Proper eating?
JimmyD2003
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So I have been using this program now for 1 week, I have managed to log all my food consumption with a little extra as I do not usually eat everything on my plate. Last night when I got done logging in my food and exercise for the day the program yelled at me saying I am not eating enough. I have been eating 3+ meals/times a day and trying to eat the healthier foods as my lighter meals such as fruits. I have never been one to eat more than 1-2 times a day if that depending on the day's activities. I figured a while back that my eating habits were the cause of not being able to loose the desired weight. I am not trying to bulk up my muscles I want to loose my belly and all that before I work on muscle toning. I am averaging 5-6 miles a day walking even though that only accounts for an hour or two of the day. Currently I am working in a hot desert environment and have found that drinking 8-10 bottles of water a day is keeping my pretty full. Any one have any ideas on how I can eat more with out over doing it?
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It's not necessarily about calories in and calories out as most of the would would have you believe. It's important to take in adequate calories. It's the quality of calories that matter most. For starters take in 1 gram of protein per lb of desired body weight. Make sure your getting plenty of healthy fats, and limit your carbs to under 100 grams per day, NO SUGAR, if your intention is to lose body fat. II guarantee you'll feel better than you ever have after you get past the sugar addiction. Getting past the sugar addiction usually takes about 3-5 days, and it's not that easy. You will go through the usual addictive withdrawal symptoms, like lack of energy, headache, not sleeping well, etc. After you get through this tunnel of darkness you will be amazed. Go this route for about 21 days, and then ramp up the cabs by adding sweet potatoes, berries, plantains and avoid the really sweet fruits. Good luck0
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It's not necessarily about calories in and calories out as most of the would would have you believe. It's important to take in adequate calories. It's the quality of calories that matter most. For starters take in 1 gram of protein per lb of desired body weight. Make sure your getting plenty of healthy fats, and limit your carbs to under 100 grams per day, NO SUGAR, if your intention is to lose body fat. II guarantee you'll feel better than you ever have after you get past the sugar addiction. Getting past the sugar addiction usually takes about 3-5 days, and it's not that easy. You will go through the usual addictive withdrawal symptoms, like lack of energy, headache, not sleeping well, etc. After you get through this tunnel of darkness you will be amazed. Go this route for about 21 days, and then ramp up the cabs by adding sweet potatoes, berries, plantains and avoid the really sweet fruits. Good luck
OP, you don't have to do this to lose weight. In fact I recommend you avoid this advice.0 -
An open diary would help - Settings bottom left from memory.
There's a list of calorie dense foods pinned to the top of one of the forums - Food & Nutrition I think. Eat some nuts rather than fruit and you'll get more calories.
How many calories are you eating and what are your goals ?0 -
Yeah, there is a built in minimum calorie intake in the program. I've been below a few times. You could drink a nutrition shake, but it is not healthy to be below cal limit too often.0
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Here is a list of foods to give you more calories:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods#latest0 -
It's not necessarily about calories in and calories out as most of the would would have you believe. It's important to take in adequate calories. It's the quality of calories that matter most. For starters take in 1 gram of protein per lb of desired body weight. Make sure your getting plenty of healthy fats, and limit your carbs to under 100 grams per day, NO SUGAR, if your intention is to lose body fat. II guarantee you'll feel better than you ever have after you get past the sugar addiction. Getting past the sugar addiction usually takes about 3-5 days, and it's not that easy. You will go through the usual addictive withdrawal symptoms, like lack of energy, headache, not sleeping well, etc. After you get through this tunnel of darkness you will be amazed. Go this route for about 21 days, and then ramp up the cabs by adding sweet potatoes, berries, plantains and avoid the really sweet fruits. Good luck
This sounds like a diet plan to me. I don't pay much attention to diet plans. Women need at least 1200calories and men need at least 1500-1600 calories. Other than that, eat what you want, but eat less than you burn.0 -
Try to stick to 1200 for health reasons, as long as you realise there is no "starvation mode". You are not going to gain or stall by eating too little. If you eat less than 1200 it will fall off you, it just won't do your body any good (so don't). If you think you are eating 1200 and not losing, your logging and weighing are not up to scratch.0
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JimmyD2003 wrote: »So I have been using this program now for 1 week, I have managed to log all my food consumption with a little extra as I do not usually eat everything on my plate. Last night when I got done logging in my food and exercise for the day the program yelled at me saying I am not eating enough. I have been eating 3+ meals/times a day and trying to eat the healthier foods as my lighter meals such as fruits. I have never been one to eat more than 1-2 times a day if that depending on the day's activities. I figured a while back that my eating habits were the cause of not being able to loose the desired weight. I am not trying to bulk up my muscles I want to loose my belly and all that before I work on muscle toning. I am averaging 5-6 miles a day walking even though that only accounts for an hour or two of the day. Currently I am working in a hot desert environment and have found that drinking 8-10 bottles of water a day is keeping my pretty full. Any one have any ideas on how I can eat more with out over doing it?
