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Can fatty foods make you maintain, even if you budget?

Amandabelanger614
Amandabelanger614 Posts: 110 Member
edited February 12 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello -

I am wondering if anyone else has had an issue with maintaining instead of loosing because of fatty foods?

Every night i eat 1 cup of icecream that is 80 cals per 1/2 cup, with 2 tbsp sugar free chocolate syrup and 2 tsp PB2 dehyrdated peanut butter (45 cals per 2 tbsps).

I budget this into my 1200-1300 calorie day diet. I have been having trouble loosing significantly in the last 2 months. I am wondering if this could have something to do with it.

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  • gmhaggie06
    gmhaggie06 Posts: 207
    Objectively speaking, no I don't think they can. However, with calorie dense foods, any mis-measuring is HUGE, might that be the case?
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    Let me guess...

    You're using measuring spoons instead of weighing it?
  • Amandabelanger614
    Amandabelanger614 Posts: 110 Member
    Unfortunatly, no. I measure everything. I have like 3 sets of measuring cups lol.
  • climbing_trees
    climbing_trees Posts: 726 Member
    Nope, never had that problem.

    Do you measure with a food scale? When I measure PB2 with a tablespoon, it usually ends up being almost 50% more than the weight it should be in grams. This might seem like a little bit, but it adds up over time!

    Get a food scale! ^__^ You can just use your serving dish to measure and don't have to wash as many measuring cups/spoons~
  • Amandabelanger614
    Amandabelanger614 Posts: 110 Member
    How do you weigh ice cream? I do have a scale....
  • thesupremeforce
    thesupremeforce Posts: 1,206 Member
    It's not the fat. That means that there's something going on elsewhere with your diet. Most likely, you're not measuring correctly. Are you exercising and eating back those calories (could be an issue with overestimating burns)? How's your water intake? Begin any new exercise routines lately (water retention)?

    There are a number of variables that could be the cause, but it's not tied to dietary fat.
  • amysj303
    amysj303 Posts: 5,086 Member
    Looks like you are pretty close to goal weight, so the difference between maintaining and losing is smaller, so your deficit is getting smaller and it takes longer to see changes.
    I don't know for sure if you nighttime snack is the reason for stalling, but you could experiment and see...
    Sometimes your body gets to a comfortable place and holds onto weight more stubbornly. You could try eating in a 8-10 hr window, you still get 12-1400 cals per day but eat them all 10am-6pm. Sometimes those strategies can encourage your body to drop fat. It doesn't want to be thin, it wants to survive:tongue:
  • climbing_trees
    climbing_trees Posts: 726 Member
    On the serving size, it will say something like "1/2 cup (80g)"
  • gmhaggie06
    gmhaggie06 Posts: 207
    How do you weigh ice cream? I do have a scale....

    most of the time it'll list a measuring cup size and a weight. Just put the ice cream on a food scale, you can even keep it in the bowl, just put the empty bowl on there, tare it to zero, and start spooning in ice cream until you see it hits the grams total.
  • eddiesmith1
    eddiesmith1 Posts: 1,550 Member
    Weighing foods is the most accurate (I struggle to do the same since I can't weigh what is given at work for meals so I have to estimate)
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
    I get about 30% of my daily calories from fat - which works out to anywhere from 85-105 grams of fat. I didn't have any problem losing weight and haven't had any issues maintaining that loss the last two years. Fat makes me happy and keeps me full.

    Do you weigh your food? One cup of ice cream by measuring cup is A LOT more than one cup by weight on a food scale. People tend to pack ice cream into the measuring cup and press air out, resulting in a larger serving. In fact, ice cream was my biggest surprise when I switched from using measuring cups to using a food scale. The scale is much more accurate!
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    How do you weigh ice cream? I do have a scale....
    You really should be using the scale 100% of the time to weigh everything instead of measuring spoons. Volume is not accurate, weight is always going to be what it is. One gram is one gram, always.

    If the scale is digital, and if its a good scale, it'll have a "tare" function. You put the bowl on the scale, press tare so it goes back to zero, and put the ice cream in.
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
    How do you weigh ice cream? I do have a scale....

    The serving size on the ice cream's nutritional panel should be presented in both cups and grams. Use the grams for your food scale.
  • kyherber
    kyherber Posts: 5 Member
    I get 50% or so of my calories from fat (about 18% from protein, the rest from carbs), and find it easiest to lose weight at these ratios. It's possible that the sugar could be influencing your weight loss. http://authoritynutrition.com/6-reasons-why-a-calorie-is-not-a-calorie/ explains sugar in three of the six points. REALLY great article.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,150 Member
    How do you weigh ice cream? I do have a scale....

    The serving size on the ice cream's nutritional panel should be presented in both cups and grams. Use the grams for your food scale.

    In Canada, it's in cups and millilitres, not cups and grams. 1 mL of ice cream /=/ 1 g of ice cream.
  • Amandabelanger614
    Amandabelanger614 Posts: 110 Member
    HAHA i'm so guilty of packing as much as possible in the cup.
    I'm going to try the scale idea. Seems like a good place to start.

    As far as water goes... plain water i get around 60oz a day. (outside of tea and coffee)
    I'm doing high protein so 70g plus a day.

    I don't eat back excercise calories.
    I do 6 hours per week. 4 days walking at high incline(the treadmill says 500ish burned, but i know thats more probably than i burned) and then 2 days weights.
  • ell_v131
    ell_v131 Posts: 349 Member
    How do you weigh ice cream? I do have a scale....

    put in on a scale in a cup. Well, put the cup first, zero the entry, then put ice cream in.

    measuring cups and spoons are terribly inaccurate and probably the reason why you haven't been losing. Weigh the peanut butter and syrup too. Syrup is not calorie free just because it's sugar free, so be careful about that too.
  • zhvah18
    zhvah18 Posts: 158 Member
    Be prepared for a shock. I used to always use measuring cups and the first time I weighed it out, it was nearly DOUBLE the serving suggestion.
  • Amandabelanger614
    Amandabelanger614 Posts: 110 Member
    If it gets me results. I'm fine with that!!! I'm ready!
  • ell_v131
    ell_v131 Posts: 349 Member
    :flowerforyou:
    If it gets me results. I'm fine with that!!! I'm ready!
  • Amandabelanger614
    Amandabelanger614 Posts: 110 Member
    My findings -

    Dairy was pretty spot on with measuring cups but my oats, trail mix and PB2 were about 2/3 of the measuring cup size.
    Very excited to see my new results doing this....i probably was coming in about 1400-1500 calories a day before.
  • ell_v131
    ell_v131 Posts: 349 Member
    My findings -

    Dairy was pretty spot on with measuring cups but my oats, trail mix and PB2 were about 2/3 of the measuring cup size.
    Very excited to see my new results doing this....i probably was coming in about 1400-1500 calories a day before.

    well done!
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