Does my diary look ok
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srburmester wrote: »Looks pretty good. Fairly aggressive calorie deprivation, are you looking to lose a few pounds? You look fairly slim in your picture. The only thing I could possible add is less processed food where possible, more fresh greens, but on the balance pretty dern healthy. Best wishes.
What processed foods are you referring to I cook all home made foods
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »Seems like you have an awful lot of big deficits. I'd ask what your results have been, but it looks like you've only been logging for a week. If after a month or so you find you're losing weight faster than you should, or sooner if you find yourself unusually fatigued or unable to continue your workouts, you should consider reducing that deficit (either by eating more, exercising less, or a combination of the two.
Been logging since January actually averaging about a 1lb a week had some days off and put weight back on so would have been more if not2 -
amusedmonkey wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »does Tea mean something specific to you?
was just curious if dinner was all logged under tea?
I am also going to assume most will tell you to eat a bit more.
Looks like you burn a pretty decent amount of calories and are not netting very much.
What about water/drink intake?
I for one suck at logged them but just checking.
"Tea" is used in the UK to refer to the evening meal. I believe that is where OP is from.
well it confused me as it said dinner as an entry and tea as an entry
darn Americans
"Dinner" means the largest meal, it can be any time, most commonly lunch or supper. Tea is the evening meal.
To OP: It generally looks good to me, some days are a little too low for comfort, but there are days where you are eating all of your exercise calories so it should even out. One question: how are you calculating your exercise calories? The burns look suspiciously high. Not saying they aren't, just keep an eye on them and if you experience a stall in your weight loss for several weeks, consider that you may be over-estimating your exercise calories.
For now, don't change it if it isn't broken. If after a few weeks you notice you are losing too fast or too slow make changes in either direction accordingly.
I have my Fitbit synced I walk 90min every morning then 30min in the afternoon then I do T25 at night average 20k steps a day I rarely eat them all anyway
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amusedmonkey wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »does Tea mean something specific to you?
was just curious if dinner was all logged under tea?
I am also going to assume most will tell you to eat a bit more.
Looks like you burn a pretty decent amount of calories and are not netting very much.
What about water/drink intake?
I for one suck at logged them but just checking.
"Tea" is used in the UK to refer to the evening meal. I believe that is where OP is from.
well it confused me as it said dinner as an entry and tea as an entry
darn Americans
"Dinner" means the largest meal, it can be any time, most commonly lunch or supper. Tea is the evening meal.
To OP: It generally looks good to me, some days are a little too low for comfort, but there are days where you are eating all of your exercise calories so it should even out. One question: how are you calculating your exercise calories? The burns look suspiciously high. Not saying they aren't, just keep an eye on them and if you experience a stall in your weight loss for several weeks, consider that you may be over-estimating your exercise calories.
For now, don't change it if it isn't broken. If after a few weeks you notice you are losing too fast or too slow make changes in either direction accordingly.
I have my Fitbit synced I walk 90min every morning then 30min in the afternoon then I do T25 at night average 20k steps a day I rarely eat them all anyway
Yes, this is reasonable for 20k steps. Many people make the mistake of logging a single one hour session of elliptical as 1000 calories then wonder why they were not losing when they eat back their exercise calories.
With your activity level, it's safe to eat back most of them (in fact it's preferred). If you are overweight or obese, your weight loss seems reasonable so I wouldn't change a thing. If you are normal weight and just trying to slim down a bit, I would consider eating a bit more and slowing down to less than a pound a week.
All in all, it looks fine to me.5 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »does Tea mean something specific to you?
was just curious if dinner was all logged under tea?
I am also going to assume most will tell you to eat a bit more.
Looks like you burn a pretty decent amount of calories and are not netting very much.
What about water/drink intake?
I for one suck at logged them but just checking.
"Tea" is used in the UK to refer to the evening meal. I believe that is where OP is from.
well it confused me as it said dinner as an entry and tea as an entry
darn Americans
In some regions of the U.K. dinner would be the mid-day meal and the evening meal would be tea. UK, not US. Not sure why you say darn Americans.
because I am an American and didn't understand it.. hence the darn Americans.3 -
Basically does my diary look ok anything that jumps out as being wrong any advice welcome
Hi Angelsja. What you ate the other day sounds really tasty and healthy. I've also been incorporating more seeds into my meals. My latest thing lately is adding pumpkin seeds to salad. So good! They're also a nice salty/crunchy alternative to junk foods like potato chips. Anyway, you seem to have it down right food wise. You're eating healthy foods. Not sure what your goals are (losing/gaining/maintaining weight). If you are trying to gain, then keep doing what you are doing (calorie surplus). If trying to lose weight, then you need a calorie deficit of at least 500 calories. Your Tea time looked a bit high in calories. I recommend cutting back a little more there and even swapping in some veggies (either steamed or sauteed- however you like them). Water is also crucial to weight loss, so make sure you are drinking the recommended daily water intake. Oh, and don't eat back the calories you get from exercise. This will surely sabotage weight loss. MyFitnessPal tends to add those calories to the calorie budget which i think confuses people who are trying to lose weight.
