Can someone look at my food diary please?
CherylG1983
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Hey guys! I work out 6 days a week for at least 30 minutes. This week, I intend to start running two or three days a week for at least 20 minutes because my weight isn't shifting as much as I would like.
Now, I should tell you I'm well aware that the numbers on the scale aren't everything. I do measure myself as well. While there is SOME progress, it's really terrible slow. To give you an idea how slow exactly, I've been hovering between 180 and 185 since January. I've lost roughly 37 pounds before that, over the course of about 8 months, which I think is a healthy pace.
My goal is not to get "thin" or a certain weight, rather to get fit and have definition. I'm having an exceptionally hard time losing the fat around my tummy, hips, butt and thighs.
SO, if you have time and can take a look through my diary to see if there's something there that might be throwing off me off my goal, by all means, share your ideas with me!
Please note: Friday nights are nachos night in my house! It's the one cheat meal I have a week... a tradition while we watch Bill Maher!
Now, I should tell you I'm well aware that the numbers on the scale aren't everything. I do measure myself as well. While there is SOME progress, it's really terrible slow. To give you an idea how slow exactly, I've been hovering between 180 and 185 since January. I've lost roughly 37 pounds before that, over the course of about 8 months, which I think is a healthy pace.
My goal is not to get "thin" or a certain weight, rather to get fit and have definition. I'm having an exceptionally hard time losing the fat around my tummy, hips, butt and thighs.
SO, if you have time and can take a look through my diary to see if there's something there that might be throwing off me off my goal, by all means, share your ideas with me!
Please note: Friday nights are nachos night in my house! It's the one cheat meal I have a week... a tradition while we watch Bill Maher!
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You have your diary set to private! Go into your settings and change that.0
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HI Cheryl. I looked at the last three days of your diary and I notice a lot of items are volume measures (cups, tablespoons, etc) and some look like they might have been chosen from the MFP database. Are you using a food scale to weigh your portions? If not, you might want to try that, especially for peanut butter (one of my favs, and I always weigh it). Good luck with your journey!0
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Maybe cut out the Six Star Pro Nutrition Whey Protein Elite Series Triple Chocolate - Protein Powder, 1 scoop .?
Drink water instead,A veteran runner friend of mine who is sat along side me says there is no need for the protien shakes
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HI Cheryl. I looked at the last three days of your diary and I notice a lot of items are volume measures (cups, tablespoons, etc) and some look like they might have been chosen from the MFP database. Are you using a food scale to weigh your portions? If not, you might want to try that, especially for peanut butter (one of my favs, and I always weigh it). Good luck with your journey!
Yes, I measure and weigh my food... I was taught portion control from the 21 Day Fix! Thanks. 0 -
Maybe cut out the Six Star Pro Nutrition Whey Protein Elite Series Triple Chocolate - Protein Powder, 1 scoop .?
Drink water instead,A veteran runner friend of mine who is sat along side me says there is no need for the protien shakes
Maybe not, but to reach my macros, I find it very helpful. Plus, it's a great way to get in additional vegetables and fruit!
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Then maybe wait a week or two till after you have done said intended running and check your stats then 0
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I always use protein powder if I find myself low on protein at the end of the day. Six Star Decadent Chocolate is a yummy way to hit the macros.0
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So, how quickly did you lose the weight? And how long have you stopped or hit a plateau?0
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You're not weighing your food... I see a lot of things in cups and not weighed (veggies, 'medium apples' or bananas etc). Some entries are plain wrong too - 5oz of cooked chicken breast is more than 117 calories. More like 180...
Weigh everything and use accurate entries (look for usda entries).
Other than that, you're eating so little I can't imagine why you would not lose. Either you're not logging everything, or you're REALLY underestimating your cup entries, or you have a medical issue that stops you from losing.0 -
cherylmurray83 wrote: »HI Cheryl. I looked at the last three days of your diary and I notice a lot of items are volume measures (cups, tablespoons, etc) and some look like they might have been chosen from the MFP database. Are you using a food scale to weigh your portions? If not, you might want to try that, especially for peanut butter (one of my favs, and I always weigh it). Good luck with your journey!
