Can someone kindly check my food diary.

Microfiber
Microfiber Posts: 956 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
And let me know if I'm doing OK. Thank you. :smile:

Posting stats so I can be helped better:

I am female, 5'4" and I weigh 10 stones 7 Ibs (I was 11 stones just before Christmas). I need to lose a stone (I have no idea how the stone crept up on me). Well, actually I do, I was eating too many crisps and chocolate bars. I was also drinking tonnes of coca-cola. I've cut all that out now. The problem is I don't really like cooking. My husband cooks. So if he's home, I'll eat. If he's at work, then I don't know what to eat and would usually eat rubbish :laugh:

So, in short, I need to lose a stone i.e. 14 pounds.

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  • kaylacyr123
    kaylacyr123 Posts: 74 Member
    I am not an expert and I sure some people on here may give you better advice, be more educated and use credible sources. My only suggestion based on what has worked for me, would be eating a better breakfast- more calorie and protein rich.
  • ShannonECTD
    ShannonECTD Posts: 203 Member
    It's hard to make any judgments or suggestions since you are pretty much nonexistent. Your profile doesn't have a photo, age, how much you weigh or what your goals are...

    :indifferent:
  • Microfiber
    Microfiber Posts: 956 Member
    My only suggestion based on what has worked for me, would be eating a better breakfast- more calorie and protein rich.

    Thank you. I went to a night vigil last night. Came in at 5a.m and went straight to bed. Woke up at 9a.m, still feeling very groggy. Was going to make porridge around 11a.m, then hubby said it's almost lunch-time so I grabbed an apple and a hot chocolate. I promise not to make it a habit :smile:
  • Microfiber
    Microfiber Posts: 956 Member
    Your profile doesn't have a photo, age, how much you weigh or what your goals are...

    :indifferent:

    TOPIC: Can someone kindly check my food diary. :wink:
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    i just looked at the most recent day...if you are consistently netting that low (1,100 calories) then it's too low. I'm assuming you are doing the 1,200 calorie thing...you have to realize that your deficit is built into that number. As such, you would need to eat those exercise calories back...that's why MFP ups your goal when you log exercise. You are not properly fueling your body. Either eat the 1,200 calories and don't exercise or exercise and eat those calories back

    I'd also up the protein. Protein is always good, but particularly important while you'e eating at a deficit as it helps to preserve lean body mass while your body burns fat. In the absence of enough protein, your body will also burn lean mass along with the fat and nobody wants that now do they. You can manually change your macro goals...MFP's defaults are pretty high carb...like 55% or something. I do 40/30/30, but you may find it difficult to get that much protein...shoot for 50/25/25 and see how that goes.
  • Microfiber
    Microfiber Posts: 956 Member
    i just looked at the most recent day...if you are consistently netting that low (1,100 calories) then it's too low. I'm assuming you are doing the 1,200 calorie thing...you have to realize that your deficit is built into that number.

    Thank you. The calories was already there when I registered. How much should I up it by?
  • ShannonECTD
    ShannonECTD Posts: 203 Member
    Your profile doesn't have a photo, age, how much you weigh or what your goals are...

    :indifferent:

    TOPIC: Can someone kindly check my food diary. :wink:

    :smile: a generic answer based solely off your food diary: eat more.
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    It looks OK.

    I would back off the MILO, which has tons of sugar, and check into the orangeade, if it has any orange in it, 1 carb seems really low.

    For the MILO, maybe just some hot milk? If it is the chocolate you want to down the milk, try adding cocoa and Splenda to hot milk.

    Since your rice pudding is homemade, I would try to adjust the sugar in that as well. If you are getting too many of your calories from sugar, there isn't much room for nutrients to keep you healthy! How much is too much is a matter of much debate, though.

    You are really borderline today, maybe add in some nuts? At the same time, I see you were a little over yesterday, so I wouldn't be too concerned.
  • Microfiber
    Microfiber Posts: 956 Member


    You are really borderline today, maybe add in some nuts? At the same time, I see you were a little over yesterday, so I wouldn't be too concerned.

    Thank you. I'll get it right eventually :laugh:
  • Microfiber
    Microfiber Posts: 956 Member
    I'm now munching on a juicy carrot :laugh:
  • Tanja_CHH
    Tanja_CHH Posts: 216 Member
    Without knowing your stats its hard to know if your eating enough, too much, if you want to gain muscle you would eat more protein then someone who does not want to and so on. If you want help which is suited for you and not just something you can read anywhere, then you need to provide more detail. Also whether you work out or not would help
  • ctbloom
    ctbloom Posts: 23
    I feel like your fairly low on protein. Breakfast is only 4 grams. If you trying to stay/get lean, I'd aim for 1 gram per pound. aside from that, I think it looks good. And make sure to drink lots of water.
  • Microfiber
    Microfiber Posts: 956 Member
    Without knowing your stats its hard to know if your eating enough, too much,

    Updated my original post with stats now. Thank you.
  • Microfiber
    Microfiber Posts: 956 Member
    I feel like your fairly low on protein. Breakfast is only 4 grams. If you trying to stay/get lean, I'd aim for 1 gram per pound. aside from that, I think it looks good. And make sure to drink lots of water.

    Thank you :smile:
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    I am not an expert and I sure some people on here may give you better advice, be more educated and use credible sources. My only suggestion based on what has worked for me, would be eating a better breakfast- more calorie and protein rich.
    This makes no sense unless OP is over eating later in the day after a light breakfast. For many people, it's beneficial to skip breakfast entirely.
  • Microfiber
    Microfiber Posts: 956 Member

    This makes no sense unless OP is over eating later in the day after a light breakfast. For many people, it's beneficial to skip breakfast entirely.

    Thank you. I have done intermittent fasting before in the past and it did work. Perhaps I should give it a trial again :wink:
  • kaylacyr123
    kaylacyr123 Posts: 74 Member
    I am not an expert and I sure some people on here may give you better advice, be more educated and use credible sources. My only suggestion based on what has worked for me, would be eating a better breakfast- more calorie and protein rich.
    This makes no sense unless OP is over eating later in the day after a light breakfast. For many people, it's beneficial to skip breakfast entirely.

    Like I said, speaking from personal experience. So to ME yes it does make sense, to others perhaps not.
  • whenday
    whenday Posts: 64 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

    This post helped me out tremendously. Figure out your TDEE and BMR. Adjust your MFP to the numbers you get.

    Also try using your calories towards quality foods such as meats, veggies, and fruits instead of drinks and low quality refined carbs. I know it is hard at first but it gets easier to cut that stuff out. I'm not saying cut the carbs out completely but just fill those in with more higher quality carbs such as those that you get from veggies and fruits with a bit of grains.

    Drink water. No diet drinks because they don't help with the sugar cravings. Ween yourself off refined sugar and you will not crave as much. I went cold turkey from sugar and pretty much all carbs about a week ago just for a few days and I was a huge sugar addict. I especially loved lots of sugar and half and half in my coffee. I tried using artificial sweeteners(poison if you ask me), even tried stevia and I hate the taste of them. Now I stil have my coffee once or twice a day as a treat but I have readjusted my tastebuds since cutting out the sugars. My cravings and binge eating have gone away and I am introducing more quality carbs back in.

    It will get easier and easier as it goes. Also as a side note you will get lots of coflicting advice about everything here. And maybe the advice I gave is not the right advice for you.Read read and read some more. Ask questions. Try to find something that works for YOU. Something that you can think about and think "I can live eating this way for the rest of my life" That is the key to long term success.
  • Microfiber
    Microfiber Posts: 956 Member
    Thank you :smile:

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