Critique my diet

bora65

Thanks! Also worth mentioning that I drink 4.5 L of water and 2 cups of green tea a day

littlelily613

There are a lot of processed carbs in it. Not just bread and rice which can be okay--but white bread and white rice is essentially just empty calories. You should also be getting more fruit and veg, and on some days, more protein

mallory3411

You should track sodium. You seem to be eating quite a bit of processed foods. You also don't have a lot of veggies and fruits listed.

psuLemon

Your protein rather low. And you may not be eating enough calories, especially if exercising. Men have more nutritional requirements than women and we should be around 1500-1800 net.

bluekat61

Hi! if you go to settings and change your diary settings to count your sugar, fiber and protein intakes daily, I think you might see that you are not where you might want to be for a healthy diet. A quick look at your last week's menus, looks like not enough vegetables, proteins and fiber. (I'm a lunch lady so nutrition is part of what I do).
I have found that by changing my diet report settings I get a better picture of what I need to increase and decrease as I go through each day. I hope that helps! Keep working at it!

wahmx3

Switch your white rice and bread to whole grains, do it gradually if you have to but it is important. I agree with others who said to also track your sodium and fiber. With so much processed stuff, your sodium is going to be quite high. Definitely add fruits and vegies as those are lacking most days. Funny how some said to increase protein, I looked quickly over about 2 weeks and I would say some days to lower it a bit and use some of the calories for fruits and vegies. Why aren't you tracking your water on here? On the days you are having packaged oatmeal, try and switch some of that to regular oatmeal without the processing. You can add brown sugar, cinammom, applesauce etc for flavor.

psuLemon

Hi! if you go to settings and change your diary settings to count your sugar, fiber and protein intakes daily, I think you might see that you are not where you might want to be for a healthy diet. A quick look at your last week's menus, looks like not enough vegetables, proteins and fiber. (I'm a lunch lady so nutrition is part of what I do).
I have found that by changing my diet report settings I get a better picture of what I need to increase and decrease as I go through each day. I hope that helps! Keep working at it!

There is no need to track sugar. It's a carb and if you stay within your carbs, you should be fine. Sodium is much more key to weight loss as it's the determinate for water weight. Besides, MFP is extremely low on sugar in terms of calories and the standard 50g can't apply to you and I as I am eating 3000 calories vs whatever you eat. Unfortunately, unless you ratio sugar to calories and alter the goal, it's pretty useless for most people.

bora65

Thank you everyone, your input has been quite useful!