Check out my food diary and tell me what you think

MissJenn33
MissJenn33 Posts: 131
edited November 12 in Food and Nutrition
I'm being brave here. I'm trying to lose a lb a week. What am I doing right and/or wrong. I'm gonna cringe and bear the criticism....

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  • MissJenn33
    MissJenn33 Posts: 131
    bump

    bring it on
  • jenn5686
    jenn5686 Posts: 16 Member
    Honestly the only 2 things that stand out to me are you tend to eat a lot of carbs and snack a lot at night
  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    I see you have your carbs set lower and protein higher than what MFP recommends (which is fine), however you always come way over on carbs and way under on protein. There is nothing inherently wrong with eating carbs, though some people are more carb sensitive than others. I need a good mix of protein and carbs to stay full.

    In the past week you seem to have consistently left a couple hundred calories on the table every day. Try to hit your target calories, not come in way under.

    Looks like lots of veg and fresh food. Nice diary!
  • MissJenn33
    MissJenn33 Posts: 131
    Honestly the only 2 things that stand out to me are you tend to eat a lot of carbs and snack a lot at night

    Those snacks are throughout the day. a yogurt and apple for 1 snack and trail mix and cheese stick for the other.
  • MissJenn33
    MissJenn33 Posts: 131


    In the past week you seem to have consistently left a couple hundred calories on the table every day. Try to hit your target calories, not come in way under.


    I may sound a little dumb but isn't having a deficit the point? I know sometimes I can mix info up because there is SO much of it, but I thought a 500 cal deficit per day = a lb a week loss. I don't meet that and it makes me think I won't lose.
  • Luv2bagramma
    Luv2bagramma Posts: 24 Member
    Hey miss Jen ~ Diary is not bad. Getting in some high nutrition veggies. Good for you. What I can see is that you are too low on your protein. That will help keep you full longer. Also high on the carbs, which need to be used for energy, but just make sure they are high quality, high nutrition carbs. Check ingredient lists. Are those Kashi bars made with whole grain? I would be shaking from low blood sugar if that was all I had for breakfast.

    Also, in the tools section turn on your fiber and sodium columns. Fiber will keep you full longer and sodium can make you retain fluid. It is amazing how much sodium is lurking in our food. I am struggling with that one!

    Eat enough food eat day, every few hours if you have to. My doctor grazes every few hours on small mini-meals, and she weighs about 95# (seriously) and last year she managed to lose 16# (which is ALOT for her). That is what she recommended for me to keep my metabolism stoked. Try new veggies, or try the ones you like cooked in a different way. My daughter and I love roasted veggies. So easy. Just put fresh veggies, broccoli, asparagus, brussel sprouts, etc., in an oven proof pan (we use pyrex type cake pan) and drizzle a little olive oil on them. Bake around 400 degrees until they are as soft or browned as you like them. I put a tiny bit of kosher salt on them before I bake them. Takes away my craving for potato chips.

    Hope this helps
  • MissJenn33
    MissJenn33 Posts: 131
    Hey miss Jen ~ Diary is not bad. Getting in some high nutrition veggies. Good for you. What I can see is that you are too low on your protein. That will help keep you full longer. Also high on the carbs, which need to be used for energy, but just make sure they are high quality, high nutrition carbs. Check ingredient lists. Are those Kashi bars made with whole grain? I would be shaking from low blood sugar if that was all I had for breakfast.

    Also, in the tools section turn on your fiber and sodium columns. Fiber will keep you full longer and sodium can make you retain fluid. It is amazing how much sodium is lurking in our food. I am struggling with that one!

    Eat enough food eat day, every few hours if you have to. My doctor grazes every few hours on small mini-meals, and she weighs about 95# (seriously) and last year she managed to lose 16# (which is ALOT for her). That is what she recommended for me to keep my metabolism stoked. Try new veggies, or try the ones you like cooked in a different way. My daughter and I love roasted veggies. So easy. Just put fresh veggies, broccoli, asparagus, brussel sprouts, etc., in an oven proof pan (we use pyrex type cake pan) and drizzle a little olive oil on them. Bake around 400 degrees until they are as soft or browned as you like them. I put a tiny bit of kosher salt on them before I bake them. Takes away my craving for potato chips.

    Hope this helps

    Thank you! I am pretty much over on fiber and always under on sodium. I eat every 3-4 hrs. I am strict with that because it DOES help me to not feel hungry. I DO need to up my protein but I struggle with how. That sounds so ridiculous but its true.
  • MissJenn33
    MissJenn33 Posts: 131
    bumpity

    keep it coming folks. I like me some feedback
  • MissJenn33
    MissJenn33 Posts: 131
    pweeeese
  • cmayfield3
    cmayfield3 Posts: 176 Member
    In the past week you seem to have consistently left a couple hundred calories on the table every day. Try to hit your target calories, not come in way under.

    I may sound a little dumb but isn't having a deficit the point? I know sometimes I can mix info up because there is SO much of it, but I thought a 500 cal deficit per day = a lb a week loss. I don't meet that and it makes me think I won't lose.

    If your profile is set for weight loss, then the deficit is already built in. You can eat every one of your 1450 calories and lose.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,422 Member
    In the past week you seem to have consistently left a couple hundred calories on the table every day. Try to hit your target calories, not come in way under.

    I may sound a little dumb but isn't having a deficit the point? I know sometimes I can mix info up because there is SO much of it, but I thought a 500 cal deficit per day = a lb a week loss. I don't meet that and it makes me think I won't lose.

    If your profile is set for weight loss, then the deficit is already built in. You can eat every one of your 1450 calories and lose.

    Yes. This. Eat until you have 0 Remaining calories at the bottom of your Food Diary.
  • Zichu
    Zichu Posts: 542 Member
    Just cut down on the carbs a bit more. I saw the turkey meatloaf, why not just replace it with turkey or chicken? Little to no carbs in turkey and chicken.

    Also potato is quite in carbs, not saying potatoes are bad for you or anything, but if you are going to eat potatoes on one day try and plan the rest of the day, making sure everything else you eat isn't too high in carbs.

    With those Wheat Biscuits, they seem a little high in carbs. Switch to two slices of small wholemeal bread. I have Warburtons Wholemeal Medium sized bread. It's 55kcal and 9.7g carbs per slice. So I'm getting 110kcal and 19.4g of carbs for a sandwich from just bread.
  • MissJenn33
    MissJenn33 Posts: 131
    Thanks for the input everyone. I really appreciate it!!!
  • emgawne
    emgawne Posts: 265 Member
    i would definitely say you need to eat more. use up all of your deficit calories for sure.
    also, try to avoid the prepackaged foods a little more to avoid such high sodium.
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