Analyze my Food Log for the day? I'm starving!

mablesyrup
mablesyrup Posts: 286 Member
edited September 20 in Food and Nutrition
Can someone please take a look at my food log for the day? I know I need to eat more "small" meals during the day....
It's 11;29 at night- and I still have 800 and some calories left for the day- and my stomach is now growling. lol. I know I messed up.. but I have a really hard time eating during the day- especially morning- which is why you'll see the instant breakfast, because I've at least been making myself have that so i have SOMETHING for breakfast (although I didn't finish all of my drink this morning) be easy on me- I'm just starting out and educating myself on food.... and the only reason I had the Champagne- was because I needed to use more calories and I wasn't hungry--

Breakfast Calories Carbs Fat Protein
Meijer - 2% Reduced Fat Milk (Orange Container), 0.5 Cup (240 mL) 65 6 3 4 Ico_delete
Coffee - Brewed from grounds, 2 cup (8 fl oz) 5 0 0 1 Ico_delete
Carnation - Instant Breakfast Essentials - Classic French Vanilla, 1 packet 130 27 0 5 Ico_delete
Coffee-Mate - Peppermint Mocha Powedered Creamer, 3 tsp 45 6 2 0 Ico_delete
Add Food | Remember Meal 245 39 5 10

Lunch
Nabisco - Wheat Thins Big, 11 crackers 150 21 6 2 Ico_delete
Add Food | Remember Meal 150 21 6 2

Dinner
Broccoli - Steamed, 1 cup 25 5 1 2 Ico_delete
Generic - Sweet Potato - Baked - W/Out Skin (1-Medium), 1 - Sweet Potato - Baked - w/out skin 115 27 0 2 Ico_delete
Fresh Express - Heart of Romaine Lettuce, 1 cups 8 2 0 1 Ico_delete
Kraft Salad Dressing - Carb Well Light Italian, 1 tbsp 10 0 1 0 Ico_delete
Home Prepared - Meatloaf, 1 slices 184 10 6 14 Ico_delete
Add Food | Remember Meal 342 44 8 19

Snacks
Ballatore - Gran Spumante, 12 oz 331 24 0 0 Ico_delete
Add Food | Remember Meal 331 24 0 0

Totals 1,068 128 19 31
Your Daily Goal 1,820 250 61 68
Remaining 752 122 42 37
Calories Carbs Fat Protein

Replies

  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    I eat 3 meals a day, and I do fine. If you can't do 20 small meals a day, it's okay! Really. It's great you are making an effort for breakfast. Have you tried Ensure? They are small amounts and pack a lot of good stuff (and are DELICIOUS!). You can also try that with a banana or piece of toast (with some peanut butter if you're worried about getting your protein in for the day). That's not very much, but it sure packs in the calories, but in a good way.
    It looks like you snubbed yourself on lunch. Check out the Healthy Choice cafe steamers in your grocer's frozen aisle. They are tasty, relatively low sodium, and also will fill you up.
    Your dinner looks good!

    If you're not adverse to nuts, I highly recommend picking some up! They are calorie dense, and nutrient rich. I found a phenomenal mix at Target that is sodium free. It's a cranberry cashew blend. It's about $10 for the jar, but 1 cup of it will knock out 500 cals!

    Also stock up on fruit & veggies. I eat apples & bananas every day because they are the easiest/most accessible for me. An 8" banana has about 120 cals & a medium apple is 72. I'm not a big fan of raw veggies, but given the opportunity, I could pretty much snack on red bell peppers all day. Veggies & fruit will help fill you up without chewing up your calorie allowance.

    I don't recommend eating past 9p.
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    I eat 3 meals a day, and I do fine. If you can't do 20 small meals a day, it's okay! Really. It's great you are making an effort for breakfast. Have you tried Ensure? They are small amounts and pack a lot of good stuff (and are DELICIOUS!). You can also try that with a banana or piece of toast (with some peanut butter if you're worried about getting your protein in for the day). That's not very much, but it sure packs in the calories, but in a good way.
    It looks like you snubbed yourself on lunch. Check out the Healthy Choice cafe steamers in your grocer's frozen aisle. They are tasty, relatively low sodium, and also will fill you up.
    Your dinner looks good!

    If you're not adverse to nuts, I highly recommend picking some up! They are calorie dense, and nutrient rich. I found a phenomenal mix at Target that is sodium free. It's a cranberry cashew blend. It's about $10 for the jar, but 1 cup of it will knock out 500 cals!

    Also stock up on fruit & veggies. I eat apples & bananas every day because they are the easiest/most accessible for me. An 8" banana has about 120 cals & a medium apple is 72. I'm not a big fan of raw veggies, but given the opportunity, I could pretty much snack on red bell peppers all day. Veggies & fruit will help fill you up without chewing up your calorie allowance.

    I don't recommend eating past 9p.
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    Sorry for double post, MFP has been painfully slow today & wasn't sure it was going through.
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    Sorry for double post, MFP has been painfully slow today & wasn't sure it was going through.
  • lemonllama
    lemonllama Posts: 124 Member
    That target stuff is goood!! I love the chocolate cranberry crunch, they have bags for like 2.99 and like 12 different flavors. 1/3 cup is 230 calories so i WISH i had more calories to spare!!

