Can someone look at my food diary???

I just looked - doesn't look too bad. Question: what are you using 5 tablespoons of creamer in? Hopefully more than one cup of coffee...didn't see it listed there - but could've missed it. Great job on getting rid of some of the processed foods; Lean Cuisine, etc. You might consider comparing fat free products against low fat. Sometimes low fat is better, and definitely tastes better in my opinion. Sorry, I'm not sure what is meant by calorie deficit. Best of luck to you on your journey - you can friend me if you like. :flowerforyou:

Your calorie deficit is the amount of calories that you consume minus the amount of calories you burn. For example, if I burn 2200 calories throughout the day (through daily activities and exercise combined) and consume 1200, then my deficit is 1000 calories for the day. When your deficit is 1000 calories each day for the week, then you will lose 2 pounds that week (7000 calories deficit for 2 pounds, 3500 for 1 pound). If you have your goals set to lose 2 pounds a week, then your deficit will be as close to 1000 each day that MFP will allow. Keep in mind that MFP will only allow you to go as low as 1200 consumed each day, so depending on your calorie burn for the day, it may be less than 1000.

Hope I explained that well enough:)

As far as your diary, it's a good idea to eat more fresh fruits and veggies and less processed. I always make sure at least one meal has a large portion of veggies - salads, roasted veggies, etc.

Calorie deficit is the amount below what your body needs that you eat when you're dieting. Its a simple calculation based on calories in (eaten) vs calories out (used by your body to function). When you diet you need to ensure that your body is running to a deficit, meaning that you are putting less in than your body is using - causing weight loss.

i.e. if your body needs 1800 calories per day to function, healthy dieting usually recommends a max 500 calorie deficit, meaning that you eat 1300 per day - forcing your body to take the additional 500 from 'stores' in your body, causing the weight loss.

MyFitnessPal calculates all of this from your goals and height, age etc. It will tell you in the 'goals' section what it has calculated for you. You don't need to worry about this really but just don't go above a 500 calorie deficit as it forces your body to slow the metabolism and burn less calories - so is counterproductive.

Hope this helps!

Agree 13% of your calories from flavored creamer seems high for the few calories you have to spend. I would never suggest you get rid of calories, but find a way to reduce the portion on creamer.... make the coffee weaker, so you dont' need so much creamer.... dinkd smaller portion of coffee?

Make sure you are drinking enough water, also...
and quite honestly, you are trying to lose 13 lbs-- so you may want to go with a smaller deficit and aim for 1/2 lb per week. When I was over 200 lbs it was a lot easier to survive on less calories, but the closer I get to my goal weight it is way too hard. When I was at the lose 1 lb setting I hit a serious plateau for about a month...then I changed to 1/2 and was losing a 1/2 lb to 1 lb a week. Now I am on maintenance and I am losing about 1/4 lb a week...and that is including all of the holiday baking and eating.
Try making realistic changes and giving yourself time to lose the pounds...
I don't think I could eat as little as you do and feel good, but that is just my opinion
Also, I wouldn't cut out your coffee. According to my Dr, women who drink coffee daily are much less likely to suffer from depression.
Good for you for tracking your food and trying to be healthier!

how do I track my sodium??

Others have explained how but I'll add that, bizarrely, you can track far less on this website than you can on the Android app - so if you have a smartphone, add your calories with that which is far quicker and easier anyway, especially with the bar code scanner.

thanks everyone!! So,I am tracking my sodium as well as sugar. It seems a go over sugar a bit. (could it be the creamer?? LOL) but my sodium, I am not even close to my goal...at all. Is that okay?? I mean, I know you need sodium but that much?? It seems almost impossible.

2500mg of sodium isn't a goal, it's the maximum limit recommended in the US, there is no minimum set limit. Some countries governments have it set lower, so do not deliberately try and reach 2500mg.

If you do a lot of physical stuff in a hot humid environment you might need more but really, for the average person eating properly, the less the better.

EDITED TO ADD: Same goes for saturated fats, the amount quoted is a maximum, the ideal is as little as possible while still eating a balanced diet - so while it's good to include some dairy for the calcium etc it's not good to have a bunch of saturated fats from eating lot of fatty pork.