It is o.k. to eat one or two meals a day as long as you are eating enough calories. The garbage we hear about having to eat breakfast, snack, lunch, snack -- all of that is not true.
Eat whenever and however you can to reach your goals.
What are healthier foods to you? Eat full fat foods, larger portions, protein, . . . . .
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It's not necessarily about calories in and calories out as most of the would would have you believe. It's important to take in adequate calories. It's the quality of calories that matter most. For starters take in 1 gram of protein per lb of desired body weight. Make sure your getting plenty of healthy fats, and limit your carbs to under 100 grams per day, NO SUGAR, if your intention is to lose body fat. II guarantee you'll feel better than you ever have after you get past the sugar addiction. Getting past the sugar addiction usually takes about 3-5 days, and it's not that easy. You will go through the usual addictive withdrawal symptoms, like lack of energy, headache, not sleeping well, etc. After you get through this tunnel of darkness you will be amazed. Go this route for about 21 days, and then ramp up the cabs by adding sweet potatoes, berries, plantains and avoid the really sweet fruits. Good luck
Absolutely not. Weight loss is about calories, math and eating at a calorie deficit. Period. And the whole demonizing of sugar is getting really old, and it's just not true.
OP, there's lots of us here who only eat once or twice a day-meal timing/frequency is a preference thing and nothing more. If eating less meals is your preference then go with it, but yeah you have to figure out how to meet your calorie goals in those meals.
My eating pattern is one large meal early afternoon, one snack late afternoon and then a second, smaller meal in the evening. My large meal can easily clock in at over 1,000 calories
Pre-planning your food for the day is a great place to start, also don't be afraid to eat higher calorie foods if you're coming in short, like nuts, olive oil, full fat dairy, a Big Mac and fries once in a while etc etc
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It's not necessarily about calories in and calories out as most of the would would have you believe. It's important to take in adequate calories. It's the quality of calories that matter most. For starters take in 1 gram of protein per lb of desired body weight. Make sure your getting plenty of healthy fats, and limit your carbs to under 100 grams per day, NO SUGAR, if your intention is to lose body fat. II guarantee you'll feel better than you ever have after you get past the sugar addiction. Getting past the sugar addiction usually takes about 3-5 days, and it's not that easy. You will go through the usual addictive withdrawal symptoms, like lack of energy, headache, not sleeping well, etc. After you get through this tunnel of darkness you will be amazed. Go this route for about 21 days, and then ramp up the cabs by adding sweet potatoes, berries, plantains and avoid the really sweet fruits. Good luck
First post: MEDIOCRE!0 -
If eating enough were truly a problem for you, you would not need to loose weight.
So things to ask.
1) do you weigh(important) and measure everything you eat?
2) how much do you need to loose and how much loss per week have you set your MFP for?
3) is your activity level setting appropriate for your lifestyle?
