Can you check my diary and make sure I'm on the right track?

meinungsehkraft1
meinungsehkraft1 Posts: 8
in Food and Nutrition
Hey there, I'm just starting to seriously lift heavy weights, and I just switched my macros to 40% protein, 30/30. Just wanted some feedback from people that have some experience in this that I'm on the right track...I'm seeing some pretty substantial changes already, just don't want to settle into a routine of eating that will not be good in the long run, thanks!

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  • meinungsehkraft1
    meinungsehkraft1 Posts: 8
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary/meinungsehkraft1
  • tomomatic
    tomomatic Posts: 1,794 Member
    Looks good to me. How are you using MFP? I tend to fill out what I'm anticipating to eat during the day to better plan my day. I find that if I log something AFTER I eat it, it's usually too late and I've gone over. I went back past Sunday to see what you've been doing.

    Watch out for the sodium. I see that you're using Nutri-system and I don't know what that is. Prepared foods (even the healthy ones) are notorious for having lots of sodium.

    I see fruit but no vegetables. How are you doing on fiber? Consider dropping sugar as a column (since sugar already gets counted as a carb and your body can't tell the diff between flour and sugar) and replace it with fiber.

    Good luck!
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    dont know theres not much there- breakfast and snacks
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    no way a 5oz surloin steak is 165 caleries,,,,,,,,,,,


    Calories

    A 5 oz top sirloin steak contains 344 calories, or about 17 percent of the daily recommended intake of 2,000. It would take 35 minutes of jogging or 23 minutes of rollerblading to burn off 344 calories, according to the Mayo Clinic website.



    so u should make sure u have accurate calories on what u eat and record
  • Cp731
    Cp731 Posts: 3,195 Member
    yea what r ur goals?
    lower carbs if ur gonna do a high healthy fat. carbs to 5-10% max
    if ur gonna have carbs that high..lower fat to almost none? no u don't wanna do that either.
    lower sodium, increase fiber
    look at my food diary if ya need guidance pm me
  • meinungsehkraft1
    meinungsehkraft1 Posts: 8
    Looks good to me. How are you using MFP? I tend to fill out what I'm anticipating to eat during the day to better plan my day. I find that if I log something AFTER I eat it, it's usually too late and I've gone over. I went back past Sunday to see what you've been doing.

    Watch out for the sodium. I see that you're using Nutri-system and I don't know what that is. Prepared foods (even the healthy ones) are notorious for having lots of sodium.

    I see fruit but no vegetables. How are you doing on fiber? Consider dropping sugar as a column (since sugar already gets counted as a carb and your body can't tell the diff between flour and sugar) and replace it with fiber.

    Good luck!
  • meinungsehkraft1
    meinungsehkraft1 Posts: 8
    I use MFP exactly like you do then, I put in items to see where it would put me, then make the choices that put me in the best place...I also sometimes forget to put veggies...need to keep up on that better, mostly celery and carrots...also using a fiber supplement and starting to include that in my diary....thanks for the heads up about the fiber...something I wasn't thinking of...
  • meinungsehkraft1
    meinungsehkraft1 Posts: 8
    yea what r ur goals?
    lower carbs if ur gonna do a high healthy fat. carbs to 5-10% max
    if ur gonna have carbs that high..lower fat to almost none? no u don't wanna do that either.
    lower sodium, increase fiber
    look at my food diary if ya need guidance pm me

    Thanks for the reply. My goals are to lose fat and build lean muscle without losing it due to catabolism. I'm wiening off nutrisystem and will be preparing my own non-processed meals...it helped me get to a certain point, but moving forward, I want whole foods, and no processed...Thanks again for the reply, any advice is much appreciated :)

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