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I do record alcohol as part of my calories
Use a food scale all the time where it has to be weighed like chicken breast pork meat and prepackaged foods
I go by what the nutrition facts on the label say
Yes but you need to be VERY careful about what the package describes as a serving. Just scanning the barcode and eyeballing a serving is where some folks go off the rails. Not saying you are doing that, but you need to really measure and weigh EVERY LAST THING you put in your mouth. If it wasn't weighed or measured than you really have no idea how much you are eating.
At 1200 calories and 3 miles/day walking you should be losing weight unless you have a medical condition. Have you been to a doctor? Otherwise, you are eating more than you think you are.2 -
And are you measuring the alcohol? A "glass" of anything can be way more then you think. For example, when I get a beer, a bottle is 12 oz, but the bar serves them from the tap at 16 oz a pop. That can add up if its more then one or even daily...1
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I appreciate all the advice
I do measure alcohol and being that I don’t really do the bar thing
I have a shot glass that I use to measure the alcohol as well0 -
blk7363, I see that you've been diligently logging your food and that's great! The reason you're not losing is because the things you're logging in your diary aren't quite accurate. For example, let's look at yesterday's diary:
Beefsteak - Hearty Rye Seeded, 2 slices - there is a lot of variation in packaged bread, especially with the bigger slices like this. You really should weigh these slices of bread.
Brummel & Brown - Spread, 1 tbspoon (14 g) - make sure you're actually measuring the spread - 1 tablespoon doesn't go a long way on two slices of bread!
Generic - Sandwich-Mate American Cheese Singles - this is fine - a slice of American cheese is always the same size
Great Value - Large Egg Corrected, 1 egg - I know you're not eating it raw. Is it boiled? Scrambled? Fried? If you cooked it in any kind of oil or butter, you have to log it - a tablespoon of olive oil in a frying pan is like 120 calories.
Great Value - Breakfast Turkey Patties, 1 patty - fine
The pierogi guy - Farmer cheese, 5 pieces - holy moly, these look amazing. I am super jealous. Are you boiling these? Keep in mind the same thing with the egg - if you're frying them, you have to add the calories from the oil, too.
Walmart - Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast*, 7.8 oz - This is the entry for an uncooked chicken breast. How did you cook it? Did you weigh it before or after it was cooked? A 7.8 oz raw chicken breast cooks down to be a bit lighter. I found an entry for a 7.8 oz grilled chicken to be 290 calories, much higher than the 234 found here.
Sodexo Campus - Corn on the Cob, 2 Ear - it's pretty hard to measure corn on the cob, so I'm cool with this. Make sure to add any butter or salt! A tbsp of butter is 100 calories.
Pretzel Crisps - Garlic Parmesan, 1 crackers -eh, it's fine.
Alcohol Lady Bligh - Spiced Rum, 3 shot - Spiced rum is my jam. You sound like you had an awesome day. A regulation-sized shot is only 1.5, or three tablespoons. Most people are a bit more generous with their pours. If you're out and about, you'll have to wing it, but at home it's pretty easy to measure this. If you always use the same glasses, it becomes pretty easy to tell how much liquid is in the glass after a while.
Sorry for the wall of text, but these are my thoughts!4 -
One-quarter to one-third of your daily goal of calories is spent on alcohol! Make certain you have set your calorie goal to the proper amount based on your stats. Like others have said, weigh and log everything you eat accurately. Eat a variety of foods you like.0
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If you've been doing the same thing and getting the same results, perhaps try something else. In my experience, 1200 calories is far too low for almost everyone. For someone at 140#, your estimated BMR with light activity is 1430 (which is probably conservative). Based on what I saw for your diet journal, you're eating below the RDA for protein. If you were my client, I would tell you to increase your calories to AT LEAST 1500, eating 25% of those calories from protein (95 grams or more), and stop having 5 shots of liquor.5
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tomorrowperfume wrote: »blk7363, I see that you've been diligently logging your food and that's great! The reason you're not losing is because the things you're logging in your diary aren't quite accurate. For example, let's look at yesterday's diary:
Beefsteak - Hearty Rye Seeded, 2 slices - there is a lot of variation in packaged bread, especially with the bigger slices like this. You really should weigh these slices of bread.
Brummel & Brown - Spread, 1 tbspoon (14 g) - make sure you're actually measuring the spread - 1 tablespoon doesn't go a long way on two slices of bread!
Generic - Sandwich-Mate American Cheese Singles - this is fine - a slice of American cheese is always the same size
Great Value - Large Egg Corrected, 1 egg - I know you're not eating it raw. Is it boiled? Scrambled? Fried? If you cooked it in any kind of oil or butter, you have to log it - a tablespoon of olive oil in a frying pan is like 120 calories.
Great Value - Breakfast Turkey Patties, 1 patty - fine
The pierogi guy - Farmer cheese, 5 pieces - holy moly, these look amazing. I am super jealous. Are you boiling these? Keep in mind the same thing with the egg - if you're frying them, you have to add the calories from the oil, too.
Walmart - Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast*, 7.8 oz - This is the entry for an uncooked chicken breast. How did you cook it? Did you weigh it before or after it was cooked? A 7.8 oz raw chicken breast cooks down to be a bit lighter. I found an entry for a 7.8 oz grilled chicken to be 290 calories, much higher than the 234 found here.
Sodexo Campus - Corn on the Cob, 2 Ear - it's pretty hard to measure corn on the cob, so I'm cool with this. Make sure to add any butter or salt! A tbsp of butter is 100 calories.
Pretzel Crisps - Garlic Parmesan, 1 crackers -eh, it's fine.
Alcohol Lady Bligh - Spiced Rum, 3 shot - Spiced rum is my jam. You sound like you had an awesome day. A regulation-sized shot is only 1.5, or three tablespoons. Most people are a bit more generous with their pours. If you're out and about, you'll have to wing it, but at home it's pretty easy to measure this. If you always use the same glasses, it becomes pretty easy to tell how much liquid is in the glass after a while.
Sorry for the wall of text, but these are my thoughts!
In addition to this, grab a shot measure instead of using a shot glass and log your booze in ounces. I bet you're drinking 2+ where you're thinking it's 1, and 3 at a time that's going to blow 1200 cals out of the water.1 -
raymaywoodson wrote: »If you've been doing the same thing and getting the same results, perhaps try something else. In my experience, 1200 calories is far too low for almost everyone. For someone at 140#, your estimated BMR with light activity is 1430 (which is probably conservative). Based on what I saw for your diet journal, you're eating below the RDA for protein. If you were my client, I would tell you to increase your calories to AT LEAST 1500, eating 25% of those calories from protein (95 grams or more), and stop having 5 shots of liquor.
But eating too little won't stop OP losing weight. The fact is she isn't eating too little, she's eating too much.4 -
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