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Corrine · 02-14-2009, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by sherry7

The nutritional stats are a good idea Corrine. I don't currently use fitday.com (or whichever you use), so I don't have that info. Which one DO you use? I looked at a couple of the different options, but it seems awfully hard to find the different foods, and use the recipe builders.

I can see you're a snacker Corrine, but it seems like your calories, etc are very suitable for someone who is trying to maintain. I'm amazed at the amount of protein you manage to get in.

I use fitday.com Sherry. And if they don't have the data on something I eat, Calorie Count generally has it: Calorie Count Search - kashi go lean It's just a case of adding it and it'll be there whenever I need it.

And basically, most of us have a rotation of foods so it doesn't take too long to build up your regular list.

The good thing about fitday is that not only does it give you a breakdown of your intake as far as carbs and fats and protein is concerned but it also breaks it down further into nutritional information as far as vitamins and minerals are concerned and will give it in a graph form too. I like that cause it lets me keep an eye on the sodium and potassium intakes etc. And it does the exercise thing too.

My protein was a little higher than normal (100-110g) because I ate two lots of fish (lox and shrimp). Once is usually all I manage.

Now, I don't see it that I'm snacking.

I work out in advance what I'm going to eat and based on what I'm doing that day (whether I'm working, out shopping or in the house etc.), I split my food up accordingly. I don't wing it throughout the day - that is fatal.

I've eaten that way right from when I started eating reasonably normally. A little and often is what works for me and it definately worked during my losing phase. Although I never had a scale in the house, I weighed at the hospital every 4-6 weeks and not once did I not achieve the 8-10lb monthly loss expected.

Didn't matter whether I was on 600 and 1600 calories - I used the same eating plan.

I really would recommend some form of diet planner. Once we start on a varied diet, everyone needs to know where their calories are coming from. Same amount of calories but a higher fat or a higher carb count (from crappy sources) will make a difference to whether you lose weight or not.

sherry7 · 02-14-2009, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corrine

I use fitday.com Sherry. And if they don't have the data on something I eat, Calorie Count generally has it: Calorie Count Search - kashi go lean It's just a case of adding it and it'll be there whenever I need it.

And basically, most of us have a rotation of foods so it doesn't take too long to build up your regular list.

The good thing about fitday is that not only does it give you a breakdown of your intake as far as carbs and fats and protein is concerned but it also breaks it down further into nutritional information as far as vitamins and minerals are concerned and will give it in a graph form too. I like that cause it lets me keep an eye on the sodium and potassium intakes etc. And it does the exercise thing too.

My protein was a little higher than normal (100-110g) because I ate two lots of fish (lox and shrimp). Once is usually all I manage.

Now, I don't see it that I'm snacking.

I work out in advance what I'm going to eat and based on what I'm doing that day (whether I'm working, out shopping or in the house etc.), I split my food up accordingly. I don't wing it throughout the day - that is fatal.

I've eaten that way right from when I started eating reasonably normally. A little and often is what works for me and it definately worked during my losing phase. Although I never had a scale in the house, I weighed at the hospital every 4-6 weeks and not once did I not achieve the 8-10lb monthly loss expected.

Didn't matter whether I was on 600 and 1600 calories - I used the same eating plan.

I really would recommend some form of diet planner. Once we start on a varied diet, everyone needs to know where their calories are coming from. Same amount of calories but a higher fat or a higher carb count (from crappy sources) will make a difference to whether you lose weight or not.

Hi Corrine. I didn't mean the "snacking comment" in a negative way. I hope you didn't take it as such.

I only meant that you like to eat several times during the day (as do I). But, you still have a very balanced total at the end of the day, which is what matters. Sorry if I offended you with my comment...that wasn't my intention at all.

I'm going to go check out Fitday.com again. I looked at several online sites recently (fitday, sparkpeople, myfitnessplanner, dailyplate), but couldn't decide on one. I've been keeping a paper journal (50% of the time), but I really would like to have the exact nutritional info like you do.

