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gracievines
gracievines Posts: 6 Member
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Can someone look at my food diary and offer advice I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. My Apple Watch shows much higher calorie burn so I’ve been logging food based on that and putting in notes section. Cannot lose at all.

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  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    Well, I don't know your stats, or how much you want to lose a week. If, after a couple of weeks you're not losing then either your logging is off or you're reporting a higher calorie burn. Looking at your daily goal on your diary, you're way over most days. That's where the problem lies and you have to adjust. Try hitting that daily goal for a couple of weeks and see what happens. Study your diary to see where you can do some cutting or substituting. I'll bet you start losing. Good luck.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Looking at your diary, you are over your calorie target most of the time. I'm assuming the extra earned calories from exercise is coming from a synch from your apple watch? That is included in your target goal and you are eating over that. It looks like on average you're eating around 2K calories per day. I honestly don't know too many women who can lose weight on that kind of calorie intake unless they are very, very active or very large.

    I would suggest starting with hitting your targets which with exercise appear to be in the 1500-1600 range which sounds about right to me. Your Apple Watch and all of these devices are far from gospel and since you've been logging and eating based on that and haven't lost weight, your own data would suggest your Apple Watch is inflated in total calorie expenditure and you are eating too much to lose weight.
  • LiveOnceBeHappy
    LiveOnceBeHappy Posts: 448 Member
    I haven't looked at many people's food diaries, but yours confuses me. I rarely go over my daily goal. To lose weight, you need to be in deficit, and you're over all the days I read by a wide variety of amounts. I think you might need to decide on a goal to meet daily and then stick to it, If you do that for a couple weeks, you can see if it's working or if you need to lower it.
  • fatty2begone
    fatty2begone Posts: 249 Member
    Can I make a couple of suggestions? (Totally not necessary, but maybe helpful in saving a few calories)

    I eat a light Greek yogurt (Vanilla is my favorite, I am not concerned with sugar grams, its more about flavor and gives a good amount of protein). At 90 calories a serving that would be a huge savings to your 200+ calorie serving.

    I eat low calorie wrap at 50 calories. I use this in place of bread. (There are many varieties available) That would be a 200 calorie or more saving for the baguette.

    There is absolutely nothing wrong with the foods you currently eat. You can still choose to eat the exact same way, maybe just try to lessen the amount to stay in your calorie goal. Or try to swap some of your items out for less calorie dense items. There are some really great posts you can find for suggestions.

    You just need to find things that work for you. Best of Luck in your weight loss journey.

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