went over with carbs and always go over on protien
kinkyvampire
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I'm getting really annoyed with myself as I keep going over on my protein because I'm on the slimfast diet. I have one main meal which is dinner. Today I'm having a jacket potato no butter but half a can of Asda's chosen by you chilli con carne. I have gone over on my carbs as well today by 13 points 
. What am I doing wrong?
. What am I doing wrong? 0
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I can't see your diary, but I'd ask this. Why do you think you're doing something wrong? If it's b/c the default settings on MFP are saying that you eat too much protein, then the answer is most likely that you're not doing anything wrong.
The default settings here are a bit low for protein for the average person.
If you want to experiment with your macronutrient ratios, you can change those settings. From the Homepage, click on the Goals sub nav item, Change Goals. and select custom. You'll be able to change the percentages of carbs, fats, and proteins. MFP's suggestions for macros shouldn't really be viewed as a one-size-fits all. We all have different preferences, goals, along with activity and performance concerns that may need to be accounted for.0 -
I go over on my protein, too!! Is that terribly bad?0
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If I'm on the slimfast diet what would you recommend I have the settings at I will go make my plan public now x0
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You need to manually set your macro goals (i.e. carb/protein/fat) MFP's defaults are pretty carb heavy and low protein. If you're going over on MFP's default carbs, you're probably just eating too many carbs and probably not getting enough heart healthy fats...you need to work in other nutrient dense foods that are lower in carbohydrates. In general, it really doesn't matter for weight loss...but too many carbs in the diet can lead to whacked out blood sugar levels as well as high levels of triglycerides. Too little protein in your diet while at a deficit results in lost lean body mass. Too little fat in the diet results in central nervous system issues and has shown to also increase depression and higher levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol in the blood. Heart healthy fats increase HDL (good cholesterol) in the blood.0
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thank you for the info
. This is the first time it's happened in carbs so hopefully this is the only time it happens xx. Normally I am low on everything else but high on protein xx I mean potatoes are good for you so the carbs in this should be good carbs so they should burn off pretty quickly..well I'm hoping anyway. 0 -
how much do you weight?
you should get 1lb of protein per lb of body weight...do you work out much?0 -
First off...what works for me may not work for you.
I like to keep things simple. I'm not concerned about ANYTHING but net calories for the week. I don't care how much carbohydrate, sugar, fat, or salt food has.....JUST CALORIES. It's a simple mathematical formula. If you burn more than you take in...YOU'LL LOSE WEIGHT. That way I can eat ANYTHING I want.
Next....this is a SLOW LOSS PLAN. One MUST be patient. If you go by MFP's recommendation one pound/week loss is EXCELLENT!
Just keep thinking that a year from now you'll weigh 52 POUNDS LESS!!!! You didn't gain all the weight overnight....you shouldn't try to lose it all overnight.
Good luck!0 -
>///////////////< I currently weigh 13stone and 7 lb >___<.0
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how much do you weight?
you should get 1lb of protein per lb of body weight...do you work out much?
I think that should be per pound of LEAN body mass. But, I agree that protein is an important macro. Since I have upped mine I have been more satisfied, my hair stopped falling, and I feel better. I would suggest not being afraid to eat some more cals from whole nutritious foods. You need to make sure your body is getting all the nutrients it needs to keep you healthy and your metabolism burning.0 -
First off...what works for me may not work for you.
I like to keep things simple. I'm not concerned about ANYTHING but net calories for the week. I don't care how much carbohydrate, sugar, fat, or salt food has.....JUST CALORIES. It's a simple mathematical formula. If you burn more than you take in...YOU'LL LOSE WEIGHT. That way I can eat ANYTHING I want.
Next....this is a SLOW LOSS PLAN. One MUST be patient. If you go by MFP's recommendation one pound/week loss is EXCELLENT!
Just keep thinking that a year from now you'll weigh 52 POUNDS LESS!!!! You didn't gain all the weight overnight....you shouldn't try to lose it all overnight.
