I was naughty today but it tells me I didn't eat enough.

You're at 942 calories out of the 4,000 you have listed to eat. Why are you eating so little? How could this possibly set you back multiple weeks? What are your stats that have you eating 4,000 calories as your goal?

AussieEevee wrote: »

I don't monitor... nor care about calories. The only macronutrient I monitor is sugar intake, and I royally screwed up my diet today.

I'm guessing the estimate would probably be 300kg in 5 weeks (If every day is like today), but the system won't tell me.

3bambi3 wrote: »

What are your stats that have you eating 4,000 calories as your goal?

Stats? As in vitals? No idea, but scales that have a 250kg capacity can't weigh me.

EDIT: Also, curiously, there's a lot of salt in chicken wings...

Why are you only concerned about sugar?

And I mean, what is your height, weight, age, etc.

If you are 250+kgs, it seems strange that you are not focused on calories to lose weight. And I don't understand why you think fried chicken 'royally screwed' your diet when you are severely under-eating.

It's like beat a dead horse. No one food makes anyone fat, eating more than your body requires makes you fat. Breaded wings is absolutely fine. I eat white bread multiple times a week, still dropping fat. You want the majority of your calories to be nutrient dense for optimal health. That doesn't mean you can eat processed food. Just make sure it fits. Enjoy life, there's no need to worry about unnecessary things.

As for sugar, if eating more of it makes you eat more then of course limit it.

AussieEevee wrote: »

3bambi3 wrote: »

AussieEevee wrote: »

I don't monitor... nor care about calories. The only macronutrient I monitor is sugar intake, and I royally screwed up my diet today.

I'm guessing the estimate would probably be 300kg in 5 weeks (If every day is like today), but the system won't tell me.

3bambi3 wrote: »

What are your stats that have you eating 4,000 calories as your goal?

Stats? As in vitals? No idea, but scales that have a 250kg capacity can't weigh me.

EDIT: Also, curiously, there's a lot of salt in chicken wings...

Why are you only concerned about sugar?

And I mean, what is your height, weight, age, etc.

If you are 250+kgs, it seems strange that you are not focused on calories to lose weight. And I don't understand why you think fried chicken 'royally screwed' your diet when you are severely under-eating.

Because sugar = energy = stored energy = fat

Less sugar = less energy = burning fat for energy

1.8m, roughly 275kg at a guess (I have no way to reliably measure this. Which is frustrating), 29

Have a look at my diary again. I'm not severely under-eating. I had 3 weetbix plus milk for breakfast (Which is a normal sized breakfast compared to my usual overindulgance for breakfast), at least 8 breaded chicken wings (Should have gone for the bread-less ones, I know), a garlic dipping sauce (no idea on that. I am told that sauces and dressing make little difference because you don't have a lot of them), and a pork steak and cooked veggies for dinner about an hour ago.

I'm not sure exactly how many wings I had as I was sharing them with mum, but I'm pretty sure I had more than her so I might have had 12 even. (It was an 18 pack)

But either way, that's not exactly small meals I had.

ALL excess calories are stored as fat. If your maintenance calories per day are 4,000 and you eat 4,500 calories of broccoli (good luck) you will gain weight, not because broccoli is a carbohydrate, but because it's above your maintenance calories. Science: Sugar is a carbohydrate. Carbohydrates are first turned into glycogen, which your body stores in the liver, muscles, etc. When the storage space is full for glycogen, the liver converts surplus carbohydrates into triglycerides and then sends them throughout the body to be stored in fat cells until you need energy. The body stores dietary fats in the form of triglycerides, in muscles or fat cells.

a garlic dipping sauce (no idea on that. I am told that sauces and dressing make little difference because you don't have a lot of them) This is just not true. The pizza hut garlic BUTTER dipping sauce is 100 calories for 1.5 oz (43 grams), which is about a shotglass or 1 tiny tub. I said earlier that their breaded wings are 55 calories/wing, which means that 1 tiny tub of dipping sauce is as many calories as 2 wings.

That said, if you are 250+ kg, you have good reasons to monitor your blood sugar/sugar intake. HOWEVER that's for health/insulin reasons, not weight loss. For weight loss, you need to be below your daily maintenance calories.

3bambi3 wrote: »

You're at 942 calories out of the 4,000 you have listed to eat. Why are you eating so little? How could this possibly set you back multiple weeks? What are your stats that have you eating 4,000 calories as your goal?

It's kj, not calories. [ah, I see you figured that out too, I should have read to the end!] 4000 kj is only 956 calories -- which is obviously WAY too low, OP.

Your logging is off too, OP, as the lunch chicken wings have to be in calories, not kj, and I think much of yesterday's menu looks like it's really calories. This is a problem you should figure out -- don't use US entries if you want to have a goal in kj.

So much woo in one place.

crb426 wrote: »

He changed his diary to add in all the calories... definitely makes more sense now

honestly - based on initial post - i question the accuracy of that log...since the initial post was just about the breaded wings and now there are 2 full pizzas listed...

ETA - also the "you haven't eaten enough" only shows up if you are under 1200cal for women and 1500 for men...so his diary is likely incorrect