Does Fitday.com have a recipe analyzer? If so, do you find it easy to use?

Corrine · 02-14-2009, 07:25 PM

You didn't offend me Sherry - truthfully, I didn't take it like that.

But I apologise if I waded in strong about the snacking thing. Snacking got me to where I needed surgery in the first place - no planning, grabbing the quickest and easiest thing I could (which generally meant a bag of cookies). The very word brings me out in a sweat now! LOL

Fitday doesn't have a recipe planner - I use sparkspeople for that and then just transfer the stats over to fitday. A pain but once you've entered it, it'll be there when you need it again: Recipe Calculator

hugs.

p.s. Did you really eat all those pistachios and walnuts today? LOL

moniram8 · 02-14-2009, 07:29 PM

Did you really eat all those pistachios and walnuts today? LOL

I was gonna ask the same thing lol
Me and nuts do not see eye to eye, except in small amounts

ok add 1/2 cup of chili with sour cream to my daily total
(and coffee too...i really need to kick the coffee thing badly)

sherry7 · 02-14-2009, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corrine

You didn't offend me Sherry - truthfully, I didn't take it like that.

But I apologise if I waded in strong about the snacking thing. Snacking got me to where I needed surgery in the first place - no planning, grabbing the quickest and easiest thing I could (which generally meant a bag of cookies). The very word brings me out in a sweat now! LOL

Fitday doesn't have a recipe planner - I use sparkspeople for that and then just transfer the stats over to fitday. A pain but once you've entered it, it'll be there when you need it again: Recipe Calculator

hugs.

p.s. Did you really eat all those pistachios and walnuts today? LOL

I'm glad I didn't offend you Corrine. You're one of my favorite people around here, you know?

I totally understand about snacking. I've always been a snacker, and I still am. But the difference now is my choices, and the quantity of it I eat. Lately my downfall has been Baked Doritos. Those are sold in the kitchen at work, and they're SO hard to pass up. I've been eating a small bag a couple of times a week. They're totally empty calories, but darn, they sure do taste good! I think I just need to start going to work with absolutely no money on me...then I couldn't buy the darned things.

OMG, yes I DID eat all of those pistachios and walnuts today, lol!

It's my time of the month, and I'm totally craving salty stuff. Gosh, sometimes I hate being a woman.

Corrine · 02-14-2009, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by sherry7

I'm glad I didn't offend you Corrine. You're one of my favorite people around here, you know?

I totally understand about snacking. I've always been a snacker, and I still am. But the difference now is my choices, and the quantity of it I eat. Lately my downfall has been Baked Doritos. Those are sold in the kitchen at work, and they're SO hard to pass up. I've been eating a small bag a couple of times a week. They're totally empty calories, but darn, they sure do taste good! I think I just need to start going to work with absolutely no money on me...then I couldn't buy the darned things.

OMG, yes I DID eat all of those pistachios and walnuts today, lol!

It's my time of the month, and I'm totally craving salty stuff. Gosh, sometimes I hate being a woman.

I snacked and binged routinely in my puffy life. I guess that's why I'm obsessed with never going back to that lifestyle or those foods.

Baked Doritos aren't so bad: 1oz - 120 cals, 3.5g fat (but only 1g mono), 21g carbs, 2g protein.

Those 50 pistachios and 2 x 1/4 cups walnuts.....you don't want to know - trust me!

sherry7 · 02-14-2009, 09:36 PM

OMG!

I'm playing around with the online diet tracking sites. I entered all of my daily food into Sparkpeople.com. I can't believe how many calories I ate today.

Now I admit, I had an unusually bad day...wrong time of the month, KWIM? One of my "killer" foods was snacking on walnuts. I'm throwing those suckers out. And the full fat ricottta cheese was a killer too.

I cut and pasted my stats for today. BTW, the Sparkpeople.com website was a pain in the butt to use. It seems like TheDailyPlate.com is a lot easier (and has WAY more listed foods), but I can't figure out how to enter my own recipe. Anyone know how?