These are just my two cents, to be taken with however many grains of salt you wish.30 -
Kimmotion5783 wrote: »Basically does my diary look ok anything that jumps out as being wrong any advice welcome
Hi Angelsja. What you ate the other day sounds really tasty and healthy. I've also been incorporating more seeds into my meals. My latest thing lately is adding pumpkin seeds to salad. So good! They're also a nice salty/crunchy alternative to junk foods like potato chips. Anyway, you seem to have it down right food wise. You're eating healthy foods. Not sure what your goals are (losing/gaining/maintaining weight). If you are trying to gain, then keep doing what you are doing (calorie surplus). If trying to lose weight, then you need a calorie deficit of at least 500 calories. Your Tea time looked a bit high in calories. I recommend cutting back a little more there and even swapping in some veggies (either steamed or sauteed- however you like them). Water is also crucial to weight loss, so make sure you are drinking the recommended daily water intake. Oh, and don't eat back the calories you get from exercise. This will surely sabotage weight loss. MyFitnessPal tends to add those calories to the calorie budget which i think confuses people who are trying to lose weight.
These are just my two cents, to be taken with however many grains of salt you wish.
Really?! Have you ready any of the advice that the other posters have put on here?? It seems to completely contradict what others have said...11 -
srburmester wrote: »Looks pretty good. Fairly aggressive calorie deprivation, are you looking to lose a few pounds? You look fairly slim in your picture. The only thing I could possible add is less processed food where possible, more fresh greens, but on the balance pretty dern healthy. Best wishes.
What processed foods are you referring to I cook all home made foods
Your diary has things like chips, hot sauce, bread, chocolate, protein bars, purchased custards/desserts, flavored water, pretzels, vegetable oil, and protein powder. These are all processed foods.
Note: I'm not saying there is anything wrong with eating these. You can lose weight while eating all of them.7 -
janejellyroll wrote: »srburmester wrote: »Looks pretty good. Fairly aggressive calorie deprivation, are you looking to lose a few pounds? You look fairly slim in your picture. The only thing I could possible add is less processed food where possible, more fresh greens, but on the balance pretty dern healthy. Best wishes.
What processed foods are you referring to I cook all home made foods
Your diary has things like chips, hot sauce, bread, chocolate, protein bars, purchased custards/desserts, flavored water, pretzels, vegetable oil, and protein powder. These are all processed foods.
Note: I'm not saying there is anything wrong with eating these. You can lose weight while eating all of them.
I see you have a different definition of processes than me not sure where your getting pretzels from though lol I would class processed food as yes chips burgers ready meals etc but no big deal 2 -
Kimmotion5783 wrote: »Basically does my diary look ok anything that jumps out as being wrong any advice welcome
Hi Angelsja. What you ate the other day sounds really tasty and healthy. I've also been incorporating more seeds into my meals. My latest thing lately is adding pumpkin seeds to salad. So good! They're also a nice salty/crunchy alternative to junk foods like potato chips. Anyway, you seem to have it down right food wise. You're eating healthy foods. Not sure what your goals are (losing/gaining/maintaining weight). If you are trying to gain, then keep doing what you are doing (calorie surplus). If trying to lose weight, then you need a calorie deficit of at least 500 calories. Your Tea time looked a bit high in calories. I recommend cutting back a little more there and even swapping in some veggies (either steamed or sauteed- however you like them). Water is also crucial to weight loss, so make sure you are drinking the recommended daily water intake. Oh, and don't eat back the calories you get from exercise. This will surely sabotage weight loss. MyFitnessPal tends to add those calories to the calorie budget which i think confuses people who are trying to lose weight.
These are just my two cents, to be taken with however many grains of salt you wish.
