Can someone review my food diary?

alanindahlonega

Exercise..walk an hr..
Burn some cals.....eat MORE cals! Log everything. H2O is important too.

More importantly, your young, be happy, live life with a smile on your face. Carpe Diem

charanne52

Not sure what you mean by "macros". If it's the figures highlighted in red then I guess you need to change the entries in your food diary but that would be "cheating". It looks like your protein intake is the only one a bit over so I wouldn't be overly concerned as you are still under your overall calories. I'd far rather be over in my protein intake than my fat intake. I think that line is just there to keep you within the recommended guidelines. When you are choosing foods spend some time reading the nutritional value on the labels and take it from there.

skinnysoonsima

Thanks wranglerwoman (sorry I don't know your name ). Glad I could help.

Just ate two spoons of peanut butter. That's protein right? I think

Yep, that upped my protein and my calories. That's good I think.

skinnysoonsima

Thanks everyone, you're all very kind and super helpful.

I got the 30 Day Shred too. I'm going to try and start it as soon as I can, and see how that goes.

tinkermommc

I agree with everyone else. Less starches more fruits, veggies and dairy. As for the reason the site if for 18 and up is because younger than that you could still be growing/bones forming type stuff. I find working towards it admirable but maybe you should talk to your doctor or a nutritionalist to find what calories/food you need to be at right now. We all try but we are not always right. Good Luck!

skinnysoonsima

N'aww, I'm probably not going to grow much more. I was a very early bloomer. Doctors say if I do grow, it's maybe a cm or 2 at best.

ARMom8251

This site is for poeople 18 and over.

That's all you go out of her question..

Amen!!! How about encourage and help a young person become a healthy eater, if you don't have input on that how about not post on the Question!

lporter229

bump

em9371

Okay more milk and yogurt ahaha thanks.

Can I adjust my macros anywhere? I've looked but I don't know where it is.

Or is it fixed and I should just ignore all the red in every range including calories ahaha.

you alter this in 'goals' then 'custom goals'. It is not 'cheating', MFP sets protein very low as standard, and depending on your exercise goals you will need different amounts of protein / fat / carbs. Mine are 25p / 30f / 45c, a lot of people use 30p / 30f / 40c.

jsapninz

This site is for poeople 18 and over.

That's all you go out of her question..

Amen!!! How about encourage and help a young person become a healthy eater, if you don't have input on that how about not post on the Question!

I am all for young people to be healthy. However:

1) This site is NOT designed for children.
2) She is breaking the user terms of MFP
3) One should not encourage her to do so

skinnysoonsima

Thank you guys so much for all the help. I'm really grateful. Friend me maybe?

I'll go adjust my macros right away, thank you.\

And I'll be 18 in like 9 months. I don't think it'll make too much of a difference to be honest.

mccarol1956

This site is for poeople 18 and over.

REALLY? This is all you have to add....nice!
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Her age is not the topic.. get over it.

mccarol1956

If you are exercising as you say, you need to log it and also eat the calories back that it gives you. An important goal when losing is to get healthy and you will not stay healthy if you do not eat your goals.. you need to net greater than 1200.

skinnysoonsima

Will do. The thing is, I like to leave some calorie wiggle room, because I do measure what I eat, but not EXACTLY so I leave room for it to go up and down a bit.

skinnysoonsima

Can someone look at today? I feel like it's got more vegs and protein and less carbs. I'm planning on having something with the canned beans in my house and having an apple and maybe an orange later, but I still have a lot of protein left.

Any ideas how to up the protein a bit? I'd have some PB but I've hit my fat for the day already.

em9371

Can someone look at today? I feel like it's got more vegs and protein and less carbs. I'm planning on having something with the canned beans in my house and having an apple and maybe an orange later, but I still have a lot of protein left.

Any ideas how to up the protein a bit? I'd have some PB but I've hit my fat for the day already.

to get protein without fat you're looking at things like lean meat (chicken / turkey breast), fish, fat free greek yogurt, protein shakes etc.
I find it helps to plan my day in advance, then I can see which meal combinations work best to hit my macros, then add different snacks depending what i need to make up.

what did you set your macros to? 120g protein seems VERY high on a 1200 calorie allowance you probably dont need that much, i get just a bit more than that for 1950 cals!!
generally 1g protein per lb of lean body mass (you will need to get your body fat % checked for this). Based on your weight and say 30% body fat your protein would be around 90g.
0.35g fat per lb of total body weight.
Rest can be made up as you wish from carbs / protein / fat.

skinnysoonsima

Alright, thank you

Pinkgirl319

I think you seem to be eating enough but you eat A Lot of carbs! You are over your recommended carb intake almost every day and their recommended intake is pretty high. Replace nutritionally empty baguettes with fruits and vegetables.