Do you mind taking a look at my diary?

Minerva624

I workout 6 days a week and I was just wondering if I'm consuming enough carbs and protein to sustain that. Should I be incorporating something else into my meals? I'm a vegetarian by the way.

chooriyah

I personally eat back by exercise calories, on the theory that they are needed to fuel the next day's workout, and also that the deficit is already built. But I know there are differences of opinion, and many many many threads on here arguing that it's better not to.

I think overall you're doing pretty good on carbs, though it's mostly from bread with a bit of pasta now and then. You could try mix it up with quinoa, couscous, brown rice etc - some of them have good protein in them as well.

Protein is a struggle when you're veggie I know. I'm pescetarian these days in order to get my protein, but would prefer to be veggie. I've found eating oats in the morning boosts my overall protein macros. Also, as well as the black beans, you could incorporate chickpeas/garbanzo beans, kidney beans, or some tofu?

Minerva624

I personally eat back by exercise calories, on the theory that they are needed to fuel the next day's workout, and also that the deficit is already built. But I know there are differences of opinion, and many many many threads on here arguing that it's better not to.

I think overall you're doing pretty good on carbs, though it's mostly from bread with a bit of pasta now and then. You could try mix it up with quinoa, couscous, brown rice etc - some of them have good protein in them as well.

Protein is a struggle when you're veggie I know. I'm pescetarian these days in order to get my protein, but would prefer to be veggie. I've found eating oats in the morning boosts my overall protein macros. Also, as well as the black beans, you could incorporate chickpeas/garbanzo beans, kidney beans, or some tofu?

Thanks for taking a look. Yeah, I have tofu, quinoa and other beans but I'm too lazy to cook them although I should for better variety. I try to eat back the calories I burn from exercise but I get full pretty easily.

majope

Hard to say. You're not logging your food. Every day I looked at there are hundreds of "Quick Add" calories that could be anything from Jack Daniels and deep-fried Twinkies to hummus and pita. If I were you, I would take the time and record exactly what you're eating. The database is huge--you're likely to find something similar, if not the exact item. And if there's really nothing quite like what you're eating, enter it into the database. Then at least you could have a better idea of whether or not you're hitting your macros.

Best of luck!

symonspatrick

It looks like you are eating right to me. Congratulations on your weight loss, it looks like you don't have far to go. It never hurts to get more protein or carbs if you are hungry and find yourself with not enough energy. Your calorie intake does seem a bit low so if you feel you need more food it probably wouldn't hurt your weight loss much.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

Hard to say. You're not logging your food. Every day I looked at there are hundreds of "Quick Add" calories that could be anything from Jack Daniels and deep-fried Twinkies to hummus and pita. If I were you, I would take the time and record exactly what you're eating. The database is huge--you're likely to find something similar, if not the exact item. And if there's really nothing quite like what you're eating, enter it into the database. Then at least you could have a better idea of whether or not you're hitting your macros.

Best of luck!

Agree with this.

For macros I'd set it up to have 1 gram per pound of lean body mass in protein. Example, I'm 130 lbs, 25% body fat. 130 x 0.75= 97.5 So I aim for at least 98 grams of protein. Fat should be in the vicinity of 0.35 grams per pound of body weight. So for me 130 x .35 = 45.5, round up to 46. The rest can be carbs.

timpicks

For a vegetarian, you don't eat many vegetables. And you skip a bunch of meals while not logging what you eat in others. Not judging, just observing.

rainghirl

I find this guy's website useful for protein information for a vegetarian diet. http://www.nomeatathlete.com/

spamantha57

Besides the not logging actual food by using quick calories, I feel like you remind me a lot of me! I love Trader Joes, and I'm somewhat a vegetarian (really strict in some ways & not so much in others.) I now also workout usually 5 - aiming for 6 - days a week.
I do 45carbs/30fat/25protein now & it's been working great for me since I made a little adjustment.
Your food sources look really good & fine. I don't worry about things like if I go over on carbs or fat because I know they're from good sources - not processed carb, usually by grains, fruit or veggies, and good fats like in avocados or nuts. I did start allowing myself more animal foods than I normally did - like yogurt, cottage cheese, & eggs - for more protein. We vegetarians/ vegans could get enough protein through non-animal sources, but to be honest there are just certain foods I don't like eating all the time.

Minerva624

Hard to say. You're not logging your food. Every day I looked at there are hundreds of "Quick Add" calories that could be anything from Jack Daniels and deep-fried Twinkies to hummus and pita. If I were you, I would take the time and record exactly what you're eating. The database is huge--you're likely to find something similar, if not the exact item. And if there's really nothing quite like what you're eating, enter it into the database. Then at least you could have a better idea of whether or not you're hitting your macros.

Best of luck!

Well I'm not a drinker and I don't eat deep fried crap but I get where you are coming from. You're right though, I should take the extra time to enter my foods into the database. Thanks.