Can you please look at my food diary?

new2canada
new2canada Posts: 119 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I haven't been able to lose any weight and yet I log everything I eat every day. I do about 30 mins or exercise on most days too. Can someone please help me and offer some advice on what I can improve?

It's so frustrating because I never eat take-out, maybe once a month if that.

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  • JenLovesFall
    JenLovesFall Posts: 107
    Hi!

    Your food diary is private. You're more than welcome to friend request me and look at my diary. The way I eat works very well. I lose about 2 lbs a week and haven't really done much exercise (I know that's bad. I'm working on it. ha ha). I would love to help :)
  • new2canada
    new2canada Posts: 119 Member
    oh! thanks for telling me and i'm sending a friend request now :)
  • now_or_never12
    now_or_never12 Posts: 849 Member
    Your diary isn't open for viewing.

    Are you measuring and weighing all the foods you eat and the drinks you drink? Serving sizes are a lot smaller than people think. Are you paying attention to the packages for proper serving sizes? One of those small chocolate milks (500mL) for example is TWO servings.... no one puts half back for another day. Are you eating too much sodium? Too many processed foods? Are you drinking enough water?
  • needles85365
    needles85365 Posts: 491 Member
    My 2 cents is your not eating enough, as is always debatable on this site. I would eat more protein. I currently aim for 1200 but sometimes eat less or more depending on my day. I'm not much for exercising, try for 3 days a week.
  • new2canada
    new2canada Posts: 119 Member
    Your diary isn't open for viewing.

    Are you measuring and weighing all the foods you eat and the drinks you drink? Serving sizes are a lot smaller than people think. Are you paying attention to the packages for proper serving sizes? One of those small chocolate milks (500mL) for example is TWO servings.... no one puts half back for another day. Are you eating too much sodium? Too many processed foods? Are you drinking enough water?

    I have the most trouble with my portion sizes tbh, i think that is part of the problem. My diary is open now if you can look? im feeling kind of desperate about it :/
  • lajuice7
    lajuice7 Posts: 58 Member
    Personally, I think you are not eating enough....on most days you are significantly under your calorie goals...eat more to lose weight!
  • now_or_never12
    now_or_never12 Posts: 849 Member
    What is your weekly weight loss goal set at?

    The ticker on your profile says you only want to lose 12lbs which means 1200 calories a day is probably far too low for you.

    Set your goal to 0.5lbs per week. THe smaller you are the slower it comes off and the smaller of a deficit you can have. Also, eat your exercise calories back.

    Make sure you weight and measure everything you eat and drink ... it's easy to eyeball a portion however we usually think a portion is bigger than it should be.

    Drink enough water and stay away from frozen and processed foods. Make things from scratch.
  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

    PM me if you have any Qs.
  • audreybacchus
    audreybacchus Posts: 3
    Hi there..

    Not sure if every day is the same as the date I just checked, but your sugar level is over the limit, and too much sugar can cause the body to hold on to body fat.
    You might want to try less sugary foods (even less fruit) and up your protein a bit.
    See if that helps.

    Cheers!
  • Helloitsdan
    Helloitsdan Posts: 5,564 Member
    Hi there..

    Not sure if every day is the same as the date I just checked, but your sugar level is over the limit, and too much sugar can cause the body to hold on to body fat.
    You might want to try less sugary foods (even less fruit) and up your protein a bit.
    See if that helps.

    Cheers!

    False!
    Dont listen to this person.
  • ParkerH47
    ParkerH47 Posts: 463 Member
    Hi there,

    You may want to try weight training, strength based training can improve your lean muscle mass :)
    also your calories could be too low, you should find out your BMR, and make sure your not going below that number - this is because your hormone levels get all screwed up and your body starts trying to conserve conserve your fat stores.
  • littlemeowmaid
    littlemeowmaid Posts: 114 Member
    I'm not sure what kind of workouts you're doing but it's possible you've put on muscle, so you can't see the difference on the scales?
  • mfp_1
    mfp_1 Posts: 516 Member
    Do you have a digital food scale?
  • AngInCanada
    AngInCanada Posts: 947 Member
    Yep! Eat more. Follow Dan's advice. Always great to lose weight by eating more!
  • SLRamirez2012
    SLRamirez2012 Posts: 297
    You def. look like you are not eating enough. and are you just not logging your water or are you not drinking any? IT is very important to keep hydrated with water. But I think either way your calories are too low.
  • melvanl
    melvanl Posts: 1 Member
    You need to eat more servings of vegetables. That's my advice, that and your glasses of water. 5 servings of vegetables is a minimum but you can eat way more....with great results on the scale....
    My $0.02
  • green_owl
    green_owl Posts: 62 Member
    instead of just counting calories pay a bit more attention where they are coming from and set some rules what is not allowed. Cut out sugar!! even if its weight watchers 100cal chocolate cake. in your case it's one cake almost every single day.
    cut down on your bread and biscuits and add more protein and vegetables.
    if nothing helps, do more exercise ;)

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