Eating healthy, not losing weight
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How old is your baby? (Sorry if you already answered)1
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Actually, no. Eating healthy can help with satiety, but eating at a deficit is going to take the weight off, even if you eat your calories with nothing but cotton candy and Twinkies. Not recommending you do, as that way lies malnutrition, but the weight is still going to come off.2
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Oh congratulations:-)
Cld u possibly log everything while he naps or when you put him down of a night? I log of a night when my girls are in bed for the next day usually. I just started weighing foods and it takes 2 minutes
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Oh congratulations:-)
Cld u possibly log everything while he naps or when you put him down of a night? I log of a night when my girls are in bed for the next day usually. I just started weighing foods and it takes 2 minutes
I lay with him during his naps, he won't sleep otherwise. I'm going to try to log once he's down for the night. But the weight wouldn't be correct. I suppose measuring in cups would be best.0 -
sodaceratops wrote: »Oh congratulations:-)
Cld u possibly log everything while he naps or when you put him down of a night? I log of a night when my girls are in bed for the next day usually. I just started weighing foods and it takes 2 minutes
I lay with him during his naps, he won't sleep otherwise. I'm going to try to log once he's down for the night. But the weight wouldn't be correct. I suppose measuring in cups would be best.
Oh:-( maybe you could try to teach him mum can't lay there all the time while he's still a baby. I had to do that with my second otherwise I'd never get anything done. it was hard though but I persisted.1 -
sodaceratops wrote: »Oh congratulations:-)
Cld u possibly log everything while he naps or when you put him down of a night? I log of a night when my girls are in bed for the next day usually. I just started weighing foods and it takes 2 minutes
I lay with him during his naps, he won't sleep otherwise. I'm going to try to log once he's down for the night. But the weight wouldn't be correct. I suppose measuring in cups would be best.
Oh:-( maybe you could try to teach him mum can't lay there all the time while he's still a baby. I had to do that with my second otherwise I'd never get anything done. it was hard though but I persisted.
I had this problem with my second also and trust me the lpnger you wait the harder it is to change the habit.3 -
sodaceratops wrote: »Oh congratulations:-)
Cld u possibly log everything while he naps or when you put him down of a night? I log of a night when my girls are in bed for the next day usually. I just started weighing foods and it takes 2 minutes
I lay with him during his naps, he won't sleep otherwise. I'm going to try to log once he's down for the night. But the weight wouldn't be correct. I suppose measuring in cups would be best.
measuring cups are not accurate either, I learned that the hard way.measuring cups for liquids are fine. I weighed everything in cups in the past and was eating more calories than I thought,gained half the weight I lost back.once you start logging and have a database of foods you eat it becomes easier and faster to log,weighing is the same. it takes little to no time to weigh foods.if you have to weigh foods,keep a notepad close by and write down the weights and then log it later. that way you can do things you need to do in the mean time.4 -
Are you taking B vitamins to support your metabolism since you are vegan? You absolutely must take a B vitamin supplement, since your body does not create B vitamins, and they are only found in animal products. Also, consider the nuts etc; I'd have to look at your recipes in detail, but I'd be very surprised if they truely were under 1000 calories.0
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Edit: I plugged your smoothie in. You are definately consuming more than 900 - 1000 calories a day. One smoothie alone is 350 - 375 calories depending on the size of the banana.3
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I don't mind staying with him while he sleeps, he finds comfort in it and I like being off my feet for a bit. I think he'll stop wanting me to lie with him when he no longer needs it. And if thats not the case, then so be it.
I'll do the note pad suggestion. That's easier than whipping my phone out and searching for the food. I find that this app had a lot of varying nutritional value for foods, I'm never sure what to go with... I often spend a lot of time checking different sources to find the most accurate facts. I've still not been able to find accurate nutrition facts for homemade almond milk or the pulp left over, it varies greatly.1 -
sodaceratops wrote: »I don't mind staying with him while he sleeps, he finds comfort in it and I like being off my feet for a bit. I think he'll stop wanting me to lie with him when he no longer needs it. And if thats not the case, then so be it.
I'll do the note pad suggestion. That's easier than whipping my phone out and searching for the food. I find that this app had a lot of varying nutritional value for foods, I'm never sure what to go with... I often spend a lot of time checking different sources to find the most accurate facts. I've still not been able to find accurate nutrition facts for homemade almond milk or the pulp left over, it varies greatly.
for the milk you can weigh the almonds and all the ingredients separately,weigh it and separate anything thats left over(aka not used) weigh again and then write it down and plug it into the recipe builder. that way you have your own recipe with the calories and nutrition info.as for foods in the database,you can cross reference with food packaging or the USDA(if in the us). you can then choose the correct entry/edit the entry or make your own.0 -
AntoinetteAngus wrote: »xmichaelyx wrote: »Step 1: Figure out exactly how many calories you are eating.
Step 2: Figure out exactly how many calories you should be eating.
