My FitDay Results

[Georgiana]

Overall it looks really good!

The only thing that has to be changed is veggies. Your menu yesterday had 8 oz of spinach, which means about 8 cups. Spinach is on the "Other Vegetables" list, so it's limited to 1 cup per day. You should eat only 3 cups of veggies per day, which means that if 1 cup comes from spinach, you have 2 cups left for "Salad Vegetables".

Salad vegetables don't necessarily have to be eaten raw, but they can be cooked too. You can make individual mushroom pizzas, roasted peppers, you can include veggies in things like soups, omelets or quiches... Just because they are called "salad vegetables" you don't have to eat them in salads.

Also check the processed meats (sausages, salami) for hidden sugars (e.g. dextrose) or fillers.... but other than that, I think you're doing great.

How was the lasagna you made last night? I imagine that's where those 8 oz of spinach came from.

[Chihuahua Luvin Gurl]

Thanks! The lasagna was awesome, simply fantastic! We are having the deep dish pizza tonight with veggies!

Besides dextrose, what else should we look for? They say there is 0 sugar and 0 carb, there is no corn syrup ... but I guess we don't really know everything to look out for?

Am I eating too much salt or calories?

Thanks for viewing!!!

[Slapshot]

How in the world are there 5.4 grams of fat in 8oz of cooked spinach????

[Chihuahua Luvin Gurl]

That is what the graph gave me to choose from?

[Slapshot]

I know, I was asking generally (for folks who might know), not to you directly...

[Chihuahua Luvin Gurl]

Ok, thanks!

[Georgiana]

Originally Posted by Chihuahua Luvin Gurl

Thanks! The lasagna was awesome, simply fantastic! We are having the deep dish pizza tonight with veggies!

Careful with that pizza. There are 17 oz of cheese in it. If you eat only one serving (as defined by Linda), you are fine. But eat 2 servings, or more than 1-2 other ounces of cheese throughout the day, and you're over your cheese allotment. Just something to keep in mind... otherwise the dish is perfectly "legal" for Induction.

Besides dextrose, what else should we look for? They say there is 0 sugar and 0 carb, there is no corn syrup ... but I guess we don't really know everything to look out for?

Aliases for Mr. Sugar:

1. Corn syrup
2. Dextrin
3. Dextrose
4. Evaporated cane juice
5. Fructose
6. Fruit juice concentrate
7. Galactose
8. Glucose
9. Gur
10. High fructose corn syrup
11. Honey
12. Hydrolyzed starch
13. Jaggery
14. Lactose
15. Levulose
16. Malt
17. Malt syrup
18. Maltodextrin
19. Maltose
20. Maple syrup
21. Modified corn starch
22. Molasses
23. Muscovado
24. Panela
25. Panocha
26. Polydextrose
27. Rice syrup
28. Saccharides (mono-, di- or poly-)
29. Sucrose
30. Sugar (or any stuff containing the word sugar in it, like turbinado/turbinated sugar, brown sugar, beet sugar, grape sugar, sorghum sugar etc.)
31. Treacle

Am I eating too much salt or calories?

Don't worry about calories -- eat if you are hungry or went 6 hours without eating; stop when you are satisfied. I know it's not so easy to make the difference between satisfied, full and stuffed... I'm still working on that myself... but it's something you get better to as you go.

Sodium... I can't see your sodium intake (it's not public, by default). The RDA in the US I believe it's 2400 mg (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Too much sodium can cause water retention. But unless you are eating a lot of processed meat (I don't know how much sodium there is in the bacon, sausage, salami, etc. you are eating), adding a lot of regular salt in cooking or unless you have a sensitivity to sodium, you should be okay.

[Georgiana]

Originally Posted by Slapshot

How in the world are there 5.4 grams of fat in 8oz of cooked spinach????

FitDay makes an average for the nutritional info of cooked foods, based on different recipes. So if you are cooking your own food, it is more accurate if you enter all the ingredients raw, for e.g. X oz raw spinach, Y tbsp olive oil or whatever you used... because you are probably not using the same ingredients or quantities as the ones considered in FitDay.

[Chihuahua Luvin Gurl]

Wow, thanks for the list!!!! Wow, I didn't know so many ways they could hide stuff!

Our bacon (Plumrose) is perfect!
Our sausage patties (Bob Evans) was fine... except it has Dextrose ... we have a lot of it left, what do we do? How bad is it????
Our summer sausage (Bridgford) said NO SUGAR in the ingredients, but on the front in small writing it says sugar... CRAP!!!!!

This stuff is so confusing! LOL

[JulieB]

Originally Posted by Georgiana

FitDay makes an average for the nutritional info of cooked foods, based on different recipes. So if you are cooking your own food, it is more accurate if you enter all the ingredients raw, for e.g. X oz raw spinach, Y tbsp olive oil or whatever you used... because you are probably not using the same ingredients or quantities as the ones considered in FitDay.

Agreed - Always enter the 'raw' version of the food if you've cooked it yourself - Fitday assumes all sorts of stuff if you enter it as 'cooked'

Just a note about quantities - I've personally found in the last couple weeks that I plan & measure & weigh - then put a 'portion' on my plate, and eat every bite without thinking about wether I'm still hungry. I just consider it 'what I am allowed' (and feel rather entitled to it). Sometimes I don't NEED that much food to feel satisfied. I really have to re-train my brain to eat what I NEED rather than what I WANT or what's ALLOWED.