Good luck!
I'm probably hoping for too much but I want to lose more then 1lb a week the first week I started my slimfast diet I lost 5 lb's Just seems I've hit the wall after starting from 14 stone 2lb and now at 13 stone 7lb >.<.0 -
You're not getting near enough protein based on your diary!!
You should be getting about 1-2g of protein per lean muscle mass. 56g of protein is very low. You're fine!!
A good range, in my opinion, is carbs around 150g give or take on day and type of carb and at least 100g of protein (for starters and people new to the new "lifestyle").0 -
What is your protein set to and what kind of diet are you following?I'm getting really annoyed with myself as I keep going over on my protein because I'm on the slimfast diet. I have one main meal which is dinner. Today I'm having a jacket potato no butter but half a can of Asda's chosen by you chilli con carne. I have gone over on my carbs as well today by 13 points. What am I doing wrong?
My protein is set to 30%, which is about 100 grams for me, and I usually meet that with no issue.
Carbs are set to 50% and I never come close to that number, without really trying not to.0 -
Stick to your calories and everything should balance out
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First off...what works for me may not work for you.
I like to keep things simple. I'm not concerned about ANYTHING but net calories for the week. I don't care how much carbohydrate, sugar, fat, or salt food has.....JUST CALORIES. It's a simple mathematical formula. If you burn more than you take in...YOU'LL LOSE WEIGHT. That way I can eat ANYTHING I want.
Next....this is a SLOW LOSS PLAN. One MUST be patient. If you go by MFP's recommendation one pound/week loss is EXCELLENT!
Just keep thinking that a year from now you'll weigh 52 POUNDS LESS!!!! You didn't gain all the weight overnight....you shouldn't try to lose it all overnight.
Good luck!
But you need to worry about the macros too. Granted at the beginning Net calories is a great way to start. But as you start to lose your body will need the proper nutrients to keep losing fat and building lean muscle. You need protien to do that!! You also should not gorge on carbs or saturated fats. There is a science to it beyond net calories.0 -
I always shoot for my protein as well as my fibre to go into the red, it doesn't always happen - but I aim for it.0
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After a quick glance at your diary, (my personal opinion...everyone's body is different) I would think you're not eating enough protein. I would work on meeting your calorie goal (at least 1200) and see how your protein looks. Going a little in the red on protein is not a bad thing. I get 150g plus/day (I lift 5 times/week). Protein will satisfy you longer and support your muscles. It seems that your calories are awfully low.
That being said, everyone's body and goals are different.0 -
You had me @ Kinky Vampire. :bigsmile:0
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how much do you weight?
you should get 1lb of protein per lb of body weight...do you work out much?
So I should get 103 pounds of protein a day?
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I'm sorry, but I can't for a second trust a diet that is based on drinking a can of processed God-knows-what...
I mean, really? I didn't even know they still MADE Slim-fast... Let's be honest - if that *kitten* really worked, we'd all know by now.
Eat REAL food, and eat it the right way, and then we can try and help.0 -
I'm sorry, but I can't for a second trust a diet that is based on drinking a can of processed God-knows-what...
I mean, really? I didn't even know they still MADE Slim-fast... Let's be honest - if that *kitten* really worked, we'd all know by now.
Eat REAL food, and eat it the right way, and then we can try and help.
^^ He makes a great point. It's the web, of course (everything on the web is true, right?!) so I don't know how accurate this is, but I thought it was a good explanation.... http://fitblogger.ca/slim-fast-ingredients/0 -
First off...what works for me may not work for you.
I like to keep things simple. I'm not concerned about ANYTHING but net calories for the week. I don't care how much carbohydrate, sugar, fat, or salt food has.....JUST CALORIES. It's a simple mathematical formula. If you burn more than you take in...YOU'LL LOSE WEIGHT. That way I can eat ANYTHING I want.
Next....this is a SLOW LOSS PLAN. One MUST be patient. If you go by MFP's recommendation one pound/week loss is EXCELLENT!
