Is this a good diet? Please judge away
gildedbutterfly90
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Breakfast:
Hot lemon and water
2 frozen bananas blended together with almond milk and acai powder.
Lunch:
Crackers homemade using a paleo recipe and added flax seeds. Topped with almond butter.
Half a pepper, an apple and some popcorn.
Protein shake.
Dinner:
Roast chicken breast, sweet potato fries, green beans, peas and carrots.
Dessert:
Pear or strawberries.
(Water and herbal tea throughout the day (sometimes tea with almond milk)
I'm doing half a hour to 45 minutes of HIIT training and afterwards weight training with kettlebells and some planks.
I'm currently around 14 stone and trying to get down to 10 stone. (My height is 5foot6)
Hot lemon and water
2 frozen bananas blended together with almond milk and acai powder.
Lunch:
Crackers homemade using a paleo recipe and added flax seeds. Topped with almond butter.
Half a pepper, an apple and some popcorn.
Protein shake.
Dinner:
Roast chicken breast, sweet potato fries, green beans, peas and carrots.
Dessert:
Pear or strawberries.
(Water and herbal tea throughout the day (sometimes tea with almond milk)
I'm doing half a hour to 45 minutes of HIIT training and afterwards weight training with kettlebells and some planks.
I'm currently around 14 stone and trying to get down to 10 stone. (My height is 5foot6)
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"good" is entirely relative.
Are you weighing your portions? Are you getting enough calories?0 -
I can't tell because your profile is not filled out and your diary is not open. Your tracker says you lost 38 pounds...
Based on your avatar you appear to be a newbie on MFP.
If you lost 38 pounds, is this not working for you? BTW, how many calories is this for you each day?
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looks good in a sense of tasty and relatively clean to me, but I would also look at how many calories you're consuming. Your menu seems a little light on calories, but I could be wrong. Plug your meal ideas into your food diary and see where you stand.0
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Also, I would add a portion of animal protein for lunch. It will keep you full.0
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Does it fit your goals?
Do you feel satisfied and happy with what you are consuming?0 -
I'd eat most of your supper, but nothing else. If it works for you, that's what matters.0
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Sorry I've been a member for ages but never really used it ever.
I also have not lost 38lbs (I wish!)
I haven't started this yet but plan on doing it asap.0 -
How many calories is this? Does it fit within your MFP calories allotted for the day...
How much is "some popcorn", how much chicken are you eating, how many fries, strawberries, etc...?
I will run the stats and you can tell us how many calories this is.0 -
You're gonna need some variety. My advice is to add friends like crazy with open diary's and take notes.0
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As stated, good is relative. It doesn't look like many calories to me and I find a lot of it unappetizing, but whatever floats your boat I guess. What are the calorie counts and macro counts for a day like that?0
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I agree with the above posters....it's impossible to say if that is a good day of food without knowing how many calories you are consuming. You mention exercise but not how many times a week you are doing that.
Having said that, I would say that is a nice clean looking diet though I would be worried you aren't eating enough. Make sure you are satisfied. Perhaps have the fruit as a snack during the day rather than after dinner. It is better to eat fruit at the start of the day for better digestion.
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Is your BMR around 1600 with a TDEE around 1700 to 1800. Do you exercise daily and what is your calorie burn?
Need more information please...0 -
My BMR is 1,600
I'm not sure how many calories I consume. For example with the handmade crackers how would I be able to work out the calories in those?
I plan on doing HIIT for 30/40 minutes 4 times a week.0 -
The food looks nice, although I'd feel hungry with that breakfast, and I'd rather have some tuna with lunch than a protein shake, but each to their own. Plus do you intend to eat that every single day, or substitute things? I'd get bored otherwise if that were my meals.
What's your calorie goal? We're the same height and I weigh less now, but I was around the same weight (after my 3rd baby) and I eat around 1500-1600 a day and lose.0 -
I think I'm aiming for around 1500/1600 too.
I'd definitely try and vary
Maybe quinoa pasta with vegan cheese
Or plain chicken - coated in quinoa and breadcrumbs.0 -
gildedbutterfly90 wrote: »My BMR is 1,600
I'm not sure how many calories I consume. For example with the handmade crackers how would I be able to work out the calories in those?
I plan on doing HIIT for 30/40 minutes 4 times a week.
You should try logging it to see how many calories you're consuming and if you're getting the required nutrients you need. Then you have a better idea for if it is a "good" diet or not.
For the crackers or anything else homemade you'll need to use the recipe builder.
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Ready2Rock206 wrote: »gildedbutterfly90 wrote: »My BMR is 1,600
I'm not sure how many calories I consume. For example with the handmade crackers how would I be able to work out the calories in those?
I plan on doing HIIT for 30/40 minutes 4 times a week.
You should try logging it to see how many calories you're consuming and if you're getting the required nutrients you need. Then you have a better idea for if it is a "good" diet or not.
