To think this is a decent day of eating?

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I have prepped food for tomorrow and my partner says it’s awful, but I think it’s decent!

Breakfast is baked oats - whey protein added and made with dark chocolate chips and some frozen raspberries. 420 calories and 33g of protein.

Lunch - chicken pie with baby potatoes. Lighter puff pastry used. 520 calories and 54g of protein.

Dinner - beef stew. Beef, potatoes, vegetables and gravy.

Snacks - light Greek yoghurt with stewed berries, and a packet of popchips.

Total - 1511 calories, 137g of protein and 37g of fibre.

I’m on a weight loss journey and will go to the gym before work tomorrow. I think it’s balanced, provides all my fruit and veg for the day (8 portions), hits my goals (im more worried about fibre than protein) and is genuinely tasty wholesome food.

YABU - this is unhealthy.

YANBU - it’s a good day of food.

Oh good god.

Did you look at the screen shots of OPs food for the day?

over 90% of it was from natural sources.

Potatoes twice isn't the best

The recommended minimum for women to avoid protein deficiency is 0.75g per kilo of body weight but the minimum to gain or maintain muscle is 1-1.5g per kilo so significantly more than 40-60g!

Cooked chicken has more calories than raw? Jesus wept. You weigh it raw and then cook it, using calories per raw weight. It doesn't gain calories during cooking unless you're frying it in oil in which case you add the oil calories to the calculation!!

I’d say the only processed things I’m having are the protein powder (but it’s literally just whey), the pastry and the popcorn (switched the popchips for popcorn lol). Everything else is natural

It sounds good op and I am in awe of your planning and commitment to counting calories etc, something I have never done! It obviously works for you so pay no attention.

Actually she is right - cooked will have different macros to raw due to a) cooking method and b) water loss.

However, it’s better to weigh raw than once it’s cooked as it’s often more accurate.

Obviously, if you’ve already cooked it then record as cooked not as because you find havd the original raw weight to go by.

Why not?

But it's good enough. People go on about there wasn't any fat people in days gone by. As someone who grew up in the 70s, we didn't have the variety that people think you need. The bread in the lunch time sandwiches wasn't any better than a portion of potatoes. So potatoes twice, is ok, occasionally, when you are active and it's winter. The OP has said some days she has hearty soup. It isn't double potatoes every day. People used to fo a pan of stew and eat it twice a day, after porridge to start the day.

A man who has two meal replacements shakes has the audacity to say that your diet is crap?! Those things are about the worst thing you can have, everyone I knows who uses them has almost permanent gut rot and bad farts! That is hilarious. He is probably jealous that your way is obviously working (well done on your amazing weight loss btw!) so you are not biting the balls off low flying ducks like he must be!

Well done for losing 130lbs. That’s seriously impressive. The fact your partner polices your food in case you put weight back on is a massive red flag. I would not stand for that in my relationship. Nor would I pay any attention to nutrition advice given by someone that doesn’t eat food. Huel is toxic and disordered eating imo.

You weigh your food, you prepare it from scratch, you count every calorie and you prioritise protein and fibre. It’s a great day of eating. The best diet is one you can stick to, and stay in a calorie deficit. You’re losing 3lb a week. It’s a great way of eating.

No such thing as too many carbs. Macros are way more complicated. No such thing as too many hot meals. That’s personal preference. No such rule as can’t have meat and veg twice a day.

enjoy the food. Tell your partner to stfu and stop trying to control you.

This is amazing, please move on with me and be my partner 😅

Yes but anything has different calories cooked to raw - that doesn't mean the calories change from raw to cooked it just means you either weigh it raw or cooked but you have to use the calculation for the correct state - if you weigh 100g of raw pasta and then calculate the calories for 100g of cooked pasta you're going to be completely wrong but if you use the calories per raw weight you'll be fine! The poster I was replying to was suggesting that the calories in the chicken will have changed from raw weight to cooked by some mysterious process which is simply nonsense

Gosh what could she possibly mean.

Positively baffling!

But she hasn't said is this an OK day of eating, she said good. And she hasn't referred to any other days and diet, just this one, indicated in the title. I'm basing it on this day and this food. Potatoes twice isn't good, which was her question.

This.

Sounds immense. Please can you start meal prepping for me?

I said decent.

But you haven't explained why potatoes twice a day isn't good.

But why is double potatoes bad?

Then cook for yourself and tell him to sort himself out. Simple.

I’m confused why about 225g of potato (so your average jacket potato) is bad? Is it because it’s spread over two meals?

I work in nutrition and see nothing wrong with it, it's higher than average protein, fibre is decent enough. I don't think it's too many carbs. People will always have something to say when it comes to diet.

So why is the amount of potato’s bad? Please explain.

If you have an 800g breast of chicken that’s raw and you mark it as cooked instead I guarantee you the calories will be more.