Just keep thinking that a year from now you'll weigh 52 POUNDS LESS!!!! You didn't gain all the weight overnight....you shouldn't try to lose it all overnight.
Good luck!
Pretty much this. Also, if you're going to go "over" on any given macro, protein is the best.0 -
slim fast only works the first time around. june 2012 i had a certain food and workout system with slimfast. lost 15lbs that month then stopped slimfast and got on a bad track again.
jan 2013 do the EXACT same workout and eating routine (minus walking because of the snow) and i did not lose ANYTHING for 3 weeks. NOT ONE SINGLE POUND.
so be careful,0 -
I can understand your point of view but I use only 1% fat milk as it is more healthy with the shakes I have and tbh it is the only diet that has worked for me. I know a few people think it is bad but I've tried heating healthy and exercises, slimming world, weight watchers and I have always fallen back on the lets eat loads of crap band wagon because I need a strict routine. I think the only other thing that would work for me would be a diet chef but I really can't afford that kind of money at the moment xx,I'm sorry, but I can't for a second trust a diet that is based on drinking a can of processed God-knows-what...
I mean, really? I didn't even know they still MADE Slim-fast... Let's be honest - if that *kitten* really worked, we'd all know by now.
Eat REAL food, and eat it the right way, and then we can try and help.
It's funny to see that people actually think I'm not getting enough protein haha xD.0 -
slim fast only works the first time around. june 2012 i had a certain food and workout system with slimfast. lost 15lbs that month then stopped slimfast and got on a bad track again.
jan 2013 do the EXACT same workout and eating routine (minus walking because of the snow) and i did not lose ANYTHING for 3 weeks. NOT ONE SINGLE POUND.
so be careful,
thank you for the tip xx This is the longest I've ever been on a diet scheme so I'm really hoping I keep on this. My OH is so supporting of me I do gentle exercise (not loads I'll admit) mostly on the wii. I've lost 9lb in nearly 3 weeks . 0 -
Fitness guru Bob Harper has great advice in his skinny rules book! The one thing that I found super interesting is that most people don't eat enough protein, and that's often what gets cut out of diets. His advice was half your weight should be eaten in protein grams. So if a person weighs 200lbs then they should be having 100gm of protein/day to sustain their body.0
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how much do you weight?
you should get 1lb of protein per lb of body weight...do you work out much?
So I should get 103 pounds of protein a day?
I would say yes...0 -
Macros. Carbs. Protein. Fat. Pfft.
I'm a calorie watcher. That's it.
Maybe I'll feel differently re maintenance, but for weight loss, it is all about net calories for me. Sometimes they're good healthy calories. Sometimes they're delicious cookies and cream shake calories. Whatever. It is working for me. Losing weight (three lbs. from my goal now). Just had physical, including blood work, and all my numbers are good -- which they were not before getting on the program.
Anyway, I would not sweat it. If perfection is what you're looking for, I feel you're setting up for failure. If you do pretty well more often than not, you can, indeed, be a success story.
Either way, I wish you lots of luck and much success. :drinker:0 -
I can understand your point of view but I use only 1% fat milk as it is more healthy with the shakes I have and tbh it is the only diet that has worked for me. I know a few people think it is bad but I've tried heating healthy and exercises, slimming world, weight watchers and I have always fallen back on the lets eat loads of crap band wagon because I need a strict routine. I think the only other thing that would work for me would be a diet chef but I really can't afford that kind of money at the moment xx,I'm sorry, but I can't for a second trust a diet that is based on drinking a can of processed God-knows-what...
I mean, really? I didn't even know they still MADE Slim-fast... Let's be honest - if that *kitten* really worked, we'd all know by now.
Eat REAL food, and eat it the right way, and then we can try and help.
Re-read what you just wrote...
"This is the only one that works.
I've tried other diets but eventually I quit.
I need a strict routine."
On the next post you said it's only been 3 weeks.