Yes, I measure and weigh my food... I was taught portion control from the 21 Day Fix! Thanks.
If you weigh everything, why isn't it recorded that way in your diary? If you're not losing weight, you're not in a deficit and the most likely culprit is inaccurate logging.0 -
Maybe cut out the Six Star Pro Nutrition Whey Protein Elite Series Triple Chocolate - Protein Powder, 1 scoop .?
Drink water instead,A veteran runner friend of mine who is sat along side me says there is no need for the protien shakes
That's kind of a blanket statement. Protein shakes are a very useful tool for people that can't consume enough whole food protein to meet their goal.0 -
Maybe cut out the Six Star Pro Nutrition Whey Protein Elite Series Triple Chocolate - Protein Powder, 1 scoop .?
Drink water instead,A veteran runner friend of mine who is sat along side me says there is no need for the protien shakes
That's kind of a blanket statement. Protein shakes are a very useful tool for people that can't consume enough whole food protein to meet their goal.
The question wasnt about protein intake as i understand,It was to look at her food diary and make suggestions.
As the main statement was to start a running program,Hence my answer.:)0 -
You're not weighing your food... I see a lot of things in cups and not weighed (veggies, 'medium apples' or bananas etc). Some entries are plain wrong too - 5oz of cooked chicken breast is more than 117 calories. More like 180...
Weigh everything and use accurate entries (look for usda entries).
Other than that, you're eating so little I can't imagine why you would not lose. Either you're not logging everything, or you're REALLY underestimating your cup entries, or you have a medical issue that stops you from losing.
I do weigh everything. I don't feel it necessary to weigh an apple. And I measure in cups because that's how it's taught to do it in the 21-Day Fix. I'm also from Canada, so we don't measure dry goods in ounces. I did look up the chicken... I will have to replace the option I use in MFP for the more accurate one. 230 oz for 5 ounces! I can't see how I'm eating so little. I have three meals and two snacks a day, and within a healthy calorie range for safe weight loss.0 -
_Terrapin_ wrote: »So, how quickly did you lose the weight? And how long have you stopped or hit a plateau?
It took me about 8 months, probably closer to 9 to lose the initial 37 pounds, and I've been at this plateau since January 2015, so 10 months of little to no movement. I don't even want to lose much more, maybe just 15-20 lbs (depending on how it looks... I don't want to be too thin!) I'm 5'10", so I think about 160 if I'm in good shape would be ideal.0 -
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It honestly looks like you don't weigh anything. All your entries seem to be standard size serves.
If I have spaghetti sometimes the serve maybe 54 grams, other times 55, 56, 57 etc but it isn't always exactly 56 grams like your entries.0 -
you can weigh your food in grams, so much more accurate than measuring there can be a huge difference between measuring & weighing. i also weigh my apples & all fruit just to be safer as again there is a wide variation of weights 0
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It honestly looks like you don't weigh anything. All your entries seem to be standard size serves.
If I have spaghetti sometimes the serve maybe 54 grams, other times 55, 56, 57 etc but it isn't always exactly 56 grams like your entries.
I'm not sure what you mean... I had quinoa spaghetti just now for dinner. 56 g is almost 2 oz (my scale measures in oz, not grams). I weigh it before I cook it.0 -
Measuring instead of weighing tends to throw people off by 300-400 calories a day. Most entries allow for grams instead of ounces.0
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Okay, well when I viewed your diary it seemed fine. I saw weighing and not much measuring so I'm not sure what everybody saw but. . .meh. Weigh everything in grams if you can and avoid measuring and ounces as much as possible. In terms of your body goal, resistance training would probably be my recommendation. As far as losing weight in those target areas you listed above, sorry, but BF on women are in those places for a simple reason.....babies. You can change this to an extent but women carry their fat mostly in those areas.0
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Since your not getting the results you want and you already have a scale, try weighing everything for two weeks and see what the difference is.0
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cherylmurray83 wrote: »It honestly looks like you don't weigh anything. All your entries seem to be standard size serves.
