I take a fiber supplement - powdered. 3 teaspoons a day = 60 calories. I've been logigng it on MFP. I think some of the other supplements/vitamins have some calories too that are small but add up.
Do I count these as part of my daily caloric goal? :help:
I take a fiber supplement - powdered. 3 teaspoons a day = 60 calories. I've been logigng it on MFP. I think some of the other supplements/vitamins have some calories too that are small but add up.
Do I count these as part of my daily caloric goal? :help:
Good question. How many grams of fiber are in there? If there's 15, then I'd say don't count them. (15 comes from the fact that there are 4 calories in a gram of carbs, and if all the carbs are fiber, then 60/4 = 15).
I take 1 tsp of psyllium husk which has 15 calories and I don't count it because it has no net carbs (i.e. all carbs come from fiber).
-- Edited by mctex on Thursday 11th of February 2010 09:11:10 PM
I take a fiber supplement - powdered. 3 teaspoons a day = 60 calories. I've been logigng it on MFP. I think some of the other supplements/vitamins have some calories too that are small but add up.
Do I count these as part of my daily caloric goal? :help:
Good question. How many grams of fiber are in there? If there's 15, then I'd say don't count them. (15 comes from the fact that there are 4 calories in a gram of carbs, and if all the carbs are fiber, then 60/4 = 15).
I take 1 tsp of psyllium husk which has 15 calories and I don't count it because it has no net carbs (i.e. all carbs come from fiber).
-- Edited by mctex on Thursday 11th of February 2010 09:11:10 PM
I added both to MFP to compare. The psyllium husk (1 tsp) and it shows 20 calories, 5 fiber, 20 sodium and 5 carbs. The metamucil is 20 calories, 3 fiber, 5 sodium, and 5 carbs. So, 9 grams total but it makes my daily total about 30-35 which is my goal. If I do the psyllium route then I'm having to re-balance my sodium because I am sticking to around 1500 for sodium.
I take a fiber supplement - powdered. 3 teaspoons a day = 60 calories. I've been logigng it on MFP. I think some of the other supplements/vitamins have some calories too that are small but add up.
Do I count these as part of my daily caloric goal? :help:
Good question. How many grams of fiber are in there? If there's 15, then I'd say don't count them. (15 comes from the fact that there are 4 calories in a gram of carbs, and if all the carbs are fiber, then 60/4 = 15).
I take 1 tsp of psyllium husk which has 15 calories and I don't count it because it has no net carbs (i.e. all carbs come from fiber).
-- Edited by mctex on Thursday 11th of February 2010 09:11:10 PM
I added both to MFP to compare. The psyllium husk (1 tsp) and it shows 20 calories, 5 fiber, 20 sodium and 5 carbs. The metamucil is 20 calories, 3 fiber, 5 sodium, and 5 carbs. So, 9 grams total but it makes my daily total about 30-35 which is my goal. If I do the psyllium route then I'm having to re-balance my sodium because I am sticking to around 1500 for sodium.
So, probably shouldn't count it?
I wouldn't. You're only really talking about 24 net calories, which over the course of the week would represent .048 pounds.
That's the rule of thumb I always use -- how much I care about how drastically it would impact my weight loss. If I only lose 1.452 lbs instead of 1.5, I think I'll live. :)
What have you put together in terms of food plan? Want to share? I'm tweaking things again to cut back on carbs -- even though my carbs are 100% good carbs (the worst thing I eat in terms of carbs is the white rice in sushi), I am still getting about 50% of my calorie intake from them. (Thank you, steel cut oats and raisins, LOL)
My nutritionist wants me to be eating at least 125 g of protein a day, but she actually wanted me to up my calories to 2,000/day to do it. I don't think I'm that hungry, so I am holding calories constant at 1,800, but switching to the 40% carb/30% fat/30% protein ratio of The Zone.
