[need2loseinGA]

Ok so I know I am new to all this stuff. But right now I am working on getting at least 3 meals in a day and 1 snack in between lunch and dinner. The issue I am having is getting enough calories in for weight loss and be healthy. If you look under my name you will see a link to my FitDay journal where I tracking what I eat and all. I am only up to 440 worth of calories today, 18 fat grams, 32 carbs, 37 grams for protein. i don't know how I can get 1000 in on a normal day much less the 1200 I keep hearing about. Some advice help or something please.

[zenor77]

Your fitday link isn't working. Did you approve the link for public viewing on your fitday account?

[need2loseinGA]

I believe so let me check..

Yes it says its public...I just copied and pasted the link they gave me.

Ok I have no idea why its not working. I made it public and followed the instructions here to set it up. I don't know.

[Meg]

Don't copy and paste the whole link. It's set up here at 3FC so you only enter your user name.

[need2loseinGA]

I tried that still won't work. But the link on its own will work.

[need2loseinGA]

Ok obviously my brain is not working right. It works now.

[HeatherAngel]

Hi!

I have a quick question for you - what kind of 6" pancake only has 26 calories??

You can easily up your calories by turning the rest of the can of tuna into a sandwich

good luck!

[need2loseinGA]

The pancake was plain no butter and no syrup. Which I can not have many sweet things hurts my teeth. And the tuna it was 1/2 a can from yesterday so I was finishing it up.

I just had a little snack. 1/2 pb sandwich.

ETA: I just went by what Fitday had listed. It should be a little closer to 75 cal. My box says one serving size is 3 4inch pancakes (plain) and thats 150 cal. If you have 1 6in pancake it would be 1/2 that 150 which is 75.

[Natalia]

That's because there's no food!!
Try something like this , it's what I have and I assure you, even on the first couple days I felt like I was eating too much, now it feels right and I am losing..

Breakfast: 1cup high fiber cereal and 1/2 c milk
or 3oz cottage cheese and apple, blueberries, or peaches
or 3oz cottage cheese and sugar free yogurt, 1pc ww toast with lite margarine

snack (bout 2-2.5 hours after breakfast)
1 apple/pear/plum/orange or
1 serving sugar free pudding or
1 high fiber homemade muffin

lunch: (about 2-2.5h after snack)
1 starchy thing (like whole wheat pita, 3/4c basmati, or 3/4c ww pasta)
low starch veggies
3-4 oz lean protein

snack (about 2-3 hours after lunch)
same as first snack choices
i allot about 100 cals so occasionally I will have a few ritz instead or crispy minis)

supper: (about 2-2.5h after snack)
3-4oz lean protein
non starchy veggies

For supper I usually have meat and salad..or meat and veggies like zen garden.

Its kind of the format I follow and normally end up around 1275 a day
I usually sneak in a latte too (homemade, with 1/2 cup milk and sugar free syrup..mmm I think I'll make one right now)

[Natalia]

PS have you tried the daily plate? I just started using it yesterday and I find it way, WAY better than fitday. So many more food values, and so many choice, very user friendly, I love it!!

[need2loseinGA]

Breakfast: 1cup high fiber cereal and 1/2 c milk
or 3oz cottage cheese and apple, blueberries, or peaches
or 3oz cottage cheese and sugar free yogurt, 1pc ww toast with lite margarine

**What about a pancake or 2 plain and some milk with 1/2 a banana. Because breakfast is a hard time for me and I really don't like (and can't eat) cereal. And I don't like cottage cheese. I might be able to handle the yogurt with some fresh fruits.**

snack (bout 2-2.5 hours after breakfast)
1 apple/pear/plum/orange or
1 serving sugar free pudding or
1 high fiber homemade muffin
**Can it be any fruit?**

lunch: (about 2-2.5h after snack)
1 starchy thing (like whole wheat pita, 3/4c basmati, or 3/4c ww pasta)
low starch veggies
3-4 oz lean protein
**This I can do as well**

snack (about 2-3 hours after lunch)
same as first snack choices
i allot about 100 cals so occasionally I will have a few ritz instead or crispy minis)

supper: (about 2-2.5h after snack)
3-4oz lean protein
non starchy veggies
**What are some non starchy veggies?**

[MAMA2CHUNKEYMONKEY]

A starchy veggie would be white potatoes.. so non-starchy veggies would be steamed broccoli, carrots, and spinach. I don't see anything with pancakes for breakfast.. but it might be wise to add in something with protein.. maybe egg whites or peanut butter on whole grain toast.

[baffled111]

I'm still not understanding these pancakes. Are they made with eggs and milk, and are the eggs and milk included in the nutritional info on the box? Also, are you sure that the bread you're eating only has 70 calories a slice? It's important to enter into Fitday the nutritional info of the brands of food you are eating rather than just going by the generic food info. 50 calories a day on pancakes can add up and the numbers become even more uncertain if it turns out that your bread isn't really 70 calories/slice.

That said, I don't understand how you're *not* hungry if this is what you eat. Pretty much all you have are simple carbs (white bread, pancakes) and fat (peanut butter)! You need more lean protein, more fiber and WAY more veggies and fruit. Consider switching to whole grain bread if you won't eat cereal, and including some brown rice or pasta with one of your other meals.
Non-starchy veggies are most veggies: green beans, spinach, carrots, zucchini, red and green peppers, leafy greens, eggplant, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions. Pretty much anything that isn't a potato or potato-like vegetable. I would say that for your lunch and your dinner, you'd want most of the *volume* of your meal to come from veggies, with 3-4 ounces of a protein and maybe a 1/2 cup of starch with fiber (potato + skin, brown rice, whole wheat pasta).

What are you currently eating for dinner? Do you have a post-dinner dessert or snack?

[need2loseinGA]

Well on the fitday I am still learning these things. On the pancakes its a just add water kind so everything else is in there.

I don't get hungry often I suppose thats why I can go through the day not eating much. A normal supper around here would be like 1 pork chop (not bread pan fried 1 tbsp oil), 2-3oz white rice, maybe 5tbsp of gravy, and a veggie (corn or green beans). Sometimes I have a snack after supper but not often. Usually popcorn if that.

I can't explain why I eat so little and not feel hungry. I just don't. I have always been one not to eat a lot (except when pregnant). And getting 3 meals in plus 2 snacks is gonna be hard for me.

[need2loseinGA]

Oh and yes I just looked at my loaf of white bread its 60 cal per slice.

Its not that I won't eat cereal I can unless I wanna be in pain.

Listen I am asking for help here and reading the reponse from baffled makes me wanna cry. I am try here. I am sorry I don't eat a ton of food a day thats hard for me to do. But if increasing calories with better food will help me lose some weight I will do everything I can to get there.