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My past experience is that turkey sausage is far more fat and less protein than turkey bacon and usually would not be interchangeable. If you find some that is comparable, please post to the group!
I’m using my Samsung health app and 5 oz of chicken (LP) is 231 calories and 46 grams of protein. If I wasn’t tracking I’d be so far over in calories and macros (low carb day meal 5). I’ve double checked this on other apps and with other food items and the numbers are similar. I really hate double tracking but feel like I need to based on the variances. Am I doing something wrong…should I just ignore the trackers and go by the exchanges??
I think from meal to meal you are going to get a variance following the meal plan as written, but the end of the day it will all balance out. I believe you are supposed to EITHER follow the meal plan as written OR track your macros to follow what Nicole laid out. It’s probably good to track a full day once in a while doing the meal plan to make sure you are getting everything right, but that is just my opinion.
2 TBSP almond or peanut butter = 2 servings on Nicole’s exchange list. Even though on the jar it says that is a serving.
I was looking at option 2 since it looked closest to what you had. 2 TBSP peanut butter is still 2 servings according to the exchange and then with almonds added you are at 2 1/2 instead of 1 1/2 servings of fat. Again, I think you are confusing 1 serving according to the package with 1 serving according to the exchange list. The breakfast burrito is the only option that is a full serving starchy carbs and probably because it’s too difficult to make it with a half?
Trying to help….
Hi! I am Meal Plan 1
Here is yesterday 🙂
Very good point by Katydb321.
You are going to want to be careful when using exchanges that you are looking at Nicole’s serving sizes and not the package’s. For instance, Meal 1, you’ve got 2 TBSP peanut butter plus a TBSP of almonds. Your alotted amount of fat for that meal was 1 1/2. On the food exchange list, one serving of peanut butter is 16g, which is ONE TBSP. Right there is 90 calories and 7.5g fat over the plan. In the same meal you had 2 rice cakes which is a serving, however, meal plan 1 calls for 1/2 SC so that one should have been just one rice cake.
I hope this helps! From previous posts, I believe Nicole uses MFP when figuring the macros for each meal. You are going to find some variance by brand and such, but it shouldn’t be too crazy.
For Jeseika, idk what shrimp you are using, but are you sure you put in 6oz? I have several types in my freezer and 6 oz is *around* 22g protein depending on which one I use.
Also, for everyone, make sure you DO NOT have “TRACK NET CARBS” selected under diary settings because that will subtract your fiber from your total carbs and throw your carbs and calories off for the day.
Would you be willing to share which meal plan you are on and share screenshots of MFP for the day that was way over? maybe we can troubleshoot it?
What I do is start putting the meal into MFP before eating it, that way if my brand is different, I can adjust the amount and keep my macros/calories as close as possible.
This image is from nutritionix and has same info as MFP. I have definitely been able to change between ounces or grams on MFP for most foods , including rice. Sometimes there’s more than one entry to choose from. Idk the difference between Canadian nutrition labels and US, or if top sirloin has a different fat content where you are… here it is 10%.
I misspoke, it’s an 81 calorie difference in the top sirloin calculation on your tracker. That’s huge.
The 60 days aren’t over yet! Have you weighed and measured every portion of your food? Based on your post, I get the idea that you only recently used whatever calorie/macro tracker you’re using at the end here to see what was going on? Myfitnesspal is definitely the best and I always double-check against the package if I’m using a food with a nutrition label. Just the “top sirloin” you pictured above had a 40 calorie difference from your tracker to MFP. If you were estimating any of your portions as opposed to weighing them, you could be off by hundreds of calories a day. Also, have you done all the workouts and cardio as prescribed?
Also, I have no idea where you’re starting point is, but sometimes it takes 6 weeks for a woman’s body to accept the changes and start releasing fat. Have you taken before pics and recent progress pics? If you have and don’t see the difference, try posting them, because a lot of times our brains play tricks on us and it’s hard for us to see our true selves (why anorexic people see a fat person in the mirror, for example). I’m guessing other people will be able to see the difference!
As a mother of 8 breastfed babies, I can tell you that breastfeeding burns an extra 500 calories a day and you should never drop below 1800 calories a day (which is for weight loss).
Some people might need to bump up to the meal plan to stay on track. 😉
PS: watch video in nutrition section. You can use the substitution list OR eat any of the other meals for your plan that day. It’s flexible.
Those don’t have to be mixed together, you can have bowl of oatmeal, cup of shake and spoonful of almond butter or mix it in to either.
There are some great skin tightening creams that can help a bit. Eating right, exercise, red light therapy and massage can help also. I used all of these but still found the loose skin on my abdomen to be frustrating after having 8 children so I did get a tummy tuck last year and am very happy with the outcome!
Just a little note that the elasticity was lost or affected due to weight gain and the skin being stretched, weight loss will not cause a loss of elasticity, although it may appear so.
