If I open up my food diary, can you give me advice?

dee_thurman
dee_thurman Posts: 240 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I am new to the MFP. I am wondering if some of you who have been doing this for a while or knowledgeable about nutrition and fitness in general could give me some advice on eating, logging, exercising, any tips that I might need moving forward. I have tried to be very strict with this and I would like to continue to live a healthy lifestyle.

I do not know how to open up my diary, by the way.

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,442 MFP Moderator
    You might want to open your diary so we can look. Also, its beneficial to also post your stats and exercise program.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    settings > diary settings
    Also: Height / weight / age :)
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings change Sharing to Public
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    RodaRose wrote: »
    settings > diary settings
    Also: Height / weight / age :)

    + exercise regimen & goals
  • dee_thurman
    dee_thurman Posts: 240 Member
    It took me a second to open up my diary but I think it is open now... I would appreciate any advice.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    edited November 2015
    What are your goals? Are you trying to lose weight, maintain, build muscle, improve your workouts?

    Generic advice would be - get a food scale if you aren't using one. Log accurately and consistently and look for trends over time.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,819 Member
    One question. How are you calculating your exercise calories?

    Also, if the calorie burn is approximately right, you're undereating by a lot every day. If you set your goal to lose 1 or 2 lbs or whatever a week, you don't need to eat in more of a deficit. It's already built into your calorie goal.

    Others will have more advice. I just hate seeing people not eat everything they can if they can still lose weight. :p
  • MsJulesRenee
    MsJulesRenee Posts: 1,180 Member
    Make sure to weigh all your fruit! When I first started logging on MFP I was eating a lot of fruit and not entering it correctly- the calories add up quick and was stalling my loss.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    Not enough food overall (unless you underestimate the stuff you're not weighing). You should really aim to eat back half your exercise calories. Love the notes!
  • dee_thurman
    dee_thurman Posts: 240 Member
    I am 5'11 tall, 175 lbs, 36 years old. I put my goal weight as 170 but honestly that doesn't make that much of a difference to me now. I usually do a light cardio for around 60 or 70 minutes every day during the week and maybe a long walk/jog on Sat and Sun. I also have just started doing a short 15 minute body weight circuit at night. I am more about staying healthy and maintaing a healthy lifestyle.

    I think I have been doing MFP for around 18 or 19 days. However I started eating healthy around 36 days ago. I do not know my exact weight when I started but I have lost around 20/25 pounds eating and working out this way. My weight loss has slowed a little as of late which is to be expected. However I am doing this to be more healthy more than to lose weight. It has been pretty cool to see my 8 and 7 year old start eating healthier and doing their "workouts" at night as well. That in itself has been worth every second of it.

    I measure and weigh everything except for fruit (which is a good suggestion) and when I have eaten out at a restaurant (only a few times.) My exercise comes from map my run app. It sincs to MFP and enters the exercise numbers for me. If I need to adjust those numbers I can. I have just started doing 15 minutes of body weight circuit training at night. I can adjust those numbers if I don't really burn 200 or so calories doing the circuit training.

    My main goal of this post is to pick up any tips I can. I like logging my food and having the information to see for myself where I am at. I do believe I have a lot to learn about eating healthier, cooking, logging, exercising, the whole bit. I am just trying to pick up anything I can.

    In just reading the posts above I have read the suggestions that I am not eating enough calories. I have read that my exercise calories burned are probably too high. I need to start measuring fruit. Make sure that I am measuring all of my food.

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