any nutritionists or people who can help out there?

I have a degree in nutrition and one of the most important things I learned is that humans need variety. Eating the same thing every day will cause certain nutritional deficiencies. It's great to eat a lot of chicken and veggies, but you may also want to incorporate fish (if you like it, many people don't), lean beef, lean pork like pork chops, even different poultry like turkey. You also want to eat a variety of vegetables, ensuring you are eating all available colors. This time of year, variety is limited, so you may want to purchase some frozen. Smoothies are a great way to get a variety of fruit. Also, as Edestiny7 pointed out, NEVER go under 1200 NET calories a day. For one, there is no way to get all of your nutrients. For another, your body WILL go into starvation mode and hold onto EVERY pound. In fact, you will lose muscle and gain fat. Make sure you take vitamin supplements, and I would suggest using this website to track nutrient intake. This will tell you what you need more of.

Good luck.
Delania

not a nutritionist but are you working out? Try to go by how your clothes fit. My scale hasn't changed but my body has so I've stopped relying on numbers. The only number I'm interested in is the calories burned number.

I too have a lot of foods I don't like. I spent my childhood eating nothing but junk food. I'm trying to acquire a taste for some of them. It's hard. I can't stand green peppers but learned that red, orange and yellow pepper are so much better. They have a sweetness and less of the distinct pepper taste. They're yummy when they are grilled or roasted.

Have you ever tried a Jicama? Not sure if it's a fruit or a vegetable but they are very healthy and have a wonderful sweetness to them (texture reminds me of water chesnuts). Good luck from another picky eater.

I've been trying vegetables and foods I have never eaten before. I've learned I like almost all squash. I've learned it I put some raisins in my salad I enjoy it more. Keep trying.

I'm a picky eater too. It is difficult to get those nutrients in. I don't like many veggies, so my thing is to drink V-8 Fusion juice. I can't stand the regular tomato juice, but the fusion I can get down. And it gives me one serving of fruit and one serving of veggies. I know its better to eat the actual food rather than drink it, but its the only way I seem to be able to get all my needed amounts.

Good luck!

Jackie

i do log my food.. havent been on for about 2 weeks cause ive been sick.
also, if the food isent in the database then its kinda hard to sit there and log it all in from scratch, especially with a 10 month old crawling all over the place..so i count my calories but sometimes had to quick add them if the excat thing im eating isent in MFP already.

I understand it is difficult. Time is my issue. I don't have small children anymore, but my two teenagers are still demanding on my time for various projects and extra curricular activities. Plus I go to school full time (18 credit hours a semester) and run two businesses. Looking up foods is definitely not number one on my priority list, so instead of adding things special I'll often use something similar that is already listed, even if it isn't 100% right. All calorie information is an estimate anyway, so I figure it's okay to be a little off on the estimate as long as I'm getting close.

Another thing I learned a long time ago is that as Mothers, we have to take care of ourselves first. If we don't, then we won't be around to take care of our kids, husband, job, etc. It's like when you get on a plane and the flight attendant tells you that if the oxygen masks come down to put your own on first and then help your children put theirs on. You can't help them live (have oxygen) if you aren't living (consuming oxygen). It's the same with healthy habits. If you don't take care of your body through good nutrition and exercise, you can't keep up with an active toddler or teach a grade schooler to ride a bike or any number of other things that they will do throughout life because you won't physically be able to do it. The 1-2 hours a day that they give up with me so I can exercise and log my food is made up with the years that are added to my life because I spend that hour or two a day eating right and exercising.