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 counting calories--useful?
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Novice 
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I was just wondering if everyone keeps track of their daily intake of carbs, fats, calories, proteins, sodium, etc. I know it can be useful, but it seems to be such a hassle to do. Currently I don't keep track, I just "watch what I eat." I kind of estimate how much protein or carbs I eat a day and concentrate on eating more protein. I also don't measure out anything. Is this something I should be doing? Yes, I am trying to lose bf but I do want to have a life too. I guess I want to know if this is a must to get the wanted results. thanks everyone.     | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder 
Posts: 141 |
Try counting calories for a week or so. By then you probably will have counted the calories in the foods you eat most often. It will serve as a guage for eyeballing portion sizes and teaching you to know your limits. | ||
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Moderator 
Posts: 1616 |
It's a good habit to do. After a while you'll be able to ball park just about anything without a second thought. I was amazed at how well my wife could do this. All she needed was the weight of the food and she could get within +/- 5% no prob. Without knowing the weight, right around 10%. It was cool. Course dinning out is much harder as you don't know what they have added. But even then she did pretty well (sometime the restaurant would have the info). ------------------ Lobo | ||
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Novice
Posts: 9 |
Thanks for the advice. I've been keeping track of everything for the last two days. I went to the M&F site and found some useful info to get me started. I tabulated that I should be getting about 1900 calories a day. I've been about 100 too few. But I did find I'm eating a lot of fat. Mainly from peanut butter, flax seed oil, and ranch dressing. I'm wondering if this find is what is keeping me from losing bf. It's not the calories. I have started to go for 45 minutes at least each cardio session (5-6x/wk). I was so pround of myself for burning 763 calories (according to the machines)the other day. If only I could everytime but I have to cut it short to go to work. I've been taking anavar along with my primo so maybe this will work. Thanks again. | ||
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Moderator
Posts: 1616 |
You might be doing to much cardio.... Take a look at the cardio thread. Remember, building muscle is the key to long term weight loss.... Don't spend more time running than you do lifting! ------------------ Lobo | ||
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Amateur Bodybuilder
Posts: 141 |
You still hangin in there LW? Remember that when a cardio machine calculates how many calories you burn, it is generalizing for a 150 lb. person if you don't enter your weight. Calories in> calories expended= weight gain |
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posted October 29, 2000 01:08 PM