fiday.com - nutrients and calories

[genveg]

For the past week I have been faithfully entering all of the foods I have eaten at fitday.com . I was curious to see if I was getting all my (so called) required nutrients. (so called because they are really estimates, and don't (can't) take individual lifestyle into account).

Anyhow, I did not try to change or alter my diet because I wanted

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[mark33]

I've decided to become very strict about diet. Before I went completely raw I was actually stricter than I am now. No sprouted grains or beans and very little to no nuts.

[genveg]

Any idea what your daily caloric consumption is? I'm just starting to think that we may need way less food than proposed with the RDAs.

I have decided that I don't want to be 100% raw, its too difficult with my lifestyle. I have just been in too many situations where even being a vegetarian is a big deal. And in many of the countries I work in, I don't want to eat raw foods that I don't prepare myself (i.e. soak all the parasites off). Its easier to just order a vegetarian (usually cooked) dish and just not eat much of it. And then eat later in my hotel room from foods I brought from home.

What I have learned going raw is that I don't actually need to eat all meals, and I travel much better if I don't eat very much at all. I am also not eating 'whatever I can find' at airports. If I can find fruit I'll eat it. If I can't, I will just have water and not worry about 'missing a meal'. I'm finding this attitude is helping with jet lag. I find I feel much better the day after flying if I don't eat large meals. Or even much at all. Its

[mark33]

I have no idea what my caloric intake is. I definitely need to eat less, but I am sticking to just fruits and veg.

Definitely don't worry about missing a meal. Most of the time it is better not to eat than to eat.

[guen_the_cat]

I will agree that Raw foodists probably don't actually need the 1500-2000 calorie intake suggested by the RDA. Especially if you're a sedintary person or if you eat foods that use their fuel more efficiently. However, when you're talking about most of the world who eats cooked foods, eating below a 1500 calorie diet just isn't nutritionally pheasable. If they were raw eaters at least 60% of the time, yeah, but not with eating cooked. People who are on regular cooked diets and try to get less than the 1500 calorie intake usually end up starving themselves because they don't have a concept of eating actual meals that are naural and low cal. I categorize myself in that bunch as a beginner in the Raw food world. And I have a friend who's despearately trying to lose weight and so she's resorted to taking many 2-3 day fasts. And when she eats her low cal meals, she eats almost all of her calories in one sitting. So she really DOES starve herself, but not in an intentional anorexic way. She just got into juicing, though so I'm

[ex_chose]

I'm really interested in doing that too. as time consuming as it can be. :]

do you mind if I add you?

[genveg]

Hi,
Sure you can add me. I don't post very often though, it comes in spurts.