i need help with my daily diet page

[ar0e]

I need some advice on what I'm doing wrong. I feel like I'm eating right and exercising enough but I'm not losing weight at all! It's getting really frustrating and I'm almost tempted to go back to a typical SAD and running 5 miles a day like I did when I lost about 60 pounds 4 years ago. A typical day looks like this:

Breakfast:
2 jumbo cage free organic eggs from the farmers market
2 pieces uncured, nitrate free bacon
2 tablespoons Pace thick and chunky salsa
1 ounce shredded pepper jack cheese
cooked in a tbsp of kerrygold butter

8 oz coffee
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 tsp maple syrup (I measure it precisely)
splash of heavy cream


Lunch:
Organic Field greens salad
1/2 grilled chicken breast or salmon cooked in a tbsp of kerrygold
sesame ginger dressing (1 tb sesame oil, 1 tb tamari, minced ginger, minced garlic, 1/2 tsp sesame seeds)
1/4 a bell pepper
1 stalk of green onion


Dinner:
2 fist sized servings of protein (grass fed hamburger, shrimp, chicken thighs or legs, steak, tuna, or salmon)
1 cup of veggies like broccoli, asparagus, or salad with either a tbsp of butter or a quick vinaigrette dressing


1-2 glasses of wine


I also use 1 lemon a day added to my water, and I take a multivitamin, a fish oil, and a magnesium supplement daily. I do a full body 20 minute kettlebell workout 3 times a week and walk my dog about 2.5 miles daily. Any advice would be appreciated.

[JoPaleo]

How long have you been eating like this now?
Height?
Weight?
You drink 1-2 glasses of wine per day?
How many cups of water do you drink per day?

The cheese should be ok but maybe try to take it out for a couple of weeks and add some veggies instead and see if you notice any weight loss.

"8 oz coffee
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 tsp maple syrup (I measure it precisely)
splash of heavy cream" - This should be ok but maybe take out the cocoa powder and maple syrup and see what happens.

[ar0e]

I'm 5'10" and 209 lbs., I'm currently a size 14 and my goal is a size 4, or somewhere around 160 pounds. I've been eating like this for over 2 months. I drink over 100oz of water daily and sometimes a glass of green or black tea. Do you think the cocoa powder and maple syrup is a deal breaker? I can't handle my coffee without a little sweetness, should I maybe just drink tea instead?

[tradawg]

How often are you drinking the wine? That can really stall weight loss for some people. Have you tried stevia in your coffee?

[ar0e]

I drink wine with my dinner every night, I do measure it though each glass is exactly 5 oz. I have tried stevia in the past but I found the taste was bitter. Is the maple syrup really high in sugar? Based on the nutrition facts on the bottle it has about 7 grams of sugar per tablespoon, it is all natural, grade B if that makes any difference.

[JoPaleo]

I'm 5'10" and 209 lbs., I'm currently a size 14 and my goal is a size 4, or somewhere around 160 pounds. I've been eating like this for over 2 months. I drink over 100oz of water daily and sometimes a glass of green or black tea. Do you think the cocoa powder and maple syrup is a deal breaker? I can't handle my coffee without a little sweetness, should I maybe just drink tea instead?

You're female?
You drink the wine everyday?

Are they a deal breaker? Maybe, maybe not. Try eliminating them for a few weeks and see what happens.

[JoPaleo]

I drink wine with my dinner every night, I do measure it though each glass is exactly 5 oz. I have tried stevia in the past but I found the taste was bitter. Is the maple syrup really high in sugar? Based on the nutrition facts on the bottle it has about 7 grams of sugar per tablespoon, it is all natural, grade B if that makes any difference.

If you want to keep the maple syrup in, keep it in. The wine every night may be slowing the weight loss.

Can you have 1 or 2 glasses of wine per week, keep everything else the same and see what happens? Give it a few weeks. If you can get rid of the wine altogether for a while, that'd be better. It's really up to you. If you're still not losing, gotta change something else.

[Tealia]

I don't know why someone would suggest removing cocoa powder.
Cocoa powder is healthy, low calorie, and what carbs are in it are half fiber.

I would suggest playing around with intermittent fasting. Turn those three moderate meals into two deluxe meals. Even if you take in the same calories, fitting them into a smaller window of time has been shown to help burn fat.

[avelin]

Drop the sugar (maple syrup is sugar).

Drop the dairy - the purpose of dairy is to put weight on infants. Or make it rare. Swap ghee/clarified butter for butter (it will make a huge difference). Learn to use CO milk.
Also try fattier meats and less leaner stuff with

Drop the daily wine - again keep it for special - it's just another form of sugar. You could cut back to one which would already halve your intake ;-)

I reckon the cocoa is fine BUT if you are drinking cocoa and/or coffee as a vehicle for sugar and dairy then learn to drink it black or remove it.

[Bettie]

when i was drinking (almost) daily i was not able to loose any weight, even with daily workouts and a great diet.