Oh, and my snack food wasn't all at one sitting...that's just the way the website works. I did snack WAY too much today though...PMS is killing me, but that's not a good excuse.

Here's todays damage:

Saturday, February 14, 2009
Breakfast
Calories Fat Carbohydrates Protein
Baked Oatmeal, 1 serving 152 4 24 6
Walnuts, 0.25 cup pieces or chips 196 20 4 5
Meal Totals 348 23 28 11

Lunch
Pistachio Nuts, 1 oz (47 kernels) 158 13 8 6
Creamsicle Pops,No Sugar Added , 2 serving 1 pop 50 1 13 2
Meal Totals 208 13 21 7

Dinner
Santa Fe Tortilla Company whole wheat tortilla, 0.5 serving 50 2 7 4
Ricotta Cheese, whole milk, 0.5 cup 214 16 4 14
Delallo Marinara Sauce (fat free), 0.5 cup 30 0 6 2
Meal Totals 294 18 16 20

Snack
Snyder's Soy Chips, 1 serving 160 9 11 8
Walnuts, 0.25 cup, chopped 196 20 4 5
Oranges, 1 large (3-1/16" dia) 86 0 22 2
Lipton Cold Brew Tea (decaf), 64 oz 0 0 0 0
Pumpkin, cooked, 0.5 cup, mashed 25 0 6 1
Jell-o Sugar Free Fat Free Instant Butterscotch pudding, unprepared, 1 serving 25 0 6 0
Walnuts, 0.25 cup, chopped 196 20 4 5
Edy's Variety Pack Fruit Bars No Sugar Added (Strawberry, Tangerine & Raspberry), 2 serving 60 0 16 0
Pistachio Nuts, 1 oz (47 kernels) 158 13 8 6
Popsicle, sugar free, 0 serving 1 pop 0 0 0 0
Meal Totals 906 61 77 26

Daily Totals 1,756 115 142 64

netta · 02-14-2009, 09:51 PM

Breakfast: 3 oz yogart
1/3 c powdered milk

Lunch: 2 oz canned chicken
1 oz ff cottage cheese

Dinner: 2 oz tuna
1 oz ff cottage cheese

Milk : 1 cup soy (8g protein)
1/3 c powdered milk(9g protein)
must drink very slow a sip every 4 minutes or else pouch hates me.

1 hour on treadmill in half hour increments during day

Roxann · 02-14-2009, 10:09 PM

Today was a totally weird day of eating, party because it is the weekend and partly because we went out for Valentine's Day. Somehow I am way more disciplined with my eating and getting in the protein on the weekdays when I am more scheduled. Anyways, here is today's:

Woke up late, had a toasted whole wheat bagel with some raspberry cream cheese.

For dinner: Red Lobster - Lobster Tail with REAL butter yuuuum. Shrimp and scallops wood grilled. Baked potato with sour cream.

Yesterday (Friday) was a more normal day:

Breakfast: 1/2 English muffin with no fat cream cheese
Half protein bar.

Mid morning - Handful of almonds (Love almonds. Eat them all the time. Nuts give me no trouble.)

Lunch: Kashi oatmeal - Vanilla. Other half of protein bar.

Mid afternoon snack: Handful of almonds.

Dinner: Turkey burger with whole wheat bun and cheese. At about 1/2 of it.

Late snack ( I usually don't snack in evening, out of sheer discipline, but I cheated today).
Salsa and chips

I am two months out. Dec. 8th was my surgery.

cowgurl · 02-14-2009, 10:17 PM

Iv'e had 2 sytrax protein drinks, 1 cup of fat free sodium free broth, and 2 bites of lowfat cottage cheese....
right at 77. proteins and going for more before the night is over.

rny
Feb.5
Started out at 202
today 192
Cant get the ticker to show up

even tho I uploaded it into my signature....