Step 3: Eat that many calories.
Eating "healthy" or "unhealthy" is mostly irrelevant to weight loss.
Why do people say this such incredible statements. Eating healthy has everything to do with it. If you eat a diet high in sugar your body will find it much harder to burn fat.
Um. No. That's not how the body works.. If in a calorie deficit, the body will burn fat regardless of high sugar or not.10 -
Are you taking B vitamins to support your metabolism since you are vegan? You absolutely must take a B vitamin supplement, since your body does not create B vitamins, and they are only found in animal products. Also, consider the nuts etc; I'd have to look at your recipes in detail, but I'd be very surprised if they truely were under 1000 calories.
I take prenatal vitamins along with B12 and iron. Though my blood work has never come back in lacking of any vitamins. My almomd milk is 1:8 ratio, then I continue to add water to the pulp and milk it until I have barely any pulp left. It's not an exact science due to the process of remilking. My cashew dressing is 1/2 c cashews, 1/2 pk soft tofu (5 oz), 1 c water, garlic, lemon, and seasoning.0 -
Hey, you can disagree if you want on how I calculated the calories - that is 100 percent up to you. However, keep in mind the less "pulp" left, the more ground up almonds are actually in your milk. I know when I was routinely drinking smoothies with homemade almond milk, mine were around 450, so you're still low for a smoothie. The thing is, if you were calculating correctly, and if you were eating 1000 a day, you would be losing weight.
Also, good on you laying down with your babe.
my little guy is 3 months and his sister 3.5 years. She is "too grown up" for mum in bed, enjoy those baby snuggles while they last xo 0 -
CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »sodaceratops wrote: »I don't mind staying with him while he sleeps, he finds comfort in it and I like being off my feet for a bit. I think he'll stop wanting me to lie with him when he no longer needs it. And if thats not the case, then so be it.
I'll do the note pad suggestion. That's easier than whipping my phone out and searching for the food. I find that this app had a lot of varying nutritional value for foods, I'm never sure what to go with... I often spend a lot of time checking different sources to find the most accurate facts. I've still not been able to find accurate nutrition facts for homemade almond milk or the pulp left over, it varies greatly.
for the milk you can weigh the almonds and all the ingredients separately,weigh it and separate anything thats left over(aka not used) weigh again and then write it down and plug it into the recipe builder. that way you have your own recipe with the calories and nutrition info.as for foods in the database,you can cross reference with food packaging or the USDA(if in the us). you can then choose the correct entry/edit the entry or make your own.
From what I've read online, there's no accurate statements on what goes into the almond milk, such as how much of the fat, carbs, and protein is left in the milk and how much is left in the pulp. I can only assume that most of the fat is retained in the milk and most of the carbs are left in the pulp. As for protein, I have no idea where most of it would end up. To go by your suggestion, weighing it all and weighing what's left, I'd have to take into account the soaking process (how much the almonds weigh when dry and how much they weigh after soaking) as well as the fact that the macros in the pulp would not be the same as dry regular almonds. I would have to dry the pulp to weigh just what's left minus any water retained in the pulp.
It's quite a bit of effort and time that I don't have amd knowledge that I'd don't have. I was never good at science.0 -
sodaceratops wrote: »Are you taking B vitamins to support your metabolism since you are vegan? You absolutely must take a B vitamin supplement, since your body does not create B vitamins, and they are only found in animal products. Also, consider the nuts etc; I'd have to look at your recipes in detail, but I'd be very surprised if they truely were under 1000 calories.
I take prenatal vitamins along with B12 and iron. Though my blood work has never come back in lacking of any vitamins. My almomd milk is 1:8 ratio, then I continue to add water to the pulp and milk it until I have barely any pulp left. It's not an exact science due to the process of remilking. My cashew dressing is 1/2 c cashews, 1/2 pk soft tofu (5 oz), 1 c water, garlic, lemon, and seasoning.
How many servings is your dressing because a half cup of cashews is already 300+ calories.1 -
Hey, you can disagree if you want on how I calculated the calories - that is 100 percent up to you. However, keep in mind the less "pulp" left, the more ground up almonds are actually in your milk. I know when I was routinely drinking smoothies with homemade almond milk, mine were around 450, so you're still low for a smoothie. The thing is, if you were calculating correctly, and if you were eating 1000 a day, you would be losing weight.
Also, good on you laying down with your babe. my little guy is 3 months and his sister 3.5 years. She is "too grown up" for mum in bed, enjoy those baby snuggles while they last xo
Yeah, I'm definitely doing something wrong with my calculations. I'd like to have more accurate nutrition facts for the foods I consume, but alas. I'd like to just go by what's in the app but say my almond milk is 100 calories less or more per cup than what is stated on here, I'd be drinking 400 calories less more than wanted. Neither would be good. If only store bought almond milk didn't contain so many additions... it makes my mouth feel like slime.