You haven't supported your "slim fast diet" case one bit. Those other diets didn't fail you - YOU failed you. YOU quit. YOU started "eating loads of bad crap" again. If you think Slim-Fast is more "strict" than Weight Watchers, then I might suggest you use the insanity plea...
Hey - I get it. I did the same thing. I took the Atkins approach in 2009. I lost 15 pounds or so. Then I moved and gave it up pretty quickly and just quit thinking/worrying about it. That was MY fault. It wasn't Atkins.
Now I'm just eating better - I'm not trying low-carb, low-fat, low/high anything. I'm just counting calories - and even that I've only been doing for a few months. I've lost 52 pounds. I've been at it for 10 months now. I attribute my success to NOTHING but myself. It's all me. No fad dieting styles, no stupid gimmicks, and DEFINITELY no store-bought products with commercials that put "results not typical" on the screen in super-tiny font...
Now - you want to keep doing Slim Fast - FINE. You're losing weight with it - GREAT. Either way it frankly doesn't matter to me. But you come here and want us to try and fix your "diet" when two of your three meals are set in stone by a commercial product. We can't help you. Well, we can, and I did - my advice was "lose the slim-fast and eat real food." When you eat real food, you can control everything. With Slim Fast, you're putting 66% of your weight loss in the hands of Unilever. By the way, they also make hair-care products and bath-soap... How much research-and-development do you think they're putting into their weight-loss milk shakes?
My rant is over. Good luck.0 -
I can understand your point of view but I use only 1% fat milk as it is more healthy with the shakes I have and tbh it is the only diet that has worked for me. I know a few people think it is bad but I've tried heating healthy and exercises, slimming world, weight watchers and I have always fallen back on the lets eat loads of crap band wagon because I need a strict routine. I think the only other thing that would work for me would be a diet chef but I really can't afford that kind of money at the moment xx,I'm sorry, but I can't for a second trust a diet that is based on drinking a can of processed God-knows-what...
I mean, really? I didn't even know they still MADE Slim-fast... Let's be honest - if that *kitten* really worked, we'd all know by now.
Eat REAL food, and eat it the right way, and then we can try and help.
Re-read what you just wrote...
"This is the only one that works.
I've tried other diets but eventually I quit.
I need a strict routine."
On the next post you said it's only been 3 weeks.
You haven't supported your "slim fast diet" case one bit. Those other diets didn't fail you - YOU failed you. YOU quit. YOU started "eating loads of bad crap" again. If you think Slim-Fast is more "strict" than Weight Watchers, then I might suggest you use the insanity plea...
Hey - I get it. I did the same thing. I took the Atkins approach in 2009. I lost 15 pounds or so. Then I moved and gave it up pretty quickly and just quit thinking/worrying about it. That was MY fault. It wasn't Atkins.
Now I'm just eating better - I'm not trying low-carb, low-fat, low/high anything. I'm just counting calories - and even that I've only been doing for a few months. I've lost 52 pounds. I've been at it for 10 months now. I attribute my success to NOTHING but myself. It's all me. No fad dieting styles, no stupid gimmicks, and DEFINITELY no store-bought products with commercials that put "results not typical" on the screen in super-tiny font...
Now - you want to keep doing Slim Fast - FINE. You're losing weight with it - GREAT. Either way it frankly doesn't matter to me. But you come here and want us to try and fix your "diet" when two of your three meals are set in stone by a commercial product. We can't help you. Well, we can, and I did - my advice was "lose the slim-fast and eat real food." When you eat real food, you can control everything. With Slim Fast, you're putting 66% of your weight loss in the hands of Unilever. By the way, they also make hair-care products and bath-soap... How much research-and-development do you think they're putting into their weight-loss milk shakes?
My rant is over. Good luck.
Your assertion that processed foods would make a bit of difference in weight loss isn't back by anything that approaches science.0 -
Yeah - you're right. I'm clearly making this *kitten* up...
Do some reading (it might help with your grammar) and I'll catch ya on the flip-side.0
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