Ttec72 Member

I have been logging almost all days for the past 6 weeks, however, the previous posts have identified that I am not logging accurately and this needs to change. Admittedly I did not get the best start this morning, not weighing my bacon and then leaving my carefully prepared and weighed salad lunch in the fridge!

I do miss drinks, all sense of normality (I've never been normal) seems to disappear when the weekend arrives, missing drinks and food. I very rarely drink alcohol, having to drive for a living restricts this, most of my drinks will be tea or coffee, however, I have also started to reduce these and swapping them for water…

The reason for my question was to do with logging accuracy for liquids, weighing or measuring? The specific gravity of milk (taking the example from before) is 1.05, which means that 300ml of milk actually weighs 315g, while this is only a small error for this liquid, the specific gravity is different for other liquids, so…

Agreed, I have noticed recently (now I have some consistent logging over a few weeks) that my protein levels are usually low and carbs are high. Yesterday I changed the goal setting for carbs from 50% to 25%, which then increases my protein requirements, effectively setting a lower carb diet goal. Now we have some lighter…

My original post does say that logging foods was sporadic at best in the past, but I have been making a concious effort to log as accurately as possible (which I haven't achieved yet) on as many days as possible. What I'm learning is that the database entries are probably wrong and coupled with my poor measuring, this is…

Agreed I did not get the best start this morning, was very rushed with my chores before getting out the door (we are having some new furniture today), when I get home this evening, I will weigh the next two rashers of bacon from the same packet and adjust this mornings data and also select the correct type. I think I will…

Thanks for the advice about creating foods, didn't realise you could do that, and for the positive thoughts. :smiley:

Malt loaf is tasty though, love pork pies, didn't realise a slice of gala pie was that many calories!

Thanks for confirming and taking the time to look it up, very helpful.

I'm kinda the opposite, being what I thought was good and then not eating enough at the weekend. I work 11 hour days, five days a week, so when the weekend comes around I want to be out and about and end up missing meals.

I do try to cross reference every time and will always use the highest figures. Thanks for the links, I will check them out tomorrow.

So which is correct, the database entry for semi-skimmed milk or the matching bottle details? Should I assume that they are both wrong and make allowance in my head?

I have had a full set of blood tests and two thyroid tests, both fasting, nothing abnormal, they did Identify that my bmi was too high, which is why I went to the doctors in the first place. Pleased to hear you are losing weight and not hair. Best wishes

Thanks for clarifying

Interesting info, I only use mfp database, although I regularly check the packet details against my database search and pick the closest match

I usually search for a food from the database and check it against the package, then choose the closest match. Clearly I need to improve measuring and weighing. Thanks for the advice

Thanks krunchymama, I will take your advice onbboard

sorry jennifershoo, didn't miss you on purpose. I agree I need to revise how I weigh everything. A question though, how do you weigh and then log liquid items that are not water?

I have had some medical test recently as I was concerned about not losing weight, nothing abnormal. I have recently been diagnosed with adult asthma, for which I take medication morning and night. Okay, trying to keep it positive though. I am 42 and 3/4 (it worked for Adrian Mole), 5'11" and 100Kg. When I reduced my intake…

Swankytomato I do measure my food on a scale in grams, however, when out and about I usually use the scanner for packaged food. Defmut3 I try to stay on the lower side of the mfp goal, don't always achieve it though. Timothyfish As my original post shows I have tried lots of different things over the years, just didn't…