Pls. look at my food&Exercise diary...What's WRONG?!?

This isn't criticism at all - but I don't even know what half the things are on your diary. Its definitely me being unknowledgable about health foods but I looked at 'breakfast' and just saw a lot of long words :-)
I'm not one to judge, my diary is far from perfect!

like the other poster said, it seems like alot of spplements, but i dont know what most of them are.

Just by going back three days it looks like you are working out and eating back your calories as you said, but that your base calories are set to 1200 calories a day. MOst people on here tend to agree that thats too low. It also seems yiou dont eat too much in the mornings/lunch, and then have a large dinner. These are the two things that seem right on line with that I do, and suprise suprise, my scale isnt moving. Maybe a coorelation? Sorry I dont have much more input

ETA: Also, are you sure your exercise calorie estimations are correct? The best way to do this is with a HRM or body bugg, as the ones on MFP and machines like treadmills tend to overestimate burns and you may actally be eating way more than you think since your calorie burns arent as high as you thought

I don't eat breakfast and eat a large dinner, and my calorie goal is about 1300, it works for me... Only stall is when I eat out. There is plenty of scientific research that proves that meal timing means nothing, it is just over hyped due to correlational results.

If you have been doing it for a while, re-calculate your goals based off your current weight. Make sure you count everything including oil used in cooking etc. I cook my food myself so I know exactly what I'm eating. I also don't eat back my calories much...

Edit: After looking at your diary my assumption is your not burning what your estimating. I try to eat my daily goal and only go over a little if I worked out (which I do almost 7 days a week) but I never try to be as close as you are to my goal. I also always overestimate everything I eat to make sure. I leave myself a lot of safety margin.

I took a look at your diary for over the last week and I noticed a couple of things:
1) you're starving your body when you completely miss meals or eat "not good for the body foods". Eat fresh fruit instead of juice.
2) you eat low nutritional value foods for some foods and then snack in the evening.
3) please adjust your settings so you can view sugars - I think you might be surprised by how much sugar is consumed. You can just adjust it back to your normal settings afterward.
4) I see you're drinking water - good for you! - make sure it's around 8 glasses a day.

I know in many people's opinion that it doesn't matter when you eat your calories, but think about it - how can you expect your body to function properly to burn calories, but it doesn't have fuel all night long, nothing in the morning, small lunch and then the majority of the calories within a few hours of the entire 24 hour day. I wouldn't want to give up any weight if I were your body because I'm not sure when I'm going to be fed again.

Hope this helps! People on MFP are great for support (especially when they're nice if your opinions differ from theirs!)

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Try changing up your macros, lower your carbs, increase you protein intake, and definitely add more fiber.

dont eat back all your exercise calories, it ends up that u havnt exercised at all, i thought the whole point was to burn more calories than we are eating or at least try! and thats how you lose weight! am i totally wrong here!!

Yes you are totally wrong - so please don't send people down the wrong path.

Sorry - I know this is most people's opinion, but I find the exercise calorie counts on MFP are kind of high. If you eat those calories back, you will gain weight. Please don't say someone who is trying to help is totally wrong. No one has the magic formula to weight loss and optimum health. No wrong paths here please.

Your protein is way too low. You also have meals of nothing but carbs. A brownie for lunch?! Cherries?
Now, I only looked a couple of days, so maybe you don't always eat like that - but you NEED MORE PROTEIN!!

I dunno if this would help you - but for me, I found that the default settings on MFP were WAY wrong for me and my needs, so I did some research and talked to my doctor. to meet my goals, MFP had me set at 1200 calories a day - which is less than my body uses to sleep for 24 hours, much less living a life! *laugh* So I figured out what my BMR (basal metabolic rate) is and resolved to never eat less than that - food is the fuel for my body, and I wouldn't expect my car to run without fuel, would I? Same thing

I generally eat back my exercise calories - because I know I'm already below my TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) with my daily intake, so I'm at a deficit, regardless.

Also, and this is my experience - everyone is different - I found that when I changed my diet away from things that are easy/ convenient, I was fuller, happier, and weight actually comes off faster when I eat "real" food. For me, that means I cut out grains, because I ALWAYS seem hungry when I eat grains or beans, even when I've had bunches. But I can eat an egg or liver or something and be WAY fuller (and for much longer), with fewer calories over all. I'll put it this way: I began tracking my calories in Feburary - in the four months (16 weeks), I averaged about .75 lb/ week. The first week I started trimming grains, I lost a full pound (and I "cheated" several times). I've had zero grains in the last week, and lost 2.5 pounds. This may be something that is helpful to you, too, but as I said: everyone is different - but it can't hurt to try. Perhaps you have a sensitivity to something in your diet that's making it harder for you to lose.

dont eat back all your exercise calories, it ends up that u havnt exercised at all, i thought the whole point was to burn more calories than we are eating or at least try! and thats how you lose weight! am i totally wrong here!!

Yes you are totally wrong - so please don't send people down the wrong path.

Sorry - I know this is most people's opinion, but I find the exercise calorie counts on MFP are kind of high. If you eat those calories back, you will gain weight. Please don't say someone who is trying to help is totally wrong. No one has the magic formula to weight loss and optimum health. No wrong paths here please.

That's why many people only eat 50-75% of them back (a lot of people on MFP do know that the calorie counts for exercise on here are high). And a lot of people who eat them back also have an HRM and eat all of them back. Undereating isn't the healthy way to lose weight.

To the poster who originally said you shouldn't eat them back, on MFP exercising is for overall health and fitness, not for creating a deficit for weight loss. MFP already gives you a deficit in your daily calorie intake to lose weight without exercising. By eating back your exercise calories (or a portion of them) you still maintain the deficit to lose your .5lb, 1lb, or whatever a week that you set up.