I think I'm messing up my nutrient balance...

Raducan

So I've managed to eat mostly 'good' foods today... but like yesterday, I end up meeting my fat, sugar and protein allowances but end up with a huge carb deficit and hardly any calories. I don't feel like I'm eating bad foods (ok, maybe I do like fatty things a little too much) but I don't know what else I'm supposed to have when I'm in this position. I'm not big on starchy foods generally so I don't want to have a potato or a slice of bread or anything like that. Or is it a good thing that my starchy carbs are so low?

I like sweets a lot and since I've tried to give them up I'm just not interested in food that much; I couldn't manage three decent meals a day and end up drinking tea with sweeteners instead of chocolate.


Totals 941 68 44 51 23 7

Your Daily Goal 1,404 193 46 52 28 100

Remaining 463 125 2 1 5 93

Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sugar Iron

For the record I got up late and had 2x sardines on toast and a lonely looking breakfast mushroom for brunch, then homemade beef and vegetable stew with dumplings for dinner.

APHerrera

I'd suggest something like beans, which have a lot of carbs as well as protein. Hummus, same thing... Fruit also has carbs without protein/fat, but it has a high sugar content. I wouldn't suggest grabbing a potato or slice of bread just to up your carb intake, because those aren't the most nutritious sources of carbs.

We definitely need carbs for energy, so make sure you are getting enough!

PS - I'd check to make sure all the carb counts for each individual food item you've logged are correct. Sometimes I've noticed that people just put "N/A" for everything except calories when they're entering foods into the database.

CallMeCupcakeDammit

I shouldn't even be on here because I'm swamped with work, so I didn't have time to read through this to pick out the info, but there's a lot of good information on this site... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/how-many-carbohydrates-do-you-need.html