No sure what meal your refering to as sounding tasty lol. My goal is weight loss lost around 22lbs done January if I didn't eat my exercise calories back I'd basically be dead I my tdee is between 2400-3000 and your saying stick to the 1200 mfp set me sorry but no. Water I drink 4+ litres everyday11 -
janejellyroll wrote: »srburmester wrote: »Looks pretty good. Fairly aggressive calorie deprivation, are you looking to lose a few pounds? You look fairly slim in your picture. The only thing I could possible add is less processed food where possible, more fresh greens, but on the balance pretty dern healthy. Best wishes.
What processed foods are you referring to I cook all home made foods
Your diary has things like chips, hot sauce, bread, chocolate, protein bars, purchased custards/desserts, flavored water, pretzels, vegetable oil, and protein powder. These are all processed foods.
Note: I'm not saying there is anything wrong with eating these. You can lose weight while eating all of them.
I see you have a different definition of processes than me not sure where your getting pretzels from though lol I would class processed food as yes chips burgers ready meals etc but no big deal
They're all foods that have undergone processing -- that's how I define "processed food." How do you think protein powder/bars and vegetable oil are made?
I saw an entry for chocolate pretzels, maybe I misunderstood what kind of food it was.3 -
janejellyroll wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »srburmester wrote: »Looks pretty good. Fairly aggressive calorie deprivation, are you looking to lose a few pounds? You look fairly slim in your picture. The only thing I could possible add is less processed food where possible, more fresh greens, but on the balance pretty dern healthy. Best wishes.
What processed foods are you referring to I cook all home made foods
Your diary has things like chips, hot sauce, bread, chocolate, protein bars, purchased custards/desserts, flavored water, pretzels, vegetable oil, and protein powder. These are all processed foods.
Note: I'm not saying there is anything wrong with eating these. You can lose weight while eating all of them.
I see you have a different definition of processes than me not sure where your getting pretzels from though lol I would class processed food as yes chips burgers ready meals etc but no big deal
They're all foods that have undergone processing -- that's how I define "processed food." How do you think protein powder/bars and vegetable oil are made?
I saw an entry for chocolate pretzels, maybe I misunderstood what kind of food it was.
Can you tell me where please as that's going to bug me?1 -
janejellyroll wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »srburmester wrote: »Looks pretty good. Fairly aggressive calorie deprivation, are you looking to lose a few pounds? You look fairly slim in your picture. The only thing I could possible add is less processed food where possible, more fresh greens, but on the balance pretty dern healthy. Best wishes.
What processed foods are you referring to I cook all home made foods
Your diary has things like chips, hot sauce, bread, chocolate, protein bars, purchased custards/desserts, flavored water, pretzels, vegetable oil, and protein powder. These are all processed foods.
Note: I'm not saying there is anything wrong with eating these. You can lose weight while eating all of them.
I see you have a different definition of processes than me not sure where your getting pretzels from though lol I would class processed food as yes chips burgers ready meals etc but no big deal
They're all foods that have undergone processing -- that's how I define "processed food." How do you think protein powder/bars and vegetable oil are made?
I saw an entry for chocolate pretzels, maybe I misunderstood what kind of food it was.
Can you tell me where please as that's going to bug me?
It was in your breakfast on Friday May 11th. I just looked up the food and saw that it is a flavored nut butter, not chocolate pretzels. Also looks to be pretty highly processed (not that it will impact you negatively, it's a neutral category to me).3 -
janejellyroll wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »srburmester wrote: »Looks pretty good. Fairly aggressive calorie deprivation, are you looking to lose a few pounds? You look fairly slim in your picture. The only thing I could possible add is less processed food where possible, more fresh greens, but on the balance pretty dern healthy. Best wishes.
What processed foods are you referring to I cook all home made foods
Your diary has things like chips, hot sauce, bread, chocolate, protein bars, purchased custards/desserts, flavored water, pretzels, vegetable oil, and protein powder. These are all processed foods.
Note: I'm not saying there is anything wrong with eating these. You can lose weight while eating all of them.
I see you have a different definition of processes than me not sure where your getting pretzels from though lol I would class processed food as yes chips burgers ready meals etc but no big deal
They're all foods that have undergone processing -- that's how I define "processed food." How do you think protein powder/bars and vegetable oil are made?
I saw an entry for chocolate pretzels, maybe I misunderstood what kind of food it was.
Can you tell me where please as that's going to bug me?
It was in your breakfast on Friday May 11th. I just looked up the food and saw that it is a flavored nut butter, not chocolate pretzels. Also looks to be pretty highly processed (not that it will impact you negatively, it's a neutral category to me).
