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  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    I haven't been active for a while. Started back up today so I can track my calorie intake. The diet I've been on said you didn't have to worry about calories, just eat only the foods on the list.

    That's not good advice. Cheese especially adds up calories extremely quickly.

    Oh yeah, cheese is killer! Something around 100 cals for a cubic inch piece of it or something like that. It's so darn tasty though!
  • Jamie0529
    Jamie0529 Posts: 49 Member
    It says to eat 1590
  • Spanaval
    Spanaval Posts: 1,200 Member
    I haven't been active for a while. Started back up today so I can track my calorie intake. The diet I've been on said you didn't have to worry about calories, just eat only the foods on the list.

    That's a lot of nonsense. In the end, it all comes down to calories in/calories out.

    You need to think of this less as a "diet" you go on, or a short term solution, and think of it as the way you're going to live for the rest of your life. If you cannot live this way, long-term, you're less likely to be successful in keeping your weight off. You may want to start by figuring out your BMR/TDEE, and then figuring out how to eat those calories within the restrictions your diet has set out for you.
  • peuglow
    peuglow Posts: 684 Member
    Just looking at what you have eaten today, you aren't eating enough. 5 mozzerella sticks is not a lunch, try to add complex carbs, vegetables, and water to your foods.
  • Jamie0529
    Jamie0529 Posts: 49 Member
    I guess I need to cut out the cheese. And I love cheese....
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    It says to eat 1590

    So eat 1590.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    I guess I need to cut out the cheese. And I love cheese....

    I give up here.
  • peuglow
    peuglow Posts: 684 Member
    Of course you love cheese, everyone does. It's yummy because it's high in fat!

    Moderation is critical, eating a wider variety of foods will allow you to eat more in quantity and will keep you more full, longer.
  • Jamie0529
    Jamie0529 Posts: 49 Member
    I usually have cucumbers, vienna sausage and cottage cheese during my lunch. Or a different type of meat. Today I splurged and had Moz. sticks. I usually have veggies with my lunch and dinner.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    It says to eat 1590

    :-)

    That's about what I eat a day. Or so.
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    Since you're using MFP, which is mainly a tracking tool for food and exercise... I would start there. Your current diet may not require you to count calories, but I really encourage you to do it for a couple of weeks and just look at overall trends. The amazing thing about logging your food is you realize how many high-calorie foods you put in your body... If you eat well for an entire day but then splurge on mozzarella sticks, that could take you 800 calories over your goal without you realizing it. This is a wonderful tool for keeping yourself honest, and enlightening yourself to the facts about WHY you're not losing weight (or why you are!)

    When you have a significant amount of weight to lose.. Calories are the measurement you want to look at
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Since you're using MFP, which is mainly a tracking tool for food and exercise... I would start there. Your current diet may not require you to count calories, but I really encourage you to do it for a couple of weeks and just look at overall trends. The amazing thing about logging your food is you realize how many high-calorie foods you put in your body... If you eat well for an entire day but then splurge on mozzarella sticks, that could take you 800 calories over your goal without you realizing it. This is a wonderful tool for keeping yourself honest, and enlightening yourself to the facts about WHY you're not losing weight (or why you are!)

    When you have a significant amount of weight to lose.. Calories are the measurement you want to look at
    Or she may not be eating enough...given that her "splurge" is the only real calories she's eaten today.
  • insane5150
    insane5150 Posts: 93 Member
    Like everyone says, calories in / calories out.... but you can also try switching up your workout and not only dedicate yourself to the treadmill. Often times the body can become custom the the "norm" if it is all it gets.

    Definatley continue to track your food, it holds you accountable for what you take in as well as opens your eyes to reality, not just an "I think I ate about xxxx amount of calories"
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    Or she may not be eating enough...given that her "splurge" is the only real calories she's eaten today.

    But she hasn't even logged a full day of food. She may not have logged everything she's eaten, and at the time I posted that, it was not even noon. I wouldn't jump to conclusions on a sparse diary entry when she hasn't been in the habit of logging.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Or she may not be eating enough...given that her "splurge" is the only real calories she's eaten today.

    But she hasn't even logged a full day of food. She may not have logged everything she's eaten, and at the time I posted that, it was not even noon. I wouldn't jump to conclusions on a sparse diary entry when she hasn't been in the habit of logging.
    indeed she hasn't. I also wouldn't jump to the conclusion that she's eating too much.

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