Originally Posted by BabyBiscotti (Post 39842)

Hello! I'm new here, too. What you ate doesn't sound that horrible to me, except maybe for the fried fish coating. (Was the special food you described Baba Gannouj?) I guess you could break down foods by ingredient, and by quantity in your food journal... Good Luck with your goal :)

Originally Posted by hananshz (Post 39887)

Yes it was baba Gannouj, and that what I did, I broke down the ingredients (olive oil, eggplant and sesame sauce if I may call it), of course its a bit hard to quantify as I don't have scales in restaurants, and thats the eal problem I face when eating out!!!:confused:

Now how should I log my food in Fitday if I don't know that quantity??, I really don't know how to log in food that I eat in restaurants...any help?

Originally Posted by mecompco (Post 39890)

You just take your best guess, really--what else can you do? If I know I'm going to get a big portion, I make sure to ask for a take-home container WITH the meal. I immediatly pack up half the meal so I can A) limit the calories, B) weigh/measure at home what I ate and C) have another meal.

Also, I prefer to eat at places that publish their nutritional info, which makes calorie tracking much easier.

If all else fails, you just eyeball the portions, try to guess (or ask) how it's prepared fat-wise and make your best WAG.

Regards,
Michael

Originally Posted by mecompco (Post 39795)

Welcome to FitDay and the forums.

I don't know that anyone can tell you "exactly" what to eat, but some guidelines I follow are:

No junk food.
Lots of lean protein.
No (few) simple carbs.
Lots of fruit and veggies.
A gallon/4 liters of water a day.

I keep my calories to 1500-1600 a day, on average.

I like to keep my calorie mix to a weekly average of 40 carbs/30 fat/30 protein.

Hope this helps!

Regards,
Michael

PS If you are looking for an actual structured "diet", The Zone and South Beach would be my personal choices. Of course, there are a plethora of others and they all have their pros and cons.

Originally Posted by hananshz (Post 40084)

Hi BabyBiscotti, when I was talking about the 40/30/30 I was referring to Michael reply (up), and my question was how could he maintain the ratio, as still for my protein intake it is always low, and I don't know how to raise it, I concentrate more on vegetables as the advice of every one, but that means that the carbohidrates ration is more!!