125 g of protein is a LOT to try to eat. It's going to be interesting (and kind of scary, I'm afraid) to see what happens to my cholesterol numbers. I'm eating a ton of beef jerky, which means my sodium is through the roof. Fortunately (actually, not at all) I sweat a TON when I work out, though, so I don't have to watch my sodium (I actually put Nuun tabs in my water bottle when I'm working out hoping that the salt will help me not sweat as much, LOL).
I take a fiber supplement - powdered. 3 teaspoons a day = 60 calories. I've been logigng it on MFP. I think some of the other supplements/vitamins have some calories too that are small but add up.
Do I count these as part of my daily caloric goal? :help:
Good question. How many grams of fiber are in there? If there's 15, then I'd say don't count them. (15 comes from the fact that there are 4 calories in a gram of carbs, and if all the carbs are fiber, then 60/4 = 15).
I take 1 tsp of psyllium husk which has 15 calories and I don't count it because it has no net carbs (i.e. all carbs come from fiber).
-- Edited by mctex on Thursday 11th of February 2010 09:11:10 PM
I added both to MFP to compare. The psyllium husk (1 tsp) and it shows 20 calories, 5 fiber, 20 sodium and 5 carbs. The metamucil is 20 calories, 3 fiber, 5 sodium, and 5 carbs. So, 9 grams total but it makes my daily total about 30-35 which is my goal. If I do the psyllium route then I'm having to re-balance my sodium because I am sticking to around 1500 for sodium.
So, probably shouldn't count it?
I wouldn't. You're only really talking about 24 net calories, which over the course of the week would represent .048 pounds.
That's the rule of thumb I always use -- how much I care about how drastically it would impact my weight loss. If I only lose 1.452 lbs instead of 1.5, I think I'll live. :)
What have you put together in terms of food plan? Want to share? I'm tweaking things again to cut back on carbs -- even though my carbs are 100% good carbs (the worst thing I eat in terms of carbs is the white rice in sushi), I am still getting about 50% of my calorie intake from them. (Thank you, steel cut oats and raisins, LOL)
My nutritionist wants me to be eating at least 125 g of protein a day, but she actually wanted me to up my calories to 2,000/day to do it. I don't think I'm that hungry, so I am holding calories constant at 1,800, but switching to the 40% carb/30% fat/30% protein ratio of The Zone.
125 g of protein is a LOT to try to eat. It's going to be interesting (and kind of scary, I'm afraid) to see what happens to my cholesterol numbers. I'm eating a ton of beef jerky, which means my sodium is through the roof. Fortunately (actually, not at all) I sweat a TON when I work out, though, so I don't have to watch my sodium (I actually put Nuun tabs in my water bottle when I'm working out hoping that the salt will help me not sweat as much, LOL).
Way to make that all about me.
When I get home I will make my food diary public on MFP and send you the link. I would LOVE your input. I've messed around with the C/F/P ratio and just don't know what to do! The info online is all different and so I am focusing on a few things. First was getting my calories down. I think mine is set around 1370 per day but then I get more if I exercise - which I typically do. I'm stuck there because I never know whether to eat those calories or not and whether my body will lose weight faster if I eat them or don't eat them. I usually average about 1400 calories even when exercising. But I'm not starving by any means and if I am hungry I eat some of those calories.
My main focus are fiber, water, sodium, and cholesterol. I'm trying to get about 92 ounces of water a day; 30-35 grams fiber; about 1500 for sodium. But then tweaking te carbs, fat, proteins and it is a little overwhelming. anyway, I would love your input. I'm tempted to do a week for I eat ALL my exercise calories just to see what happens but I feel like I'm doing so well eating less and although I'm only losing about a pound a week that seems like a good thing. ???
I take a fiber supplement - powdered. 3 teaspoons a day = 60 calories. I've been logigng it on MFP. I think some of the other supplements/vitamins have some calories too that are small but add up.
Do I count these as part of my daily caloric goal? :help:
Good question. How many grams of fiber are in there? If there's 15, then I'd say don't count them. (15 comes from the fact that there are 4 calories in a gram of carbs, and if all the carbs are fiber, then 60/4 = 15).
