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Counting calories and marcos is HARD. Seriously. Half the time I dont even know what I put in my mouth let alone how many calories, carbs, and protein it is. Breakfast was easy.. I didnt have time to eat it.
Accurate lunch tracking:
Maybe 1/2 of a burger with pepper jack cheese from a restaurant not listed on here. The boyfriend cut it in half and honestly I think he got the bigger piece but he added bacon that wasn't in the nutritional info that I added (you're welcome) so I'm assuming I might be almost close? Maybe.
Tots.. ooh the glorious tots. Half of the tots that came with the above mystery burger. I might have eaten half but the BF eats slow. Then the teenager showed up and finished some tots. I didn't count the tots. Does the kitchen count the tots? Who knows how many tots there were. I didn't eat all of them. 3 people consumed them. I'm assuming I ate no more than half so I logged half.
Beer.. yes please. Wednesday lunch on a day that would not quit. 2 beers.. got that. BUT then Dave oh glorious Dave. We love Dave. Dave gave me samples. Then Dave gave me a beer called Nerds. It was sooo sweet and sooo yummy and so happy. It was the prettiest red color. It was like an alcoholic dessert in a fancy beer glass. Fancy beer glass = less beer. Less beer = less calories? Maybe? But it's not an off the shelf beer. I don't even know what the name was! I'm guessing it might be the equivalent of a hard cider? Maybe? Maybe not. I don't typically drink hard ciders so I'm throwing a dart at the wall and going. Maybe it was about that number of calories. It was well spent calories. I now don't give an F and I have the energy to make it through the rest of the day! Ok.. maybe it had more sugar than a cider.. If it did I still don't know how much it had! Maybe the missing tots make up for the extra sugar.
Tracking what you eat is exhausting and confusing. I'd like another dessert beer from World of Beer please and thank you.
Diet Calendar Entry for 15 November 2023:
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1411 kcal
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Fat: 43.49g | Prot: 75.33g | Carb: 116.25g.
Breakfast: Premier Nutrition High Protein Shake - Vanilla, Coffee. Lunch: Angry Orchard Green Apple Hard Cider, Logan's Roadhouse Miller Lite, BYB with Cheese Choice Pepper Jack, World of Beer Tater Tots. Dinner: Prego Traditional Spaghetti Sauce, Cooked Spaghetti Squash, Perdue Grilled Chicken Breast Strips. more...
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It is so exhausting but it's the only way I stay on track. Otherwise, my brain says that snack sized candy bar is not that big and I should have one more or 5...lol
15 Nov 23 by member: Wendylouhoo
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Lol, you amuse me ^^ Personally I over estimate what I eat and pre look up the food on the restaurant a website when I go out that helps me to log my meals. I'm glad you're having such a good time 😄. Have fun and be safe getting home tonight.
15 Nov 23 by member: Leah_guffey
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Leah, looking at the resteraunt online is a good idea. Except Elizabeth ate a resteraunt not listed online. I much prefer going to a local, non chain resteraunt when eating out. That means I have to find something I think is comparable to log it. I try to watch my portions & not go totally crazy. Sounds like you did, Elizabeth 😊 & had a good time.
15 Nov 23 by member: SherryeB
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15 Nov 23 by member: ejeanmard
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It’s easier if you 1. Eat whole fresh foods 2. Weigh meat raw (tip: after weighing and measuring for 2 years, when I meal prep say 16oz ground hamburger roll, I just cook the whole pkg, then divide it into 1/3ds. Close enough to 5oz for me.
Or another method I do is put my big pan on the scale, zero it out, then add 3 weighed sections of raw 6oz prepped chicken chunks and cook all at once, but keep the sections separate in the pan)
It was annoying to weigh everything in the beginning of my health journey but now it’s 2nd nature. It gets easier the more you practice at it. 😁
The health benefits, for me, are worth it. (It’s how I manage my type2 diabetes).
15 Nov 23 by member: StormsGirl
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Some people do the plate trick. 1/2 veggies, 1/4 starch, 1/4 protein.
I don’t eat out much by choice because it’s harder to track those calories but if I do eat out and still want to know the calories, sometimes they offer that info on line
or just try and find a compatible item on the app of what you are eating.
15 Nov 23 by member: StormsGirl
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Over time tracking becomes easier as you learn to eyeball what portion sizes look like and can guesstimate within a pretty good margin of error. Don't let calorie counting create a negative relationship with food. Couldn't count today no worries count tomorrow. This will always be a journey a thousand steps and the journey will become easier.
15 Nov 23 by member: mariors428
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Great job on story telling 👏 You could write ✍️ Short stories or I found you entertaining 😄.
15 Nov 23 by member: Leah_guffey
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I use tracking to plan my meals for the next day. Takes about 5 or 10 mjn and then I don't stress about what I'm going to eat in the moment. I also eat whole foods which is a lot easier to track same as @StormsGirl. When I eat out, I select the same kinds of foods and portions as I normally would eat, which includes no salt, no sauces, no dressing except vinegar and olive oil, and then I splurge on a small dessert. It sounds like I'm eating boring, tasteless food, but I promise you I am not. However...I do admit tracking was a real pain in the ass and stressful in the beginning b/c I didn't know what healthy carbs were and processed foods made it really challenging to stay within a caloric level.
15 Nov 23 by member: outerlimit
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15 Nov 23 by member: ejeanmard
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I got so tired of tracking I gave it up for the time being. But I found I needed to give up other things to lose the weight I regained. Like desserts, wine, and bread. That's no fun either. Maybe I should go back to tracking.
15 Nov 23 by member: Snowwhite100
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