Critic my eating habbits please

MallardDucky

I just want to make sure I am doing things right.

So far today I had

B-1.5 cups of Special K with red berries with 1/3 cup of 2% milk

L- Left over Turkey sausage spinich pasta (whole wheat pasta 350calories a serving)

S- 1 ounce fat free vanilla yogart with fresh strawberries, cranberries, and almonds

I have had almost 2  17oz bottles of water.

Dinner will be more left over pasta, cause I am going to eat it till its gone, no reason to waste food right?

 

ebeth_msn

I think you need to eat more veg. 

MallardDucky

ebeth_msn:

I think you need to eat more veg. 

Unless they are cooked it is hard for me to eat them.  Tonight after the pasta is gone I will be making Veggie Nachos (for tomorrow).  Since its just me and my two youngins dinners stretch out for a few days.

I have zuccini(sp) and squash to cook up along with carrots (all fresh) for sides for other dinners.

Brit's Luna154

My feedback:

I don't think it is enough calories - even if you are trying to lose weight.

B-1.5 cups of Special K with red berries with 1/3 cup of 2% milk - Overall, I don't think you're getting enough calories at breakfast. That would set me up to be starving for the rest of the day.

Also, I think you could pick a better cereal. That has 165 calories and 13.5 grams of sugar. For roughly the same calories you could have a serving of oatmeal and only get 1 gram of sugar. I would probably swap the milk out for a scoop of vanilla protein powder mixed into the oats and add some of those fresh berries from your snack on top to end up in the 300-400 calorie range.

L- Left over Turkey sausage spinich pasta (whole wheat pasta 350calories a serving) - This looks like a reasonable lunch to me. I might add a piece of fruit on the side to put you more in the 400-450 calorie range.

S- 1 ounce fat free vanilla yogart with fresh strawberries, cranberries, and almonds - This is not much yogurt! How about going for a half cup of fat free Greek yogurt (more protein to keep you full longer) with the same toppings? I usually aim to have my snack be around 200 calories.

I have had almost 2  17oz bottles of water.

Dinner will be more left over pasta, cause I am going to eat it till its gone, no reason to waste food right? - No sense in wasting food, I agree. Again, sounds like a reasonable meal, but maybe a bit low on calories, I might add another 100 calories of something.

Dessert - I think you still have room for a treat or an after dinner snack.

Not sure what your calorie goals are, but I think all of the above should put you in the 1400-1500 calorie range. I have a feeling that you need to be higher than that. I know that I can typically lose weight on 1800-2000 calories/day.

kelmchick

agree with changing up the cereal.  the best advice i got from this board was to give up the special k.  i am a big cereal eater in the morning and switch around between the different high protein kashi varieties.  its quick, easy, simple.  every now and again i'll do veggie/egg combo, but leaving special k behind has helped me get rid of morning snacking. 

GL!

MallardDucky

kelmchick:

agree with changing up the cereal.  the best advice i got from this board was to give up the special k.  i am a big cereal eater in the morning and switch around between the different high protein kashi varieties.  its quick, easy, simple.  every now and again i'll do veggie/egg combo, but leaving special k behind has helped me get rid of morning snacking. 

GL!

I usually do a bagle thin (100 calories) with egg, blackforest ham, spinch, and light mayo. Sometimes oatmeal. Or an omlet, I was just running short on time. I will prob. have another snack later too.

Between everything I eat I come in around 1200 calories a day, which is always within my points for WW (I might have 5 or less left over)

taratru

Cereal for breakfast is a killer.  You need protein.

Also..one ounce of yogurt?  That's like one bite for me.  Seriously.  Honestly, I agree with Brit's suggestions and believe you aren't eating enough.

MallardDucky

taratru:

Cereal for breakfast is a killer.  You need protein.

Also..one ounce of yogurt?  That's like one bite for me.  Seriously.  Honestly, I agree with Brit's suggestions and believe you aren't eating enough.

I usally do have protien lol, today was just a day to hurry up and eat. 

The yogurt was more or less like a topping for my fruit.  Lots of strawberries, and cranberries. I am honeslty full.

My biggest problem is that it does not take much to fill me up, I fill overfull after eating.

ebeth_msn

if you are getting too full from one meal than maybe eat some more smaller meals.

I agree with everyon that you probably need to eat more food. 1200 cals?  unless you are like 4'11" (not that there's anything wrong with that) that is probably not enough food.  especially if you are doing any kind of physical activity. 

are you on myfitnesspal? my sister and brother just peer pressured me into signing up for it for moral support or something.  it doesn't give you enough calories at all.  it's telling me my cal limit is 1250 cal/day. lolz MFP.  lolz.  the time is now 3:30 and according to MFP, I have 356 calories left for today. I'm ignoring it.  

gt7301b

The one ounce of yogurt is killing me.  How do you only eat an ounce of yogurt for a snack?

MallardDucky

gt7301b:

The one ounce of yogurt is killing me.  How do you only eat an ounce of yogurt for a snack?

Because it was mostly fruit lol

JW28

ebeth_msn:

if you are getting too full from one meal than maybe eat some more smaller meals.

I agree with everyon that you probably need to eat more food. 1200 cals?  unless you are like 4'11" (not that there's anything wrong with that) that is probably not enough food.  especially if you are doing any kind of physical activity. 

are you on myfitnesspal? my sister and brother just peer pressured me into signing up for it for moral support or something.  it doesn't give you enough calories at all.  it's telling me my cal limit is 1250 cal/day. lolz MFP.  lolz.  the time is now 3:30 and according to MFP, I have 356 calories left for today. I'm ignoring it.  

Actually I think 1200-1400 is quite reasonable, assuming she doesn't work out at all.

By the way, on myfitnesspal you can manually set your calorie goals, so you might want to set it to something more reasonable that you can hit regularly. My base is set to 1400, but I usually burn another 400-800 exercising, giving me 1800-2200. 

MallardDucky

I just had another snack which was fat free cheese, and roast beef slices.

Audette

MallardDucky:

I usually do a bagle thin (100 calories) with egg, blackforest ham, spinch, and light mayo. Sometimes oatmeal. Or an omlet, I was just running short on time. I will prob. have another snack later too.

Between everything I eat I come in around 1200 calories a day, which is always within my points for WW (I might have 5 or less left over)

Eat your points!

Seriously, it's not good to consistently be under the points WW has given you, especially by that much.  A decent WW leader would be telling you that.

 

And, I still say you need more veggies.  That menu has, maybe 3 servings of fruit/veggies.  Nowhere _near_ enough!

MollyJo19

You need to eat more frequently. If I ate what you did today I would be starving! Look at it this way, when you're not eating frequently enough, your body tries to hold on to everything you put in it because it doesn't know when it's going to get fuel again. Thus, slowing your metabolism making it difficult to lose weight. When you eat small meals and snacks throughout the day it trains your body to constantly be burning those calories. Try to eat something every 2-3 hours. Hope this helps! 

MJ- Crossroads Health & Fitness