Feel i already Failed

[owen]

I have had a lovely breakfast 1 egg, 2 bacon 1 large mushroom and 2 tomatoe, LUNCH, Prawns, Cucumber with a teaspoon of Mayonniase, DINNER, Chicken, Asparagus 4 spears, 3 broccoli florets. I thought i would count up my carbs for the day and its saying im over on my fitday calorie counter its sayin 29.7 carbs and i feel very down by this. My menu is below of what i had today please can someone have a look at this for me and tell me what you think am i doing it wrong on the carb counter. xx




718
40.1
29.7
63.0

Mushrooms, cooked, from fresh
cuplargemediumsmallslicescapsgramskglboz9
0.5
0.9
0.4
Asparagus, cooked, from fresh
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)gramskglboz25
1.4
2.6
1.5
Tomatoes, cooked
cuplargemediumsmallgramskglboz38
0.3
8.9
1.7
Broccoli, cooked, from fresh
cupcup, choppedcup, floweretscup, fresh, cut stalksfloweretspear (about 5" long)gramskglboz103
5.1
13.2
4.4
Chicken
cup, cooked, dicedoz, boneless, cookedoz, boneless, raw (yield after cooking)oz, with bone, cooked (yield after bone removed)oz, with bone, raw (yield after cooking, bone removed)cubic inch, boneless, cookedlarge piece (yield after cooking, bone removed)medium piece (yield after cooking, bone removed)medium slice (approx 2" x 1-1/2" x 1/4")small piece (yield after cooking, bone removed)thick slice (approx 2" x 1-1/2" x 3/8")thin slice (approx 2" x 1-1/2" x 1/8")gramskglboz320
18.2
0.0
36.5
Egg, whole, cooked, fried
largegramskglboz90
7.0
0.4
6.3
Bacon, cooked
cup, piecesoz, cookedoz, raw (yield after cooking)medium slice (yield after cooking)thick slice (yield after cooking)thin slice (yield after cooking)gramskglboz87
6.7
0.2
5.9
Mushrooms, cooked
cuplargemediumsmallslicescapsgramskglboz9
0.5
0.9
0.4
Fish, dolphinfish, raw
filletozgramskglboz24
0.2
0.0
5.2
Cucumber, raw
cupcup, pared, choppedcup, slicedcup, unpared, choppedoz, raw, yieldslarge (8-1/4" long)slicesmall (6-3/8" long)stick, 4" longmedium (7" long)gramskglboz14
0.2
2.6
0.7


Total
718
40.1
29.7
63.0

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Feel i already Failed

Did you subtract the fiber? That number is in the calories eaten today window below the food entry log.

Your egg entry should be "egg, whole, raw". Fitday often adds ingredients to cooked foods, so you should enter things as "raw" whenever possible. Same with the mushrooms, if you started with raw.

Same with the tomatoes, unless they were already cooked.

Same with the broccoli, unless you measured it after it was cooked.

Same with the bacon.

On the whole, it looks like a good day. I think you'll feel better once you subtract the fiber!

How much water did you have?

[Georgiana]

Re: Feel i already Failed

I would enter the bacon cooked, unless you really used all the fat it left in the pan.

[CalicoPrairie]

Re: Feel i already Failed

My fitday always says I'm over, but that's because I make sure to work in lots of fibrous veggies. Tomatoes and broccoli have lots of fiber, so take notice of that.

If you are using fitday.com, it's a little more difficult to see how much fiber is in each ingredient on your menu, but it's doable by looking at each individual nutrition facts page.

[owen]

Re: Feel i already Failed

Thanks everyone broccoli and toms are not going near me now for a long time lol. I lost alot of weight before without doing all this so i think i may stick to how i done it before as all this measuring makes me brain ache lol. xx

[Georgiana]

Re: Feel i already Failed

718

Are these your total calories for today?

[Georgiana]

Re: Feel i already Failed

Thanks everyone broccoli and toms are not going near me now for a long time

Why not? They are perfectly fine, even for Induction.

Just subtract dietary fiber from carbohydrates to see how many net carbs you ate today.

[owen]

Re: Feel i already Failed

Yes Georgiana this is all that has passed my lips today apart from a tablespoon of sunflower oil for the mushrooms egg etc. xx

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Feel i already Failed

Why not make your Fitday public ... it's easier for us to help you and you don't have to retype!

To make your Fitday public, log in, go to the Profile tab, click on the blue Public Settings Page at the bottom, click on the "Make My Journal Public" button. Then you'll get a link at the top:

http://fitday.com/fitness/PublicJournals.html?Owner=<name of your fitday account>

[owen]

Re: Feel i already Failed

718 is under the cals section yes. I do love my broccoli and toms but looking they are so high and was going to sit down tonight with a stick of celery if i get peckish but now going over on my total i wont :-(xx

[Georgiana]

Re: Feel i already Failed

Yes Georgiana this is all that has passed my lips today apart from a tablespoon of sunflower oil for the mushrooms egg etc. xx

That's way too low. Is this how many calories you usually eat? Undereating calories will slow down your metabolism, making weight loss and weight maintenance more difficult.

[owen]

Re: Feel i already Failed

Ok thanks Atkinsgal i shall look into doing that. xx

[CalicoPrairie]

Re: Feel i already Failed

Owen---NOoooooo. Broccoli and tomatoes are GOOD veggies have during induction. Yes, they are high, but they have fiber that you can subtract. By eating them you are working toward getting half of your net carbs from veggies the way you are supposed to. Please eat them. Often.

It really seems like you are doing fine, you just need to figure out how to up your calories, like Georgiana mentioned.

[owen]

Re: Feel i already Failed

http://fitday.com/fitness/PublicJournals.html?Owner=owen1978

[Georgiana]

Re: Feel i already Failed

Okay... So 29.7 g carbohydrate and 11.1 g dietary fiber means you had 18.6 net carbs. You're not over.

If you measured your vegetables raw, change those entries in FitDay. It will change your net carbs, too.

Don't forget to also change the egg entry.