January 2014- Let's record what we are eating!

[eleena2014]

i thought diet coke helped when ttc girl because of the Aspartame.
the protein and fat of everything in total for that day was 29g fat 11g protein
the wrap was shop brought but i usually have cobs or bread

[stephk]

some people believe that aspartame sways pink and by all means have it if you agree and want to include it. Its an easy thing to include if you like diet drinks and some people find it helpful to drink when they are hungry between meals. The suggestion for full sugar pop is to add calories when you need some extra calories but may be over on protein and/or fat for example. However looking at your fat and protein content you need to add some actual food. You should not be below 40g protein a day. To be honest though I dont think MFP is counting your food right and I reckon you are close to the 40g. There is around 5g protein in just one slice of bread, its impossible that you have eaten what you have eaten and only got to 11g protein. Quorn is a high protein food too. The fat content is probably too low but the number appears accurate based on what you have eaten.

did the nutritional info appear on the wrap you bought? wraps themselves will have plenty of protein and the cheese has protein and fat (which you need, its not a criticism). I am guessing the wrap comes in at around 500 cals, possibly around 20g protein and 15-20g fat.

none of this is anything to worry about as it is difficult when you first start the diet, I took a while to transition and tweaked as I went along.

When you search for a food in MFP you need to make sure that it has the correct cals, fat and protein listed by comparing to the nutritional info on what you are eating. If incorrect you can create a new food with the correct info (takes less than a minute). Over time MFP will then save the things you eat so you dont need to worry too much about it.

[eleena2014]

ok i think i may have to enter my own foods.its just all so overwhelming and confusing and i want to do it right,looking at what i eat now though the only thing it seems i will be changing is cutting down on meat.does this seem right?
also are cakes e.t.c. ok to eat after meals but not inbetween?

[stephk]

cakes are definitely OK at the end of a meal if you are within your totals for the day, not in between meals.

Yes, most of us have gone vegetarian apart from cheat days. Reason being meat has lots of protein in it for not many calories.

it really does take a little time to transition. It can be really overwhelming at first and I never thought I would get it at all but now I find it really easy. I know how many calories, protein and fat I am going for (not that I successfully hit them every day!) and I log my foods into MFP when doing my weekly shop as its just easier for me to do it that way. Then on the day i just look at MFP for what I am eating, i might make some amendments if I fancy something extra/different and thats it.

[eleena2014]

ok and how about frozen fish,salmon and tuna? are they all ok once in a while?

[stephk]

yes i eat these once a week or less, and can usually make them fit, or almost fit the totals.

just remember that there are no banned foods and no magic foods, it is the overall pattern of your eating that counts. if you are sticking to the totals you will be fine to have whatever you like.

[eleena2014]

but there are certain foods you should try and avoid like milk and chicken,beef e.t.c.?

[stephk]

http://genderdreaming.com/forum/le-d...yth+magic+food

Hopefully this will help

[eleena2014]

thanks

[eleena2014]

oh im not a member so i cant view it.x