    Maybe try eating dinner earlier so you can have a snack after??

    If my stomach is GROWLINGGG that late at night I try to just go to bed, orrrr else I would have a small snack + water.. Like popcorn or something that might fill me up but not many calories, a granola bar... something little...

    Im not a big believer in needing to eat all of your calories every day... I feel like if you have some leftover one day thats fine, like a bonus, and the next day I'd try to eat more higher calorie foods, (like peanut butter, or nuts or something like that) and make SURE i ate all my calories the next day..

    Your meals look pretty good to me!! If you dont like eating breakfast- dont have it. I hate to eat when I wake up and would prefer just some coffee and to relax a few hours and then after my shower/weigh/get ready, have breakfast =) then I dont get as hungry for lunch/dinner as fast!!

    Maybe tomorrow between lunch/dinner or breakfast (if you have it) and lunch, try to fit in some higher calorie things like the nuts or granola or maybe just a few other things after dinner that are filling, apples, yogurt, maybe a snack bar.. ect!!!
  • kalmf
    kalmf Posts: 351 Member
    Hey, please don't give yourself such a hard time. Firstly, I think if you want a glass of champagne - fine, but don't do it to eat up calories - better to have a protein snack that doesn't do a number on your blood sugar. If iit's eleven at night and you're 800 calories shy, now wonder your stomach is growling. If you're hungry for God's sake eat !!!! - have a low fat snack - cereal and milk or something - there's a legitimate school of thought that says it doesn't matter when you eat - gaining more weight by eating late at night has no scientific truth to it. And lastly - the small meals work for many, but not all. Some people carry around baggies of almonds and have those a few times a day and say that really helps.

    You're doing fine and you're going to be fine - I really think so.
  • tanzmitpalmer
    tanzmitpalmer Posts: 124 Member
    Perhaps a peanut butter (or other nut-butter) and (reduced sugar!) jelly sammich for lunch? Good fats, protein and carbs that stick to your ribs (so you can push dinner back another hour or so), and enough calories to round out your daily intake. Those were the main part of my bag lunches when I was a long-distance commuter student. It always managed to get me through the day and back home without falling on my face.
  • MarshJulie1989
    MarshJulie1989 Posts: 27
    you're likely hungry because you only ate1000 calories.
  • dujennifer
    dujennifer Posts: 162 Member
    It seems like you could use a bit more protein to your meals. Protein is the long term filler and energy source so if you increase that....theoretically your hunger should be curbed longer. If you mix a carb and a protein together for each meal, you get short term filler and energy from the carb and long term from the protein....hmmmm, I should probably take my own advice more often.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,416 Member
    Try to get a mix of Protein/Carbs/Fats in every meal and snack.

    Use whole foods (an orange instead of juice - unless you are short on calories and then juice is a good calorie-dense choice)

    A piece of toast with peanut butter is a great meal/snack that is fast and will take care of all the above. Same with an apple and peanut butter, or banana with peanut butter.

    Cheese with those crackers would have been good.

    Nothing wrong with Champagne in moderation.
  • leavinglasvegas
    leavinglasvegas Posts: 1,495
    I'm often under my cals for the day as well.

    I never thought of drinking Champange to fill the gaps. I might give that a try! :drinker: :laugh:

    Just joking....kind of........:wink:

    Don't be hard on yourself. Tomorrow try munching on some nuts for a snack if you haven't eaten in more than 3 hours. Add your instant breakfast to the blender and throw in some frozen berries and maybe a scoop of protien powder. Go slow. Add a few more cals per day if its too hard to do it all at once. You'll get there.

    Cheers
    Holly
  • lessertess
    lessertess Posts: 855 Member
    Plan your meals so that you don't have so many calories at the end of the day. I exercise at night but I know what I'm goint to do so I eat the calories throughout the day.

    You need more protien and you need more essential fats. Both will help you feel full. Despite what the diet industry has tried to tell you, fat does not make you fat. Someone said it earlier.....every meal or snack should include a protien/carb/fat.

    Easy fixes,

    Add some fruit into your breakfast
    Add some cheese with your Wheat thin crackers (or peanut butter)
    Consider adding some nuts or avocados for a punch of essential fats and for fiber.
  • kbglazier
    kbglazier Posts: 39 Member
    It seems like you could use a bit more protein to your meals. Protein is the long term filler and energy source so if you increase that....theoretically your hunger should be curbed longer. If you mix a carb and a protein together for each meal, you get short term filler and energy from the carb and long term from the protein....hmmmm, I should probably take my own advice more often.

    I was thinking this too. Maybe instead of an instant breakfast shake, you could do a nice protein shake and add half a banana and a tsp of peanut butter. This will make it more filling and you will get extra protein and a fruit serving. I am not much of a breakfast eater (I want to wait a few hours) but I am going to force myself to eat within an hour of getting up if nothing but a small bowl of oatmeal, or some yogurt.

    When you get hungry later in the evening, try a sugar free jello pudding snack with a dollop of lite cool whip. To me the pudding is very filling, then brush your teeth and go to bed. Good luck!
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