Counting calories and carbs! Need meal ideas!
fuzzy211
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i started counting calories and carbs a week ago but I don't feel like I'm eating healthy enough. I'm staying under or around my recommended goals but I'm a picky eater so I'm having trouble finding things to eat. It's a ton of hard work! I don't want to cook any fancy meals that use a bunch of ingredients. Just something simple. Please help. I miss the sugar and it's so hard to resist. Would love to have encouraging words as well to keep me on track so I can get down to my goal weight!
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Why stick on a diet that you're constantly resisting something you like?0
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It has worked for my co-worker. I just haven't yet figured out a balance with the whole thing.
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It has worked for my co-worker. I just haven't yet figured out a balance with the whole thing.
I'm going to say something, which I might just get a bit of hate for, but that's just MFP.
There's literally no point low carbing if you're going to hate it. What is the point, look at this analogy;If you had a chocolate cake, and you only liked chocolate cake and it was the best and only cake you wanted. Would you switch to a vanilla cake because a friend said "It's the best cake ever?".
No. Just count your calories and eat in a deficit.
It doesn't matter if you eat carbs, just eat in a caloric deficit.0 -
It's a good point you make. In this past week I have lost six pounds. Idk if that's good or bad to have lost so quickly. I feel like eating what I wanted is what made me gain so much weight to start with. But then again I swore I would never count calories and here I am. So you could be right on not worrying about carbs. I'll try it for a week. See how it goes.0
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Are all fruits, veggies and bread products out or are you trying to eliminate certain carbs?
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It's a good point you make. In this past week I have lost six pounds. Idk if that's good or bad to have lost so quickly. I feel like eating what I wanted is what made me gain so much weight to start with. But then again I swore I would never count calories and here I am. So you could be right on not worrying about carbs. I'll try it for a week. See how it goes.
Counting calories is really easy. You get the food, scan the barcode if applicable and then eat! If there isn't a barcode but there is a brand name, you can easily search that on the MFP database as it is constantly updated. If not, use the USDA entries.
Thing is, you still have to count your calories on low carbs. It always boils down to CALORIES IN VS CALORIES OUT.
The thing is with low carbing, it makes you lose a lot of water weight very fast. This is often confused with fat, just to point that out.0 -
My goal is to be around 150 carbs a day set by mfp. Haven't cut many things out yet. Just making the portions smaller so I can still eat it. By doing that means I'm not getting all the calories I need at the end of the day to be at the limit mfp set for me at 12000
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IsaackGMOON wrote: »It's a good point you make. In this past week I have lost six pounds. Idk if that's good or bad to have lost so quickly. I feel like eating what I wanted is what made me gain so much weight to start with. But then again I swore I would never count calories and here I am. So you could be right on not worrying about carbs. I'll try it for a week. See how it goes.
Counting calories is really easy. You get the food, scan the barcode if applicable and then eat! If there isn't a barcode but there is a brand name, you can easily search that on the MFP database as it is constantly updated. If not, use the USDA entries.
Thing is, you still have to count your calories on low carbs. It always boils down to CALORIES IN VS CALORIES OUT.
The thing is with low carbing, it makes you lose a lot of water weight very fast. This is often confused with fat, just to point that out.
These are good things to know. Do you recommend any food verity that would be healthy to eat?0 -
IsaackGMOON wrote: »It's a good point you make. In this past week I have lost six pounds. Idk if that's good or bad to have lost so quickly. I feel like eating what I wanted is what made me gain so much weight to start with. But then again I swore I would never count calories and here I am. So you could be right on not worrying about carbs. I'll try it for a week. See how it goes.
Counting calories is really easy. You get the food, scan the barcode if applicable and then eat! If there isn't a barcode but there is a brand name, you can easily search that on the MFP database as it is constantly updated. If not, use the USDA entries.
Thing is, you still have to count your calories on low carbs. It always boils down to CALORIES IN VS CALORIES OUT.
The thing is with low carbing, it makes you lose a lot of water weight very fast. This is often confused with fat, just to point that out.
These are good things to know. Do you recommend any food verity that would be healthy to eat?
I don't like to label foods healthy and unhealthy. Because everything is unhealthy in abundance.
I eat what I want, when I want. I don't use this as an excuse to eat nutritionally low food 24/7.0 -
IsaackGMOON wrote: »IsaackGMOON wrote: »It's a good point you make. In this past week I have lost six pounds. Idk if that's good or bad to have lost so quickly. I feel like eating what I wanted is what made me gain so much weight to start with. But then again I swore I would never count calories and here I am. So you could be right on not worrying about carbs. I'll try it for a week. See how it goes.
Counting calories is really easy. You get the food, scan the barcode if applicable and then eat! If there isn't a barcode but there is a brand name, you can easily search that on the MFP database as it is constantly updated. If not, use the USDA entries.
Thing is, you still have to count your calories on low carbs. It always boils down to CALORIES IN VS CALORIES OUT.
