Critique my intake
 

Hi

This is what I have been eating lately...... I don't think its enough for my height/weight? I am 5'1, 175lbs. I can't figure out how to attach my Fitday.

B: 3 scrambled eggs, turkey bacon, 1TBSP butter for cooking eggs, coffee with skim milk, 1 sweetner

S: 1 cup ff nsa yogurt

L: 2-3 cups lettuce, with tomato, cucumber, and 1TBSP EVOO, 4 oz lean protein, 1 fruit

S: Thinsations 100 calorie pack

D: 2-3 cups veggies, 4 oz lean protein

Maybe some popcorn in the evenings......

Exercise is 30 mins moderate walking daily....

It seems to be working as I am losing but I don't want my body going into starvation mode and gaining it back

I am new to calorie counting

Brockbabe - Looks pretty good to me, but you need to record the calories to really know where you are.

The Calorie King's Calorie, Fat, and Carb Counter book is invaluable to me. I would highly suggest you pick one up and start journaling your caloric intake each day. Here's a link: Calorie King book

Also, are those real eggs you're having for breakfast? 3 seems like a lot. If I have eggs for breakfast I go with Egg Beaters. I can have one of their pre-portioned cups for only 60 calories.

Also sub a cooking spray for the butter.

Once you start journaling make sure you are not eating less than 1200 calories.

Good luck!

If you could post a calorie total for that, and maybe the breakdown of carbs, fat and protein, that would be more helpful.

Try to eat at least 1200. At your current weight - I think you can be eating around 1500 or so.

I eat 1400-1500 a day, and still lose. Slowly, but I want to make sure my maintenance calories are going to be more. I don't want to end up having to eat low cal forever.

Can you do without the butter when cooking your eggs? Try Pam instead. That will save not only calories but bad calories (too much cholesterol IMO).

FYI I lose at about 1200 calories per day. I'm 5'8" and go to the gym for an hour a day.

Ok, let's see ... I'm estimating here, so I may be off by a bit:

Breakfast - 450 cals
Snack - 140 cals
Lunch - 300 cals
Snack - 100 cals
Dinner - 250 cals
Total - 1250 cals

That's not bad, but personally I think you could probably add a little more w/out stalling your weight loss. At your weight, 1500 would probably work for you as well. It'll also give you some wiggle room for when you hit a plateau later in the game (and I say "when" not "if" ... although some people never do plateau, most will at some point and need to shake things up).

Also I'll disagree with the advice about the eggs and the butter. If you don't have cholesterol problems, then eating whole eggs should not be an issue for you and the yolks of eggs have good health benefits. Although if you feel you need to, you could do 1 whole egg and 2 egg whites. And I personally would recommend butter over butter spray if you have the calories available (which you do) just because I'm a big advocate of real food over fake.

Those are both personal choices, however, and you'll have to determine for yourself where you want to be with that.

Looks like you're getting in a good bit of protein, so that's good.

One thing I do notice is not a lot of veggies. I mean, you're having veggies with dinner, but lettuce is one of the more non-nutritional veggies out there. I'd recommend for your lunch, maybe mixing it up with some dark leafy greens - maybe some baby spinach instead of lettuce. Or some cabbage and kale for a crunchy slaw type salad? Or if you wanted to, throw in some veggies with your morning eggs - into an omelette type of thing?

Other than that, looks ok to me. :)

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not a single whole grain in the day, unless you have the popcorn. I personally aim for 6 whole grains and a little more fruit. Good job on the veggies, though.

I think you are doing pretty good. I think 3 egg yokes makes me nervous. I also think the 100 calorie pack isn't the best snack. I recommend a cheese stick or an apple or maybe a whole grain mini begal with a tiny bit of ham?