If I have spaghetti sometimes the serve maybe 54 grams, other times 55, 56, 57 etc but it isn't always exactly 56 grams like your entries.
I'm not sure what you mean... I had quinoa spaghetti just now for dinner. 56 g is almost 2 oz (my scale measures in oz, not grams). I weigh it before I cook it.
But you have that entry every time, so you weigh exactly 56 grams each time? Surely, the scales must stop at 55 or 57 sometimes and it would be rather messy trying to get that extra gram on or off the scale.
And you don't seem to weigh your slices of bread as the calorie count is the same each day. The bread I eat says a slice is 42 grams but I've had slices weighing from 32 grams-46 grams. That is over a 30 calorie difference, for just 1 food item, over a day that can add up to a couple hundred calories or more.
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Ok... get a scale that weighs things in grams and start weighing everything. 28g is a HUGE difference - we're talking 180 calories difference for things like nuts or nut butter, 110 for cheese, 100 for pasta... Guaranteed that's where the problem is - you're eating more than you think.
You don't have to weigh your fruit and veggies if you don't want to, but my medium apples regularly come out around 90 calories, bananas 120 etc... which is more than you're logging. For veggies, one serving is actually quite smaller than you think... there are 4 servings in those small frozen veggie bags! One whole pepper is 40ish calories, even if you'd think it's only 'one cup' once you remove the core etc... It adds up.0 -
Please provide your stats.0
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Liftng4Lis wrote: »Please provide your stats.
I have ten toes, 2 ears....wait. Did you mean the OP?
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Try changing the apples for something else as they're making between a third & half of your daily sugar intake & you could drastically reduce this with an alternate choice of snack0
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cherylmurray83 wrote: »I do weigh everything. I don't feel it necessary to weigh an apple. And I measure in cups because that's how it's taught to do it in the 21-Day Fix. I'm also from Canada, so we don't measure dry goods in ounces. I did look up the chicken... I will have to replace the option I use in MFP for the more accurate one. 230 oz for 5 ounces! I can't see how I'm eating so little. I have three meals and two snacks a day, and within a healthy calorie range for safe weight loss.
MFP has a different methodology than 21 day fix and WW, you actually count calories. The best way to count calories is by weighing food.
I have a good old salter scale with little ounce weights. When I first started counting calories I weighed in ounces and fractions of, however I soon went out and bought a set of metric weights.
I soon found using my kitchen scale, which I love, very lugubrious and went out and bought a digital food scale. They are available across Canada and cost about $20. A worthwhile investment.
These can do oz and gr, and have a tarre feature which means that you can load a plate with different foods and it will reset at the push of a button for each item.
It really is the best way to count calories when you use MFP. A gram is a gram, but a 250gr cup can hold more or less depending on how you fill it and the food being put in.
Apples, broccoli, chicken breasts, slices of bread, in fact all solid food, have individual weights. If you use a generic weight you can easily be eating too much or too little.
Liquids need to be measured in liquid spoons or cups. Most liquids ( oils dressings etc) give a spoon size and a ml size. Quite often a tbsp can be given as 13 or 18 whereas an official tbsp is 15. This can make quite a difference when it comes to oils and dressings.
As an FYI since you are in Canada where ice cream is in ml 1 ml is the equivalent of 1.9 gr. water is 1:1.
Cheers, h. Who also lives in Canada.
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Try changing the apples for something else as they're making between a third & half of your daily sugar intake & you could drastically reduce this with an alternate choice of snack
Unless OP has insulin resistance, her sugar intake is not going to affect her weight loss. Besides, it's an apple..0 -
_Terrapin_ wrote: »Liftng4Lis wrote: »Please provide your stats.
I have ten toes, 2 ears....wait. Did you mean the OP?
That's all you've got? SNORT!0 -
Liftng4Lis wrote: »_Terrapin_ wrote: »Liftng4Lis wrote: »Please provide your stats.
I have ten toes, 2 ears....wait. Did you mean the OP?
That's all you've got? SNORT!
heheheh evil woman
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