I take 1 tsp of psyllium husk which has 15 calories and I don't count it because it has no net carbs (i.e. all carbs come from fiber).
-- Edited by mctex on Thursday 11th of February 2010 09:11:10 PM
I added both to MFP to compare. The psyllium husk (1 tsp) and it shows 20 calories, 5 fiber, 20 sodium and 5 carbs. The metamucil is 20 calories, 3 fiber, 5 sodium, and 5 carbs. So, 9 grams total but it makes my daily total about 30-35 which is my goal. If I do the psyllium route then I'm having to re-balance my sodium because I am sticking to around 1500 for sodium.
So, probably shouldn't count it?
I wouldn't. You're only really talking about 24 net calories, which over the course of the week would represent .048 pounds.
That's the rule of thumb I always use -- how much I care about how drastically it would impact my weight loss. If I only lose 1.452 lbs instead of 1.5, I think I'll live. :)
What have you put together in terms of food plan? Want to share? I'm tweaking things again to cut back on carbs -- even though my carbs are 100% good carbs (the worst thing I eat in terms of carbs is the white rice in sushi), I am still getting about 50% of my calorie intake from them. (Thank you, steel cut oats and raisins, LOL)
My nutritionist wants me to be eating at least 125 g of protein a day, but she actually wanted me to up my calories to 2,000/day to do it. I don't think I'm that hungry, so I am holding calories constant at 1,800, but switching to the 40% carb/30% fat/30% protein ratio of The Zone.
125 g of protein is a LOT to try to eat. It's going to be interesting (and kind of scary, I'm afraid) to see what happens to my cholesterol numbers. I'm eating a ton of beef jerky, which means my sodium is through the roof. Fortunately (actually, not at all) I sweat a TON when I work out, though, so I don't have to watch my sodium (I actually put Nuun tabs in my water bottle when I'm working out hoping that the salt will help me not sweat as much, LOL).
Way to make that all about me.
When I get home I will make my food diary public on MFP and send you the link. I would LOVE your input. I've messed around with the C/F/P ratio and just don't know what to do! The info online is all different and so I am focusing on a few things. First was getting my calories down. I think mine is set around 1370 per day but then I get more if I exercise - which I typically do. I'm stuck there because I never know whether to eat those calories or not and whether my body will lose weight faster if I eat them or don't eat them. I usually average about 1400 calories even when exercising. But I'm not starving by any means and if I am hungry I eat some of those calories.
My main focus are fiber, water, sodium, and cholesterol. I'm trying to get about 92 ounces of water a day; 30-35 grams fiber; about 1500 for sodium. But then tweaking te carbs, fat, proteins and it is a little overwhelming. anyway, I would love your input. I'm tempted to do a week for I eat ALL my exercise calories just to see what happens but I feel like I'm doing so well eating less and although I'm only losing about a pound a week that seems like a good thing. ???
I'd love to see it, although I clearly still do not have all the answers (I snorted as I typed this).
That's cool that you can make MFP public. I'd love to make my food diary public (I'm actually very slowly starting to blog again, and it would be helpful to be able to link to it), but IDT I can on FitDay. I need to check out MFP.
You seem to be doing really well right now, and as long as you feel like your energy levels are good, IMHO, I'd say stick with what you're doing. What are you doing for exercise? Do you know how many calories you're burning?
I'm doing the slim in 6 workouts. I do that every other day. Ideally on the in between days I want to do some shorter workout - abs or something - or just go on a run. Or the 30 day shred. The slim in 6 workout is about 45 minutes but that includes warm up and stretching - there is a tiny bit of yoga at the end for cool down. 30 day shred is only 20 minutes. (HA! *only* 20 minutes! I love that I can say that now!) But then again on the in between days sometimes I just rest. I always do a daily walk (sometimes 2) at work - it is about 1.5 miles and we do it in about 20 minutes. I don't really count it as exercise in the sense of burning calories so much as just getting out and moving, kwim?
