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What do YOU count in order to reach your goals?
Counting calories? Macros?
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OH it is the hardest dang thing for me to do lol.....I use fit day or Prevention.com to log them. I try to eat protein in the am and at night just to try to get the protien higher..I count cals and macros..cals are the monst important for me because after a long run I don't feel like eating at all ...so I need to get them up there for recovery
Mo'Muscles
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What do you think of the notion of NOT counting calories? I was listening to a podcast with Tosca Reno and she says "counting calories is a myth".
I am not saying I support that idea at all....but what are your thoughts on it?
I am not saying I support that idea at all....but what are your thoughts on it?
needtogetaas
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I think you can only get so far before you have to. I mean if you just wanted to live more healthy and be in a little better shape. Then maybe you can get away with not counting at all.Mo'Muscles said:
A lot of times people say things they know every one wants to hear ie "counting cals is a myth" O come on your kidding right? Maybe for the reg old Joe it is. counting cals is a tool used to reach a goal. If you have a goal you can reach it better knowing what you are putting in your body and how your body reacts to it. Counting cals and keeping a log helps you learn from your body and what it needs. With out it you are just fumbling around in the dark hoping you get to were you are going by luck. You might be able to walk from one side of a room to the next in the dark, but If I placed a penny on the floor could you find it and pick it up?
You might be able to get in a little better shape, be a bit more healthy by just eating better. Can you get the exact weight shape and look you want though? I guess thats all up to you. How great do you want to be? how far do you want to go? Do you want to be a little better,a lot better or the best that you can be?
I'd say that if you laid out a plan for youself say.......
m1 = one serv carb one serv protein
m2 = one serv protein one serv fat
m3 = one serv protein ; one serv vege and one serv carb
m4 = pow
m5 = one serv protein ; one serv carb
it MIGHT work. But you still must measure and weigh until you get an idea of serv size.
Also if you just ate when you were hungry and stopped when full...keeping each meal super clean......would work too
however....I think most of us have some sort of emotional attachment to food, its impossible to seperate food from pleasure for most of us. As no one should feel guilty for that. Food is one of the few pleasures we have in this life. No need to self deny ALL THE TIME.
m1 = one serv carb one serv protein
m2 = one serv protein one serv fat
m3 = one serv protein ; one serv vege and one serv carb
m4 = pow
m5 = one serv protein ; one serv carb
it MIGHT work. But you still must measure and weigh until you get an idea of serv size.
Also if you just ate when you were hungry and stopped when full...keeping each meal super clean......would work too
however....I think most of us have some sort of emotional attachment to food, its impossible to seperate food from pleasure for most of us. As no one should feel guilty for that. Food is one of the few pleasures we have in this life. No need to self deny ALL THE TIME.
Mo'Muscles
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needtogetaas said:
I like the penny analogy a lot actually!
I think a lot of people argue semantics with it. I can measure my foods and hit my macros I need and subsequently be hitting my calorie demands as well.
needtogetaas
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Very true.cindylou said:
Mo'Muscles
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cindylou said:
and she wrote the book for women...how many women ARE in fact emotional eaters? I use to be....now I just kick small animals.
needtogetaas
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Mo'Muscles said:
ha ha!!! I am trying to stay off of C&C. Thanks for bringing some cat picks over. I needed that! LOL!needtogetaas said:
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Every board needs a little funcurvymommy said:
Mo'Muscles
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needtogetaas said:
perfect5! but the albino's are lower in protein
Oh dang...I just noticed it was a bunny not a cat! lolMo'Muscles said:perfect5! but the albino's are lower in protein
needtogetaas
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Its not a bunny ether. Look again.curvymommy said:
needtogetaas said:
I need to go back to kindergarten, lol! Dang!
Tatyana
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It's a guinea pig!
There are a lot of nutritionists and trainers that have said that if you don't do the whole food diary, counting calories and macros, you will never fully understand dieting (as in a healthy diet) and nutrition.
Every time I have gone through this process it has been a major learning process.
There are a number of really interesting programs on British telly right now about diet and obesity.
One interesting thing that I remember being said is that all it takes is a 70 kcal/day excess of calories you need, and in 10 years, a chubby 18 year old will be an obese 28 year old.
It really is that simple, and you can also get fat eating really healthy foods (I have done that one as well a couple of times).
There are a lot of nutritionists and trainers that have said that if you don't do the whole food diary, counting calories and macros, you will never fully understand dieting (as in a healthy diet) and nutrition.
Every time I have gone through this process it has been a major learning process.
There are a number of really interesting programs on British telly right now about diet and obesity.
One interesting thing that I remember being said is that all it takes is a 70 kcal/day excess of calories you need, and in 10 years, a chubby 18 year old will be an obese 28 year old.
It really is that simple, and you can also get fat eating really healthy foods (I have done that one as well a couple of times).
fitness-rubber
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Tatyana said:
Exactly - no matter how healthy the foods in a diet are, too much of them are going to lead to weight gains... That's why keeping track is important at least until you have a strong handle on what's what.
needtogetaas
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Yup.Tatyana said:
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