WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?

SanteMulberry

Hi guys! So I started logging my food with MFP 15 days ago. When I started here I was trying to do a low carb diet and yes I lost weight but was finding it hard to stick to just 20 carbs a day. So I decided to try MFP and just log my food. Now here I am almost three weeks later and I’ve been staying under my cal intake but I’m gaining weight. I try to work out at least three times a week. My food diary is public. Please can someone tell me what I’m doing wrong or if I need to continue to be patient. I want to be healthy and I need the scale going in the opposite direction!

I'm wondering if you have had a medical checkup recently. If you have more than 40 pounds to lose, it is wise to get your doctor's okay and help. It would be good to get your kidney function tested, as well as your uric acid levels. I don't want to scare you but very low carb diets (such as you have been on) can raise uric acid levels in obese folks (and many obese people already have elevated uric acid levels anyway) to a level that damages the kidneys. I would go see your doctor.

Dethea

I'm seeing a lot of fast food and processed food in the last week and a half or so. Also, a lot of your foods say "homemade." Did you actually put in the recipe for these? If not, you need to be careful. Someone's homemade item may be completely different from what you are eating.

One other thing is the sweet n low. I know it's zero calories, but there is some sugar in there. The actual sweet n low product is too fine, so the sugar acts as a carrier. In small amounts it's really negligible, but some days you have more than 5 packets of the stuff. I just think this is a lot. Go with either a creamer without trans fats, or the sugars. Try not to do both, and start to cut down on them too. I personally think one packet of sweet n low is entirely too sweet; I couldn't imagine three in one cup of coffee!

I agree with everyone else, give it more time, eat cleaner, and watch your sodium. :flowerforyou:

What? There is no sugar in sweet n low. "sweet n low is too fine so the sugar acts as a carrier"?? This makes no sense. I agree that too much artificial sweetner is not a good thing for optimal health, but what you are saying isn't true.

I apologize, I should be more clear and speak in less general terms. Sweet n low contains Dextrose, a simple sugar.

"Dextrose is simply a form of glucose. Some food packagers like to use "dextrose" on their packaging instead of "glucose" because they believe that people have negative associations with glucose. This sugar is extremely abundant in nature, and it can be found in numerous plant and animal tissues, often along with other sugars such as fructose. The body relies on glucose for energy, using this sugar to power cells. When people measure their blood sugar, they are actually measuring the amount of dissolved glucose in the blood.

The molecular formula for glucose/dextrose and fructose is actually the same. Both sugars are considered to be hexoses, meaning that they have six carbon atoms attached to 12 hydrogen atoms and six oxygen atoms. The differing ways in which molecules can be attached cause various hexoses to behave differently, creating different chemical compounds which lend the hexoses some distinct properties."

Edit: There are many different types of "sugars." Sugar is a general term to describe a variety of sweeteners.