Post your food log link URL - and have others critique what you're eating (good/bad behaviors)

deceived1
deceived1 Posts: 281 Member
edited November 17 in Food and Nutrition
Hey MFP! Post your food diary links in this thread to have others critique what you're eating. The goods/bads/way to improve, etc.

Here is mine: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary/deceived1

Let me know what you think of the last 7-8 days logged.

I noticed that I've been struggling to come close to my daily carbs goal. Is this a significant problem for me?

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  • deceived1
    deceived1 Posts: 281 Member
    Bump for any insight on my food diary for the past 6 or so days. Would be greatly appreciated.
  • KingsGirl4
    KingsGirl4 Posts: 152 Member
    Hey, I'm also trying to learn more about balancing the diet throughout the day. It looks like you have a nice balance though of protein, carbs, and fat. Just curious, how are your energy levels with this diet? Do you feel full/satisfied, enough energy during workouts, hungry throughout the day?

    I would suggest eating more meals a day with less calories each, but that's personal preference. I eat 5 meals a day which I like because it keeps me full and I get to eat more often. You're water intake is good too! I would love to hear a more experienced user's take on your diet as well :)
  • lovethepirk
    lovethepirk Posts: 41 Member
    Deceived...decent diet you are rocking there...pretty simple. What are your macro goal? Here is what I see from your site:
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  • lovethepirk
    lovethepirk Posts: 41 Member
    I saw the last three days you didn't hit the carbs so I was wondering if the goals are set up correctly for what you are trying to accomplish.
  • deceived1
    deceived1 Posts: 281 Member
    edited May 2015
    KingsGirl4 wrote: »
    Hey, I'm also trying to learn more about balancing the diet throughout the day. It looks like you have a nice balance though of protein, carbs, and fat. Just curious, how are your energy levels with this diet? Do you feel full/satisfied, enough energy during workouts, hungry throughout the day?

    I would suggest eating more meals a day with less calories each, but that's personal preference. I eat 5 meals a day which I like because it keeps me full and I get to eat more often. You're water intake is good too! I would love to hear a more experienced user's take on your diet as well :)

    Thanks for your response! Right now, with my current set-up, I actually have to force myself to eat most times. Very rarely am I hungry. The one exception to that has been between lunch and dinner, so I might throw in a small meal as an afternoon snack and lessen my bigger meals by a little bit to accommodate that.

    I have been eating a banana and a decent amount of peanut butter (50g) every single morning right before my work-out - and then post work-out I've been eating some protein (maybe a few eggs, or something of that nature). I feel great during the workouts but boy am I sore!

    lovethepirk wrote: »
    I saw the last three days you didn't hit the carbs so I was wondering if the goals are set up correctly for what you are trying to accomplish.

    Wow! I really appreciate the graph. Thanks for that. I actually do not have any particular goals in mind. I just went with the standard MFP recommendations. My carb intake is low - not on purpose - just noticed that I was not hitting anywhere near that. I started throwing in some brown rice last night - and will probably continue doing that to help boost that up a little bit.

    What are the side-effects of me hitting only about 50% of my carb goal in terms of weight loss / overall health / (potentially) muscle gain?
  • deceived1
    deceived1 Posts: 281 Member
    HappyCampr1 wrote: »
    A lot of people have success at low carb diets. For me, though, I need the energy that the carbs supply. That's basically what the carbs are for -energy. So long as you feel that your workouts are going well and you're not feeling sluggish, you should be fine.

    Awesome, thanks for the response!

  • lovethepirk
    lovethepirk Posts: 41 Member
    I'm not sure what you want to do...research people your age/weight/size/goals and see what macros you want....I am 6'1 and 207 right now and I should be 185 pounds. I mix up the following MACROS by going into 'goals' in the app. Edit the macros for the %'s you want. Think about keeping carbs higher than the others as that is pretty much a solid rule and the protein is more acid than carbs and your body is slightly alkaline.

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