Oh. My. Gosh! I've been using fitday for about a week. I'm an old hand at calorie counting and it works... until I get lazy and don't enter stuff. (Silly me to think that if I don't enter it then the calories don't count!) My revelation is how much fat I'm eating. I had noooo idea. My average for the past week is 53% carbs (avg 24 g fiber a day) 7% protein, and 40% fat!!! Oh, and half of the fat is saturated. Eeek! Has anyone else realized how unhealthy their eating habits were after using fitday - or anything else - for a while?
Just wanted to chare.
Last edited by booskibabe; 03-23-2007 at 06:03 PM.
What are you eating to give yourself 24g fiber? I need to increase mine without nuts or seeds. I have to limit beans at home because of boobalah and his intolerance (physical not mental).
Yep. I noticed that on Fitday. Something else I've noticed that is irritating is entering values for certain foods. You take the info from a package and Fitday says you can't have those values because it doesn't fit their formula. (Fat x 9 etc). Who is wrong there? Fitday or the manufacturer who put the info on their package?
Yes, Fitday has really made me a label reader! I've been trying to keep my fat at 20% and under and I'm finding it not as difficult as I thought using fitday. I just got back from the store. It takes me longer to buy less food because of all the reading, but it's worth it!
cbmare - I eat a fiber1 bar most days for breakfast, and sometimes another one for snack. There's 9 or 10 grams of fiber per bar. Oh, and they don't taste like cardboard!
IMO, you don't want to go too low on the fat grams - just make sure they're good fat grams, not bad ones. Like avocados, nuts, lean proteins, olive oil, etc. Your body needs fat to function properly. I'm supposed to eat about 35g of fat per day, 115g of protein and 130g of carbs. (~1400 cals)
cbmare - I eat a fiber1 bar most days for breakfast, and sometimes another one for snack. There's 9 or 10 grams of fiber per bar. Oh, and they don't taste like cardboard!
I have no idea where my fiber is coming from. Today is at 23g so far and averaging 28g/day for the past month. I think it adds up through whole grains and vegetables and fruits. Dairy, fats and animal-based protein sources don't seem to provide fiber, from my cursory glance at my foods in Fitday.
*looks some more*
Whoa, over 11g of that total is in breakfast! Seven in Shredded Wheat 'n' Bran and the rest from banana, soymilk, and oj. Interesting.
Side note: I still struggle with protein though. Had salmon AND tuna AND cottage cheese today and still not to the 115g I shoot for!
Beezknees and Luminous: How should I know how many grams of fat, carbs, and protein to shoot for?
I just started using FitDay this week, and I'm trying to stay under 1500 calories each day. (That's a huge decrease from my normal eating, which wasn't good at all!) I'm not sure whether 1500 is right for me, but I guess I'll give it a week or two and see.
Today, I had 1346 calories, with 29% fat (43g, 9g sat), 54% carbs (211g, 31g fiber), and 17% protein (55g).
cbmare - you need to avoid nuts and seeds because of diverticulitis right? Talk to your doc about if you can have finely GROUND nuts and seeds. I add 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed to my oatmeal, to yogurt etc and that is a whopping 3 g of fiber in ONE TABLESPOON.
Outside of that yesterday I got 38 g of fiber as follows
Sauteed mushrooms and onions in my omelet - 1g
Oatmeal - 4g + Flax 3g
Spaghetti Sauce - 2 g Cooked homemade veggie soup - this would be a good one for you because it isnt hard to digest like salad - 6 g fiber in 1.5 cups and only 131 calories. I make it a gallon at a time and freeze it in small containers 2 slices oroweat light whole wheat bread - 7 g
Hummus - 1g
Dinner - Roasted onions, peppers and tomatoes - 5 g
Whole wheat greek flat bread - 2g
Salad - probably hard on you - 4 g
Lots of other misc 1 pointers
I try to eat lots of fibre to help with a digestive issue. I go the veggies/whole grains route, but on top of that, I eat 1/2 cup of All Bran Buds or Fibre 1 every day. Either as part of a meal or as a snack. I like it plain (washed down with lots of water - another plus!), but it's good in low fat yogurt too. Oh, and flax seed in oatmeal/oat bran cereal a couple of times per week as well.
Well, I know my fats are coming from unhealthy sources. I think I will workl on healthy protein choices, so I'm filled up, only healthier.
About the Fiber 1 bars... the choc chip has 140 cals, peanut butter has 150. Each have the same amount of fiber. I think they are mainly oats, but there might be peanuts in the peanut butter one. (Which tastes more like butterscotch, IMO) I can look into the ingredients when I get home.
Beezknees and Luminous: How should I know how many grams of fat, carbs, and protein to shoot for?
I'm lucky - I'm just doing what I'm told. I think it depends on what your goal is. My DH gave me some personal training sessions for my birthday and the PT is telling me exactly what to do to get to my goal (which is to shed 20 pounds and have a tight bikini body.) So I'm supposed to be eating a lot of protein to support the new muscles I'm building.
I'm also supposed to be eating clean - no sugar, no wheat, very, very little dairy (just yogurt.) I'm learning to quash my inner sugarfreak and it's taking a little effort to do that, but I'm getting there.
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Side note: I still struggle with protein though. Had salmon AND tuna AND cottage cheese today and still not to the 115g I shoot for!
My PT gave me a list of the top 125 bodybuilding foods. It looks to me like the best thing you can eat for protein is turkey breast. It's got 30g of protein and no fat. Chicken is good too: 31g protein and 4g fat. Or select top round beef: 32g protein and 5g fat. And of course, tuna.
I also drink whey protein, which is nasty. I drink it like a shot of tequila and chase it with Crystal Light. It's worth it though - one serving has 20g of protein and 100 cals. No fat.
Fitday revelation
My revelation is how much fat I'm eating. I had noooo idea. My average for the past week is 53% carbs (avg 24 g fiber a day) 7% protein, and 40% fat!!! Oh, and half of the fat is saturated. Eeek! 
Has anyone else realized how unhealthy their eating habits were after using fitday - or anything else - for a while? 
Who is wrong there? Fitday or the manufacturer who put the info on their package? 
Had salmon AND tuna AND cottage cheese today and still not to the 115g I shoot for! 
I think it depends on what your goal is. My DH gave me some personal training sessions for my birthday and the PT is telling me exactly what to do to get to my goal (which is to shed 20 pounds and have a tight bikini body.) So I'm supposed to be eating a lot of protein to support the new muscles I'm building.