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It's not necessarily about calories in and calories out as most of the would would have you believe. It's important to take in adequate calories. It's the quality of calories that matter most. For starters take in 1 gram of protein per lb of desired body weight. Make sure your getting plenty of healthy fats, and limit your carbs to under 100 grams per day, NO SUGAR, if your intention is to lose body fat. II guarantee you'll feel better than you ever have after you get past the sugar addiction. Getting past the sugar addiction usually takes about 3-5 days, and it's not that easy. You will go through the usual addictive withdrawal symptoms, like lack of energy, headache, not sleeping well, etc. After you get through this tunnel of darkness you will be amazed. Go this route for about 21 days, and then ramp up the cabs by adding sweet potatoes, berries, plantains and avoid the really sweet fruits. Good luck
I have to disagree with most if not all of this
For weight loss it's calories..for health and nutrition a good wide diet
Even professional bodybuilders don't need to consume more than 0.82g protein per lb of bodyweight ...it doesn't do any ahem but it's not sound advice ...I doubt OP is a pro athlete so a minimum of 0.64g p per lb bodyweight is more than adequate
For plenty of fats try to hit 0.35g fat per lb bodyweight
Sugar addiction is complete made up codswallop ..if you're not diabetic or have a condition sugar is fine
Addictive withdrawal symptoms...what?0 -
So what are these sugar withdrawal symptoms? I didn't know that sugar messes with brain chemicals.0
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Sugar actually messes with theBrain Kemicals which are like chemicals but put there by space Aliens who wish to control us so they use Kemicals which have little radio transmitters in . The only way to defend against this is a sugar detox or a Tin foil hat.yopeeps025 wrote: »So what are these sugar withdrawal symptoms? I didn't know that sugar messes with brain chemicals.
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Top 10 Worst First Post Ever.It's not necessarily about calories in and calories out as most of the would would have you believe. It's important to take in adequate calories. It's the quality of calories that matter most. For starters take in 1 gram of protein per lb of desired body weight. Make sure your getting plenty of healthy fats, and limit your carbs to under 100 grams per day, NO SUGAR, if your intention is to lose body fat. II guarantee you'll feel better than you ever have after you get past the sugar addiction. Getting past the sugar addiction usually takes about 3-5 days, and it's not that easy. You will go through the usual addictive withdrawal symptoms, like lack of energy, headache, not sleeping well, etc. After you get through this tunnel of darkness you will be amazed. Go this route for about 21 days, and then ramp up the cabs by adding sweet potatoes, berries, plantains and avoid the really sweet fruits. Good luck
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The warning your getting is just that eating below the minimum amount of calories slows down your metabolism and makes it harder to lose weight trust me i made the same mistake0
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Unless your metabolism slows by as much or more than the additional caloric deficit -- it doesn't -- you'll lose weight just fine if you stick with it.brcossette wrote: »The warning your getting is just that eating below the minimum amount of calories slows down your metabolism and makes it harder to lose weight trust me i made the same mistake
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isulo_kura wrote: »
Sugar actually messes with theBrain Kemicals which are like chemicals but put there by space Aliens who wish to control us so they use Kemicals which have little radio transmitters in . The only way to defend against this is a sugar detox or a Tin foil hat.yopeeps025 wrote: »So what are these sugar withdrawal symptoms? I didn't know that sugar messes with brain chemicals.
Bahahaha...baha0 -
isulo_kura wrote: »
Sugar actually messes with theBrain Kemicals which are like chemicals but put there by space Aliens who wish to control us so they use Kemicals which have little radio transmitters in . The only way to defend against this is a sugar detox or a Tin foil hat.yopeeps025 wrote: »So what are these sugar withdrawal symptoms? I didn't know that sugar messes with brain chemicals.
I can't believed you got flagged for this. Seriously people 0 -
NoIdea101NoIdea wrote: »isulo_kura wrote: »
Sugar actually messes with theBrain Kemicals which are like chemicals but put there by space Aliens who wish to control us so they use Kemicals which have little radio transmitters in . The only way to defend against this is a sugar detox or a Tin foil hat.yopeeps025 wrote: »So what are these sugar withdrawal symptoms? I didn't know that sugar messes with brain chemicals.
