught on fire. And I'm not talking about like a little flame I'm talking flames hitting the ceiling that destroyed the overhead fan and melted the buttons on the stove as well as destroyed a pot (different stove than we have now...we moved since then).

And I'm not eating THAT much fast food. I could be eating a lot more. Honestly I cut back on my fast food. A hamburger everyone 3 days or less would really set me off that much?

HorrorChix89

I didn't look at your food diary but based on what other people are saying maybe your sodium is too high? Most pre-packaged and fast foods have tons. I know MFP sets the daily sodium limit at 2500 but I find for myself if I go much over 1000 my weight the next morning will reflect it. And I'm sorry to hear your family isn't supportive of your attempts to improve your health. Maybe you can try to explain to them how much their support would mean to you. Also if you cannot cook there are plenty of healthy foods that don't require any cooking. Raw fruits, veggies, and nuts. Yogurt, and hummus. I have had great results with a vegan raw food diet, but I really enjoy cooking and like a little more variety so it was hard to stick with long term. I really don't know what to say about your family eating the healthy foods your buy for yourself, I kinda find that odd behaviour. Maybe when you shop you can buy some that is for them too. If you have to dine out definately try some of the healthier options. Most fast food places offer salads and grilled chicken sandwiches.

Explaining anything to my family is like trying to talk your way out of a traffic ticket with a dead body in the seat beside you. It ain't gonna happen. My mother understands why i'm trying to get healthy but she said "We don't count calories, we count fat." After that I stopped trying. Even my friends look at me weird when I go out with them and complain that I can't eat the giant box of fried rice because of the amount of sodium. Giving up stir fry has been the worst thing I ever done, but it needs to be done, right?

And I hate nuts unless they're covered in salt. Plain tasting foods are not my thing and never will be. Sorry to say (not really, I'm never sorry for that I believe in) but I like to taste what goes in my mouth otherwise I'll just spit it out.

HorrorChix89

Processed food,nacos.......all bad. Also, look at your sodium. Very very high!!!! I hope your blood pressure is ok. You are eating bad cereal too, if I recall correctly. You are eating a lot of carbs which may not be too bad if you are exercising a lot. I think you really need to look at the quality of your choices. I don't think all calories are created equal. Good luck!! :flowerforyou:

I like cereal, guess I have to give that up too...and this is the first night I'll have nachos in god knows when and i haven't even eaten them yet -_-

HorrorChix89

Sounds like it...sorry, guess you need to rethink your lifestyle and living arrangements...and tell the others to leave your stuff alone. Sounds like they eat enough on their own.

Yeah I'll do that when I get $20k to buy my own place

crystal9999

I wouldn't come on here asking for help if you're not ready to hear what these people are trying to tell you.

yentess

I wouldn't come on here asking for help if you're not ready to hear what these people are trying to tell you.

I was thinking the same thing This is a great resource and the people on here are so wonderful to take their time to help others with advice and share what has worked for them..

crystal9999

I think this post that you made in another topic says it all about you:



Well I get about $6k from refunded tuition money each semester that I have to pay back. I'm not employed mainly due to laziness and not wanting to work retail, food, or anything that would require me to smile at hateful people all day.

But when I DO get my degree in Film I want to make a good sum of money to live a comfortable life. Not trying to be rich, but being able to take at least 1 worry-free vacation a year AND having all bills paid on time would be nice.

megan_t82

The same thing is going on with me! Im frustrated as heck!! I totally understand how you feel!! Im doing everything right on here...and getting married in July...it must stop!!! Grrr