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[quote=Anonymous][quote=OliviaDCUM]I am trying to track the food I eat - i find it to be terribly tedious and  not a feasible long term strategy, but know it is good for establishing better eating habits. I am tracking calories, fat and protein. Here is what I have had so far today:

Cottage cheese 90 
1/3 tbsp margarine 20
1 piece whole wheat toast 50

fruit snacks 80

vegetarian corndog 140
Pudding 120

3/4 pint strawberries 80

Total calories - 580, 12 g fat and 26 g protein

For the record, we have been out of town so the food I had up to the strawberries was leftover junk from 2012. I got groceries this evening and picked up healthier food to eat going forward. Like the bowl of strawberries I just had :)

Planning on trying for around 1500 calories a day. Going to eat a biggish dinner soon. This tends to be my normal pattern, but I cut down on the daytime snacking. Also need to cut down on night time snacking :)[/quote]

Hi PP here who lost 73 lbs in 2010.

1500 calories is a very reasonable goal  :)

I would suggest eating several small meals through out the day, instead of eliminating the snacks and eating "bigggish" dinners.   I typically eat 6 meals that are approx. 250 calories each.
It sounds like you need more fruits and vegetables in your diet.   Could you have substituted a piece of real fruit for the fruit snacks?   It would have been about the same amount of calories.

One thing I heard once that helps me get in all my fruits and vegetables is to "Eat a rainbow every day".   If you think of fruits and veggies in their color group, and try to get at least one of every color, every day.   For example, eat a red bell pepper (red group), some carrots (orange/yellow group), broccoli (green group), some blackberries (from the blue/purple group) and a banana (white group) and you'll have had your "rainbow" of veggies/fruits. :)[/quote]

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