I can't believed you got flagged for this. Seriously people
Wrongful flagging usually=butthurt so nope does not surprise me one bit.
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Wow thank you all for the advice... Up until about a month ago I have only been snaking through out the day then having a dinner with the family, now that I am deployed I am eating 3 meals meals a day as the food at the Dining facility is free and already made I just have to go get it. I have discovered that they just pile on the food so I only eat what I feel is satisfying and leave the rest. I have been eating 2 bananas a day and usually have a cup of pineapple to go with it or I have 2 Kiwi and a banana, I hear any fruit is better than a candy bar. I have limited my self to 2 Gatorade a day and try to drink 5-6 bottles of water a day. the water consumption may rise as the temperature rises right now it is only 118 here in the next couple of months it will be 130+ daily so water is a must. Thank you all again for the tips. I have only been using walking as my exercise, but I am going to start adding push ups and sit-ups into that routine, I have a goal of at least 5 miles a day and have been good at that so far. I weighed in today at 196.8 clothed in my street cloths rather than work out gear as I was on my way to lunch and I had not had anything to eat other than a meal supplement bar and a bottle or two of water with in the first 6 hours of my day. Today was my day off from work so it is kind of my relax day or as some call it a cheat day fro a diet plan and I still took in 1600 calories and burned 750.I have started using a Whey protein powder today that I will be using 2 X daily as well as my pharmacy of vitamins.0
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It's not necessarily about calories in and calories out as most of the would would have you believe. It's important to take in adequate calories. It's the quality of calories that matter most. For starters take in 1 gram of protein per lb of desired body weight. Make sure your getting plenty of healthy fats, and limit your carbs to under 100 grams per day, NO SUGAR, if your intention is to lose body fat. II guarantee you'll feel better than you ever have after you get past the sugar addiction. Getting past the sugar addiction usually takes about 3-5 days, and it's not that easy. You will go through the usual addictive withdrawal symptoms, like lack of energy, headache, not sleeping well, etc. After you get through this tunnel of darkness you will be amazed. Go this route for about 21 days, and then ramp up the cabs by adding sweet potatoes, berries, plantains and avoid the really sweet fruits. Good luck
Not true.0 -
JimmyD2003 wrote: »So I have been using this program now for 1 week, I have managed to log all my food consumption with a little extra as I do not usually eat everything on my plate. Last night when I got done logging in my food and exercise for the day the program yelled at me saying I am not eating enough. I have been eating 3+ meals/times a day and trying to eat the healthier foods as my lighter meals such as fruits. I have never been one to eat more than 1-2 times a day if that depending on the day's activities. I figured a while back that my eating habits were the cause of not being able to loose the desired weight. I am not trying to bulk up my muscles I want to loose my belly and all that before I work on muscle toning. I am averaging 5-6 miles a day walking even though that only accounts for an hour or two of the day. Currently I am working in a hot desert environment and have found that drinking 8-10 bottles of water a day is keeping my pretty full. Any one have any ideas on how I can eat more with out over doing it?
fruits are good and all...but you need more than fruits. you should eat a balanced and varied diet. you should eat plenty of veg, some fruit, some whole grains, get your healthy fats and lean sourced protein. you do have to cut calories to lose weight, but you still have to feed your body.
your body is a machine...that machine requires energy to run properly...calories are a unit of energy. you need XXX amount of energy daily to operate that machine optimally...when you eat in excess of what is required for operations then that excess energy is stored as fat...body fat is simply your energy reserves. when you eat less than is required to operate optimally, that deficiency of energy has to be made up for...so you burn fat. you don't have to crash your diet here...not getting enough calories is just as bad as overeating. you have a calorie goal given to you by MFP as per your stats and the rate at which you said you wanted to lose weight...hit that goal.0
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