Oh lol that would have bugged me for ages thanks2 -
Kimmotion5783 wrote: »Basically does my diary look ok anything that jumps out as being wrong any advice welcome
Hi Angelsja. What you ate the other day sounds really tasty and healthy. I've also been incorporating more seeds into my meals. My latest thing lately is adding pumpkin seeds to salad. So good! They're also a nice salty/crunchy alternative to junk foods like potato chips. Anyway, you seem to have it down right food wise. You're eating healthy foods. Not sure what your goals are (losing/gaining/maintaining weight). If you are trying to gain, then keep doing what you are doing (calorie surplus). If trying to lose weight, then you need a calorie deficit of at least 500 calories. Your Tea time looked a bit high in calories. I recommend cutting back a little more there and even swapping in some veggies (either steamed or sauteed- however you like them). Water is also crucial to weight loss, so make sure you are drinking the recommended daily water intake. Oh, and don't eat back the calories you get from exercise. This will surely sabotage weight loss. MyFitnessPal tends to add those calories to the calorie budget which i think confuses people who are trying to lose weight.
These are just my two cents, to be taken with however many grains of salt you wish.
The bolded is not correct. MFP's calorie goal already has your deficit included, without exercise. You are supposed to eat back your exercise calories, otherwise you will undereat and lose faster than you wanted.
If you tell MFP that you want to lose 1 lb per week, the calorie goal already includes the deficit needed to do that. You can't tell from looking at a person's diary how much of a deficit they are set to. OP's only eating @ 1500 cals, for the vast majority of people, that will have them at a calorie deficit.
OP, I think your diary looks great, and losing 1 lb per week is kinds perfect, so keep on keepin on :drinker:9 -
Hey, I would say there are some better choices you could make on your food chips (UK Chips not crisps) and Garlic Bread (bread with garlic - Peter Kay) They don't tend to be that filling I would try and eat more meat and then carb like rice. Also if you like eggs they are a good addition and cold are good snacks.
Only other thing I would say is about the exercise. I have never added this in and I just track without it and then if I am gaining/loosing too fast adjust the Kcal Target. I think its easier to be consistent this way If you are consistent with your exercise each week.12 -
Hey, I would say there are some better choices you could make on your food chips (UK Chips not crisps) and Garlic Bread (bread with garlic - Peter Kay) They don't tend to be that filling I would try and eat more meat and then carb like rice. Also if you like eggs they are a good addition and cold are good snacks.
Only other thing I would say is about the exercise. I have never added this in and I just track without it and then if I am gaining/loosing too fast adjust the Kcal Target. I think its easier to be consistent this way If you are consistent with your exercise each week.
I find chips and garlic bread very filling and it's not like I'm eating them everyday (and I'm weighing them out to the correct portion size) as for exercise I have my Fitbit synced and just let it do its thing that way I'm not eating the exact amount of calories everyday14 -
Hey, I would say there are some better choices you could make on your food chips (UK Chips not crisps) and Garlic Bread (bread with garlic - Peter Kay) They don't tend to be that filling for me I would try and eat more meat and then carb like rice. Also if you like eggs they are a good addition and cold are good snacks.
Only other thing I would say is about the exercise. I have never added this in and I just track without it and then if I am gaining/loosing too fast adjust the Kcal Target. I think its easier to be consistent this way If you are consistent with your exercise each week.
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deannalfisher wrote: »Hey, I would say there are some better choices you could make on your food chips (UK Chips not crisps) and Garlic Bread (bread with garlic - Peter Kay) They don't tend to be that filling for me I would try and eat more meat and then carb like rice. Also if you like eggs they are a good addition and cold are good snacks.
Only other thing I would say is about the exercise. I have never added this in and I just track without it and then if I am gaining/loosing too fast adjust the Kcal Target. I think its easier to be consistent this way If you are consistent with your exercise each week.
FIFY
I don't know what FIFY is?0 -
Fixed it for you
This is why I don’t post on here OP asked for comments on food diary I say I don’t think garlic bread and chips are best food choices for the kcal.
I am well aware of the if it fits your macros concept
@angelsja if your happy with what ur doing keep doing it.....you asked for feedback so assumed you was not happy.
As for the Fitbit and adjusting kcal I can’t see how kcal goal would vary by 900kcal a day seems like to much to me unless your doing some serious training as I say I work out kcal separately and use this app to track them keeping exercise as consistent as possible that works for me
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