Of course, logging food is not 100% accurate but it keeps me focused on how many calories I am absorbing or rather (empty calories) and what I am lacking in the nutrients I actually need.
I found out today I actually stayed within my calorie goal ( I absorbed 1245 out of 1275 calories required) and was pleased but was still off on nutrients. I was low in Fiber, Calcium, Vitamin C, Iron, Potassium, and too high in sodium.
The funny thing is, you can't also just go below your calories and try and hardly eat your saturated fats. You would think that would help you lose weight, but I learned today if you do that, your body will start to crave and get hungry more and you will get bored with the foods you are eating and start to diet crash early to get the saturated fats it needs.
Crazy huh?
Anyway, I am going to work on portion control for dinner, watch my snacking through the day and substitute it with foods I need to meet my goals.
By the way, if you would like to track yourself, you can go on caloriecount.about.com. If you do, look me up, my profile name is caloriecountingcaldwell. Maybe we can help each other!
Food Log
Meals
Recipes
Cal
Daily caloric intake: 1,245 of 1,275 cals
Low
Goal
High
Nutrient/Vitamin
Amount
Trend
206 g
Good
56 g
Good
24 g
Good
8.5 g
Good
90 mg
Good
1,897 mg
Too High
25 g
Too Low
8,252 IU
Good
48 mg
Too Low
978 mg
Too Low
8.6 mg
Too Low
729 mg
Too Low
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