How do you meet both calorie and nutrition gosls?

lhrmoody72
lhrmoody72 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 10 in Food and Nutrition
Does anyone have a menu where daily calorie and nutrition goals were met?

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  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    I don't think I've had a single day yet where I met every calorie, macro and micro goal.

    Currently working on protein, sodium and K.
  • lhrmoody72
    lhrmoody72 Posts: 3 Member
    Daily Potassium is so hard to meet!
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    I've never had a perfect day, either.

    But, the easiest way to get close is to pre-log your whole day in the AM (IMO). That way you can juggle things around and make them fit to get closer to your goals.
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    My diary's open to the public. I don't hit everything on the head every day (that's impossible and not realistic), but over the week, I reach or exceed all micros and fiber (excluding sodium, I aim to stay under), and hit my macros "close enough", and calories within +/- 50 calories (I'm transitioning to higher calories, so numbers are varying upwards).

    I just make sure to eat lots of variety. For me, simplicity dictates I may eat a similar menu for one week, but it's lots of different things to ensure nutrition is met (meat, legumes, dairy, fats, veggies, sometimes fruit--I'm not a fruit fan).
  • Phoenix_Down
    Phoenix_Down Posts: 530 Member
    I just do the best I can, most days and think about the time when I didn't care or know anything about these things. Much improved from that point.
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    It's also really important to note that a *lot* of entries on here don't have the vitamins and minerals included - so if you have certain goals you want to meet, be mindful of the foods you choose in the database.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    lhrmoody72 wrote: »
    Daily Potassium is so hard to meet!
    Sorry, I didn't mean K+, I meant the vitamin.

    I usually writ it all out. Sorry. :)
  • FitPhillygirl
    FitPhillygirl Posts: 7,124 Member
    I'm always over on Vit C, and Calcium. Yesterday I was 20% over with iron which was odd as I'm usually under the goal.
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