For the crackers or anything else homemade you'll need to use the recipe builder.
Oh thank you, I didn't realise there was a recipe builder0 -
gildedbutterfly90 wrote: »I think I'm aiming for around 1500/1600 too.
I'd definitely try and vary
Maybe quinoa pasta with vegan cheese
Or plain chicken - coated in quinoa and breadcrumbs.
Why vegan cheese?
I had chicken wrapped in pancetta for dinner today, with broccoli, sugar snap peas, carrots and asparagus. Yum.
You could do fish instead of chicken. Or stir fry. Or stew. My husband makes a yummy chicken stew with sweet potato, kale and parsnips. We use low salt stock so even our 8 month old can have some.
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gildedbutterfly90 wrote: »My BMR is 1,600
I'm not sure how many calories I consume. For example with the handmade crackers how would I be able to work out the calories in those?
I plan on doing HIIT for 30/40 minutes 4 times a week.
If you make homemade foods, use the recipe option under Food tab. You definitely need to know how many calories there are in every thing you eat so you know how many calories you are really eating..
If you are not exercising yet but you plan to, go here and put your stats in and see if MFP has your plan setup right. http://calorieline.com/tools/tdee
But until you start logging food correctly you will not get accurate amount of calories you are eating each day to know if you need to eat more or less.
Again, you don't say how many calories your meal above actually really is.. It seems small but how much chicken, how many handmade crackers and what is the cracker made from...0 -
gildedbutterfly90 wrote: »My BMR is 1,600
I'm not sure how many calories I consume. For example with the handmade crackers how would I be able to work out the calories in those?
I plan on doing HIIT for 30/40 minutes 4 times a week.
If you make homemade foods, use the recipe option under Food tab. You definitely need to know how many calories there are in every thing you eat so you know how many calories you are really eating..
If you are not exercising yet but you plan to, go here and put your stats in and see if MFP has your plan setup right. http://calorieline.com/tools/tdee
But until you start logging food correctly you will not get accurate amount of calories you are eating each day to know if you need to eat more or less.
Again, you don't say how many calories your meal above actually really is.. It seems small but how much chicken, how many handmade crackers and what is the cracker made from...
Well I was just trying the recipe builder now.
And I'm sure if I was doing it right but I put 2 servings of 100g of Pink Sun Coconut Flour and it 826 calories!!
Surely that cannot be right?
Just seems a hell of a lot.0 -
It sounds horrible.0
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Capt_Apollo wrote: »It sounds horrible.
How so?
I don't mind people saying that but at least add something constructive.0 -
gildedbutterfly90 wrote: »gildedbutterfly90 wrote: »My BMR is 1,600
I'm not sure how many calories I consume. For example with the handmade crackers how would I be able to work out the calories in those?
I plan on doing HIIT for 30/40 minutes 4 times a week.
If you make homemade foods, use the recipe option under Food tab. You definitely need to know how many calories there are in every thing you eat so you know how many calories you are really eating..
If you are not exercising yet but you plan to, go here and put your stats in and see if MFP has your plan setup right. http://calorieline.com/tools/tdee
But until you start logging food correctly you will not get accurate amount of calories you are eating each day to know if you need to eat more or less.
Again, you don't say how many calories your meal above actually really is.. It seems small but how much chicken, how many handmade crackers and what is the cracker made from...
Well I was just trying the recipe builder now.
And I'm sure if I was doing it right but I put 2 servings of 100g of Pink Sun Coconut Flour and it 826 calories!!
Surely that cannot be right?
Just seems a hell of a lot.
100g of coconut flour would likely be over a cup of flour. Is that how much you used in your recipe (and are you weighing your ingredients)?0 -
gildedbutterfly90 wrote: »gildedbutterfly90 wrote: »My BMR is 1,600
I'm not sure how many calories I consume. For example with the handmade crackers how would I be able to work out the calories in those?
I plan on doing HIIT for 30/40 minutes 4 times a week.
If you make homemade foods, use the recipe option under Food tab. You definitely need to know how many calories there are in every thing you eat so you know how many calories you are really eating..
If you are not exercising yet but you plan to, go here and put your stats in and see if MFP has your plan setup right. http://calorieline.com/tools/tdee
But until you start logging food correctly you will not get accurate amount of calories you are eating each day to know if you need to eat more or less.
Again, you don't say how many calories your meal above actually really is.. It seems small but how much chicken, how many handmade crackers and what is the cracker made from...
Well I was just trying the recipe builder now.
And I'm sure if I was doing it right but I put 2 servings of 100g of Pink Sun Coconut Flour and it 826 calories!!
Surely that cannot be right?
Just seems a hell of a lot.
Bob's Red Mill coconut flour is 30 calories for .2 ounce (about a tablespoon or 5.6 grams) so 100 grams would be about 535 calories of that brand.
Those paleo crackers might be kind of high cal! How many crackers do you get for 100 grams of that flour?
