Is this too much food?
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pco2
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For the day? For a meal? Every ten minutes? Context is important.0
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Lunch0
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there is not real right answer to that question. What are your goals? How many calories are you trying to consume a day? More important how many grams of carbs/sugar are you trying to take in? Did you measure the food out?0
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Looks like a few ounces of baked skinless chicken, a smidge of brocolli, pineapple, and strawberries?
I'd say maybe 250 calories ballpark.0 -
I don't know about too much food but it is too much picture.0
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Really trying to drop weight and just trying to eat accordingly. Didn't weigh it. It filled me for sure. Almost couldn't finish it. I'll prob eat another portion of chicken like this along with a small yam and 5 asparagus spears for dinner.0
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For me, that's not enough food.
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I'm working out... Hard. But I really want to lose this weight. I'm going with it will be fine0
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I'm working out... Hard. But I really want to lose this weight. I'm going with it will be fine
I'd suggest weighing out your food, logging accurately, and making sure you're hitting your calorie goals.
Also, this post kind of suggests you're new to calorie counting, so I'd suggest giving this a read as it is very helpful for beginners:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants0 -
I'm working out... Hard. But I really want to lose this weight. I'm going with it will be fine
working out hard isn't relevent to weight loss if you aren't tracking calories.
"is this to much" or "is this enough" is what the whole point of tracking/logging is.
Get a food scale.
log your food- after you weigh it.
Figure out how much you need to maintain.
FIgure out how much you need to lose- which will be 250-500 calories UNDER maintance.
So- for a broad stroke example.
IF you maintain on 2000 calories a day.
Then in order to lose weight- you need to consume 1500-1750 a day to lose.
If you exercise and burn 200 calories- I would eat back 100 of those. (so totally would be 1600-1850)
unless you do TDEE- which is different- the daily goal accounts for your workouts. SO you never eat back.0 -
it's too much when you go over your calorie targets...that's it. looking at a plate of food is pretty irrelevant.
Also for me that would be...sad...I would have doubled up on the chicken and broccoli and cut the fruit in half and would have thrown in a 1/2 an avocado or something for some fat.0 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »it's too much when you go over your calorie targets...that's it. looking at a plate of food is pretty irrelevant.
Also for me that would be...sad...I would have doubled up on the chicken and broccoli and cut the fruit in half and would have thrown in a 1/2 an avocado or something for some fat.
This! Or I'd keep the chicken, double or triple the veggies (cooked in olive oil, with onion, garlic, spices, maybe more veg variety -- I like cauliflower too, that'd be nice) and cut the fruit in half. Maybe a tbl of labneh...
At any rate, I'd up that fat content.0 -
Nope..0
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It instead looks like not enough food unless you are considering this meal as just a small part of your intake for the day. If you are a six-meal-a-day person, it might be enough. Sounds like you are trying the crash diet routine wherein lies eventual disaster.0
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It looks delicious. But for me that would be about half of what I eat for lunch. But that's me and my caloric needs as a very active person who is in the 260's.
You need to look at the overall picture. Does it fit in your daily allowance of calories? How do you feel hunger wise a few hours later? Might be you need to eat more. Might be just the right amount. Might be you need to eat less, but I doubt that would be the case.0 -
I'm far more concerned about the fact that your fruit is touching your chicken AND your broccoli. Taste mixing! Gag.0
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