Fruit

denisen6240 wrote: »

janejellyroll wrote: »

denisen6240 wrote: »

I think I have opened my diary now ??

I find entries like "Generic - Tea - Cup of Tea With Skimmed Milk, 2 mug" to not be very helpful. How much milk I add to a cup of tea may be very different than what you would add. For skim milk, it may not make a huge difference but little inaccuracies can have a way of adding up.

Point taken...it was the nearest I could find at that time ..

Hey, I hope you don't feel like people are piling on. We know that it takes time and effort to learn how to log accurately . . . nobody does it perfectly at first (well, maybe SOMEONE, but not me). I was able to get help by asking questions and reading posts here, so that was the spirit of my comment.

When I have tea with milk, I usually don't log the tea (it has very few calories, but you can find entries for it if you'd rather log it). I then measure the milk and find an entry for that (like 1/4 of a cup or whatever measurement you're using). Cups or fluid ounces are a good way to measure liquids like milk, I've found.

As a general rule of thumb, whenever you're eating a combination food (tea and milk, toast and jam, whatever), it's generally more accurate to log individually rather than find an already combined entry - this is because it's really hard to tell from the entries how much of each item the person creating the entry is assuming you're eating so the calories can get off very quickly. Again, not that big of a deal for tea and skim milk, but it can be really off for some others.

Good luck!

It depends on your goals. Some find that macros make a big difference to their hunger, but I really don't, for me it's much more about overall food choice. MFP is not a great place to track micronutrients like Vit D, since many of those are not on food labels or in the entries that exist on MFP, and just eating a healthy overall diet (lots of veg, some fruit, healthy fats, sufficient protein, is a good way to ensure sufficient nutrients without having to worry about trying to track them).

I'd recommend looking at calories, protein, and fiber as a start, as well as looking at your macros and food choices on days that feel especially easy or hard, to see if there's any connection.

I also think adding in healthy fats (nuts, seeds, olives/olive oil, avocado, fatty fish) is a great thing to do, but from the above discussion it sounds like you are already doing that.

I will just mention calcium, because osteoporosis is a bear. It’s under nutrients. But above all burn more calories than you eat (CICO) Good luck on your weight-loss journey.