Babies are great, aren't they! 0 -
just being logical here, but doesn't it make MOST sense to eat healthy AND eat at a deficit? Having a fit HEALTHY body is important.3
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I also forgot to ask if you have had your thyroid tested?
And I agree about the slime feeling - once you stop eating "weird" foods, you notice a lot more things. I've really relaxed what I eat so now I don't notice it the same. Though I am not sure that is good!0 -
TheRambler wrote: »just being logical here, but doesn't it make MOST sense to eat healthy AND eat at a deficit? Having a fit HEALTHY body is important.
True but eating "healthy" varies depending on the person. In any case, the point that was being made was no matter how healthy one eats, if they aren't at a deficit, they're not going to lose weight.4 -
Maxematics wrote: »sodaceratops wrote: »Are you taking B vitamins to support your metabolism since you are vegan? You absolutely must take a B vitamin supplement, since your body does not create B vitamins, and they are only found in animal products. Also, consider the nuts etc; I'd have to look at your recipes in detail, but I'd be very surprised if they truely were under 1000 calories.
I take prenatal vitamins along with B12 and iron. Though my blood work has never come back in lacking of any vitamins. My almomd milk is 1:8 ratio, then I continue to add water to the pulp and milk it until I have barely any pulp left. It's not an exact science due to the process of remilking. My cashew dressing is 1/2 c cashews, 1/2 pk soft tofu (5 oz), 1 c water, garlic, lemon, and seasoning.
How many servings is your dressing because a half cup of cashews is already 300+ calories.
In my recipes. I record it as 20 since that's how many tbsp there are but I usually have 3 tbsp. So roughly 7.1 -
Let me get this straight. You aren't logging properly, you aren't really exercising much more than walking and yoga, and you aren't losing weight? Sounds about right to me. Don't expect results for work you aren't doing.
If you are eating the same stuff over and over again, just log it once and then it's easy to log it again. Super simple stuff. If you have time to make almond milk, you've got plenty of time to log it. Also, just because you are eating nutrient dense food doesn't mean you are eating a deficit. Also, make sure you are getting enough protein. Vegans never seem to get enough, and you are breastfeeding, and breast milk is made from protein. As are muscles...there is no way you are getting enough to do both on the sample diet you have provided.4 -
You have time to log if you cut back on something else. You say you walk 3 + hours per day? Take one of those hours and pre plan/log your food.
I walk this much because my baby is, as some would say, a "high need" baby. He gets very fussy when we're at home. Cutting his walk time is a non option.0 -
TheRambler wrote: »just being logical here, but doesn't it make MOST sense to eat healthy AND eat at a deficit? Having a fit HEALTHY body is important.
It's a fairly common issue, (you see it all the time here), where people think eating 'healthy' (whatever that even means), somehow will cause weight loss. Obviously that's not the case though and the appropriate calorie deficit is needed. And most times just losing the extra weight will greatly improve someones health, regardless of what they're eating. It happened to me-back when I started my weight loss phase the only thing I did was make sure I was hitting my calorie target. Not only did I lose around 50lbs, but I also improved ever single health marker my doctor uses, including normalizing a prediabetic glucose number. Now that I've been in maintenance for a few years I've tweaked how I eat/have expanded my food horizons, but back when I was overweight and totally overwhelmed, simple calorie reduction met me where I was at and was a realistic approach that got the job done 1 -
I also forgot to ask if you have had your thyroid tested?
And I agree about the slime feeling - once you stop eating "weird" foods, you notice a lot more things. I've really relaxed what I eat so now I don't notice it the same. Though I am not sure that is good!
I've heard things about thyroid problems here and there. I honestly have no idea what it is/does. So no I haven't. Anytime my mom talks about a thyroid, it sounds like an old person thing. I've tried to Google about it... I still don't really know what it is. I think something about a thyroid was tested during my pregnancy but I'm not too sure.0 -
I'd be making time to log accurately before I went to get my thyroid tested. It's already been shown you could be hugely underestimating your calories. Better to eliminate the simple things first. And as someone else said, if you really were as low as 900 calories a day you'd still be losing weight, thyroid issues or not.4
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VintageFeline wrote: »I'd be making time to log accurately before I went to get my thyroid tested. It's already been shown you could be hugely underestimating your calories. Better to eliminate the simple things first. And as someone else said, if you really were as low as 900 calories a day you'd still be losing weight, thyroid issues or not.
Yes, very true. I'll get on that. Procrastination and excuses are the Devils children.1 -
Why don't you wait till your baby is sleeping and prelog your day tomorrow so you don't have to "whip out your phone every time you eat something". I suspect you will learn you were grossly underestimating your intake.1
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Why don't you wait till your baby is sleeping and prelog your day tomorrow so you don't have to "whip out your phone every time you eat something". I suspect you will learn you were grossly underestimating your intake.
Really great suggestion! Sadly, the only excitement I have in life is not knowing what I'll eat tomorrow. Pre-recording would just suck that excitement right out of my life.0
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