The thing is with low carbing, it makes you lose a lot of water weight very fast. This is often confused with fat, just to point that out.
These are good things to know. Do you recommend any food verity that would be healthy to eat?
I don't like to label foods healthy and unhealthy. Because everything is unhealthy in abundance.
I eat what I want, when I want. I don't use this as an excuse to eat nutritionally low food 24/7.
So has it helped you lose weight or maintain it?0 -
IsaackGMOON wrote: »IsaackGMOON wrote: »It's a good point you make. In this past week I have lost six pounds. Idk if that's good or bad to have lost so quickly. I feel like eating what I wanted is what made me gain so much weight to start with. But then again I swore I would never count calories and here I am. So you could be right on not worrying about carbs. I'll try it for a week. See how it goes.
Counting calories is really easy. You get the food, scan the barcode if applicable and then eat! If there isn't a barcode but there is a brand name, you can easily search that on the MFP database as it is constantly updated. If not, use the USDA entries.
Thing is, you still have to count your calories on low carbs. It always boils down to CALORIES IN VS CALORIES OUT.
The thing is with low carbing, it makes you lose a lot of water weight very fast. This is often confused with fat, just to point that out.
These are good things to know. Do you recommend any food verity that would be healthy to eat?
I don't like to label foods healthy and unhealthy. Because everything is unhealthy in abundance.
I eat what I want, when I want. I don't use this as an excuse to eat nutritionally low food 24/7.
So has it helped you lose weight or maintain it?
When I initially wanted to lose weight (a little over a year ago), I was eating whatever I wanted really. You can check my diary, just dial it back a year ago.
Right now, I'm bulking. I try to eat nutritious food, but I also eat foods which aren't high in nutrition, eg chocolate, cake etc lol. It's helped me. I couldn't just eat boring food for all my life, wheres the fun in that? Flexible dieting, it's amazing.0 -
'These are good things to know. Do you recommend any food verity that would be healthy to eat?'
I try to stay away from processed food as much as possible. Processed food is generally loaded with sodium, high fructose corn syrup, and chemicals with really long names I can't pronounce. When it's not avoidable, I buy the food with the fewest ingredients, the healthiest ingredients listed first, and low sodium and fat levels.0 -
My goal is to be around 150 carbs a day set by mfp. Haven't cut many things out yet. Just making the portions smaller so I can still eat it. By doing that means I'm not getting all the calories I need at the end of the day to be at the limit mfp set for me at 1200
I try to keep my carbs at 100, went over today but I don't stress when I do. Your calorie setting might be to low, I find most times when it's set at 1200 it's to low. I eat anywhere from 1400 to 1900 calories a day sometimes more depending on my activity level. I figured out my BMI, BMR and TDEE and go by that, not what MFP says I should have. Also remember when it comes to your carbs, you subtract your fiber, so if you are eating something that is 10 carbs and 3 fiber, you are really only eating 7 carbs. I don't go hungry and I don't eat food I don't like. I have found a balance that works for me. You will find your balance, just be real with yourself. I am down 40 pound since I started my journey nearly 4 months ago. Two great sites for recipes are skinnytaste.com and eat yourself skinny.com0 -
conniescakes1 wrote: »My goal is to be around 150 carbs a day set by mfp. Haven't cut many things out yet. Just making the portions smaller so I can still eat it. By doing that means I'm not getting all the calories I need at the end of the day to be at the limit mfp set for me at 1200
I try to keep my carbs at 100, went over today but I don't stress when I do. Your calorie setting might be to low, I find most times when it's set at 1200 it's to low. I eat anywhere from 1400 to 1900 calories a day sometimes more depending on my activity level. I figured out my BMI, BMR and TDEE and go by that, not what MFP says I should have. Also remember when it comes to your carbs, you subtract your fiber, so if you are eating something that is 10 carbs and 3 fiber, you are really only eating 7 carbs. I don't go hungry and I don't eat food I don't like. I have found a balance that works for me. You will find your balance, just be real with yourself. I am down 40 pound since I started my journey nearly 4 months ago. Two great sites for recipes are skinnytaste.com and eat yourself skinny.com
This is awesome news to hear! I will defiantly check out the websites. And I didn't know fiber cut back carbs? The whole process has me confused just with what I should be eating or how much. Counting is hard! It's a lot to keep up with. The app helps a lot. Having support like you and other commenting is helping even more. I just need to be set on the right track. I started at 180 a week ago. I'm at 174 today. My goal weight is 140. I haven't started any kind of exercise plan yet. The diet is overwhelming enough at the moment. Not giving up yet though!0 -
Name some foods that you do eat.
Make some meals out of those foods.
You get fiber from almonds and macadamias (low-ish carb nuts), leafy greens, broccoli, squash, and other low carb vegetables.0 -
IsaackGMOON wrote: »The thing is with low carbing, it makes you lose a lot of water weight very fast. This is often confused with fat, just to point that out.
yeah, a few lbs in the first week then that's it. All diets lose a mix of fat and non-fat to varying extents.0
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