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gildedbutterfly90 wrote: »gildedbutterfly90 wrote: »My BMR is 1,600
I'm not sure how many calories I consume. For example with the handmade crackers how would I be able to work out the calories in those?
I plan on doing HIIT for 30/40 minutes 4 times a week.
If you make homemade foods, use the recipe option under Food tab. You definitely need to know how many calories there are in every thing you eat so you know how many calories you are really eating..
If you are not exercising yet but you plan to, go here and put your stats in and see if MFP has your plan setup right. http://calorieline.com/tools/tdee
But until you start logging food correctly you will not get accurate amount of calories you are eating each day to know if you need to eat more or less.
Again, you don't say how many calories your meal above actually really is.. It seems small but how much chicken, how many handmade crackers and what is the cracker made from...
Well I was just trying the recipe builder now.
And I'm sure if I was doing it right but I put 2 servings of 100g of Pink Sun Coconut Flour and it 826 calories!!
Surely that cannot be right?
Just seems a hell of a lot.
Bob's Red Mill coconut flour is 30 calories for .2 ounce (about a tablespoon or 5.6 grams) so 100 grams would be about 535 calories of that brand.
Those paleo crackers might be kind of high cal! How many crackers do you get for 100 grams of that flour?
Usually around 12.
I wouldn't eat them all in one sitting.
I was aiming for 4 a day, but now I think it should probably just be 2.0 -
I think this is a question only you can answer, each person is different. Once you plug the numbers into your diary you will know if they fit your plan. I know that I would be hungry much of the day if that was my diet.0
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gildedbutterfly90 wrote: »Capt_Apollo wrote: »It sounds horrible.
How so?
I don't mind people saying that but at least add something constructive.
You didn't ask for constructive criticism, you asked if it was a good diet, and to "judge away."
But it basically sounds like you're trying to eat the same thing every day, probably in an attempt to make the nutrition side of things as easy as possible.
Nutrition is arguably the hardest part of being fit and healthy. There are so many options out there, and it's so easy to pick up the phone and order take out. I understand wanting to try and eliminate the thinking involved with your daily meals, but if you're going to be eating only that, I give you two weeks tops before you fall off the wagon.
In my experience, those that are the most restrictive tend to fall off the wagon hardest, going on a the day unhealthy bing food binge, while the people that know how to work in a good healthy variety of foods and Tata, tend to stick to their plan the best. And when they do make a "bad food choice" they don't throw the baby out with the bath water. They shrug it off and keep going.
Rethink your diet." It'll be better for you.0 -
I am not sure how to help.. I don't think the food is logged in her diary and we don't know if she is under eating or not.. But if her tracker is correct, weight loss has been achievable and I presume by eating like this..0
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gildedbutterfly90 wrote: »gildedbutterfly90 wrote: »gildedbutterfly90 wrote: »My BMR is 1,600
I'm not sure how many calories I consume. For example with the handmade crackers how would I be able to work out the calories in those?
I plan on doing HIIT for 30/40 minutes 4 times a week.
If you make homemade foods, use the recipe option under Food tab. You definitely need to know how many calories there are in every thing you eat so you know how many calories you are really eating..
If you are not exercising yet but you plan to, go here and put your stats in and see if MFP has your plan setup right. http://calorieline.com/tools/tdee
But until you start logging food correctly you will not get accurate amount of calories you are eating each day to know if you need to eat more or less.
Again, you don't say how many calories your meal above actually really is.. It seems small but how much chicken, how many handmade crackers and what is the cracker made from...
Well I was just trying the recipe builder now.
And I'm sure if I was doing it right but I put 2 servings of 100g of Pink Sun Coconut Flour and it 826 calories!!
Surely that cannot be right?
Just seems a hell of a lot.
Bob's Red Mill coconut flour is 30 calories for .2 ounce (about a tablespoon or 5.6 grams) so 100 grams would be about 535 calories of that brand.
Those paleo crackers might be kind of high cal! How many crackers do you get for 100 grams of that flour?
Usually around 12.
I wouldn't eat them all in one sitting.
I was aiming for 4 a day, but now I think it should probably just be 2.
This is why it is absolutely imperative that you log the food that you're eating.
I cannot even begin to tell you how many "recipes" i see on social media and online that are
"OMG SO HEALTHY!" and "Paleo!" "Clean!" etc. that are SUPER high in calories and ridiculous.
I think the worst one i saw was a "clean eating guilt-free fudge" 1,240 cals with like 91g fat, 66g carbs, as 30g protein. I was just shaking my head... the stupidity! It als seems they are always heavy handed with the same things "Avocado, coconut oil, nut butters, dates" and so on which are SUPER high in calories.
In regards to your diet though, if you enjoy what you're eating and you're able to stick to it long term then go for it! I personally like something more filling for breakfast, lunch i'd add some meat r protein without a shake, and i'd bulk everything up with more veggies and fruits.0 -
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