Don't look good!!

[MontanaRebel]

I tried to get the right servings and food in proper place on FitDay.com but the percentages did not come out good...This is what I ate for breakfast and lunch today....Any thoughts!! :yikes

I think processed tuna and sardines killed me. Although they were in spring water and not oil as they only had that listed.

http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/DayFoodsTab.asp

I plan to have 6oz of tiger shrimp broiled with a tbls of butter for supper..Am I nuts? lol

[Elizellen]

Johnny, that link is the general fitday page - to let people see your menus you need to go to your account and click on 'Home' then scroll down to 'Make my journal public' and copy the link that will appear and paste it here.

[MontanaRebel]

Ok this was my menu today:

May 27th 2005

Breakfast: 2 fried eggs in 1tbls of melted butter
6 oz of ground pork

Lunch: sardines 3.75oz
Tuna 6oz with 1tbls of Mayo(fat) dressing
2 cups of salad with 1 tbls of Ranch(low carb)dressing

Supper: Grilled tiger shrimp 6ozs with 1tbls of melted butter
1 cup of asparagus

[FightingTheFight]

that menu looks fine...similair to mine...but the calories seem low, what does fitday say the percentages are? and the calorie count?

[MontanaRebel]

Not sure if I did this right or not.

Tuna, canned, water pack cup, NFScup, solid or chunks, drainedozcan (12.5 to 13 oz), drainedcan (6.5 oz), drainedQuantity not specified 194 1 0 43
Sardines, canned in oil cup, drainedozcubic inchcan (3.75 oz), drainedsmall fish (2-2/3" x 1/2" x 1/4")Quantity not specified 191 11 0 23
Mixed salad greens, raw cup, shredded or choppedQuantity not specified 18 0 3 2
Cheese, processed, American or Cheddar type, lowfat cup, NFScup, dicedcup, shreddedcubic inchslice, NFS (.75 oz)slice (1 oz) (Include Weight Watchers)Quantity not specified 51 2 1 7
Egg, whole, cooked, fried large egg 183 14 1 12
Pork, ground or patty, cooked cup, cookedoz, cookedoz, raw (yield after cooking)cubic inch, cookedQuantity not specified 501 35 0 43
Butter, stick, unsalted cuptablespoonpat (1" sq, 1/3" high)stickGuideline amount per slice of bread/rollQuantity not specified 102 12 0 0
Mayonnaise-type salad dressing cuptablespoonQuantity not specified, if saladQuantity not specified, if sandwich 57 5 4 0
Salad dressing, KRAFT Ranch Dressing tablespoons 74 8 1 0
Shrimp, baked or broiled cup, cookedcup, shelled, raw (yield after cooking)cup, with shell, cooked (yield after...cup, with shell, raw (yield after co...oz, cookedoz, with shell, raw (yield after coo...oz, without shell, raw (yield after ...large shrimp (shelled)medium shrimp (shelled)prawnsmall shrimp (shelled)tiny shrimp ("popcorn")Quantity not specified 260 9 2 41
Asparagus, cooked, from fresh, fat added in cooking cupsmall spear (5" long or less)medium spear (5-1/4" to 7" long)large spear (7-1/4" to 8-1/2" long)extra large spear (8-3/4" to 10" long)spear tip (2" long or less)Quantity not specified 77 4 8 5
Totals 1708 100 19 176

Calories 1708 Fat 100 carb 19 Protein 176

[CherTLC4u]

Here's a hint for using fitday:

Tuna, cheese, etc. ... anything that comes out of a package that has the nutritional value on it I click on Custom Food and put all the info in there then use that every day that I eat it. That way I know I'm counting perfect.

:nod

[Isabeau]

If you look on the little pie chart on fitday, it should tell you your percentages. (I see you have your total grams listed). Looks like your protein levels are higher than your fat. Carbs look good. We want 65% fat, 30% protein and 5% carbs. I agree CherTLC4u, customize as much as you can. It may seem a little cumbersome at first, but before long it'll be a piece o' ca...errr steak.

[MontanaRebel]

thanks Cheryl and Isabeau for the info!!

[Perry]

Use more butter, oil and dressings in your meals. For example, use 2 tablespoons of mayo in tuna or buy the tuna in oil. Cook asparagus and pork in olive oil. Increase the Ranch dressing on your salad. Snack on celery and cream cheese or get an avocado and mix 1/2 with some mayo and tabasco sauce.

Fit day is a good tool but use it as a guide. Some days your proteins will be higher than others. It all should even out in the long run.

[MontanaRebel]

Thanks Perry! Will give what you suggested a whirl....I guess I was afraid I was using to much fat already but apparantly not! lol