Counting calories?

[Molle_23]

How many of you do count the calorie intake during a diet?
What are you optimal % of fat/protein/carbs during diet ???

 

[muscleup]

well if I'm bulking I use this Ratio....40%carbs,40%proteins,20%healthy fats

 

[Beezers]

Not only do I count calories while dieting(which is a must imo), but I also count them while on my bulking diet. I write my daily menu up before I start whatever phase I'm going into and stick to it. I eat the same meal plan every day so I know that I getting what I need, but at the same time not going overboard while bulking. It's very important to know what your puting into your body so that you can moniter your pregress and changes more acurately. BUlking is no excuse to get lazy on the diet, but there is a little more leeway when it comes to cheating. Regardless, calories should be know as well as macronutrient profile of the diet.

 

[muscleup]

Beezers I'm in the same boat that you're in.I to beleive that one should count calories when bulking and I've also kept a food diary for the past couple years that way if anything goes wrong with your diet you can always go see were you messed things up.

 

[neo1605]

I never count calories, If I'm bulking I just eat a shit load, If I'm cutting I bump up the cardio and eat really clean. I would go mad if I counted calories.

 

[Beezers]

Beezers I'm in the same boat that you're in.I to beleive that one should count calories when bulking and I've also kept a food diary for the past couple years that way if anything goes wrong with your diet you can always go see were you messed things up.

You're exactly right about the food journals. I too have kept one for several years now and they are the best help you can get. It enables you the pin point the errors of your ways. Really helps a lot when you try to figure out what works and what doesn't. I couldn't live without my diet journal.

 

[Komo]

I have a great knowledge about the nutritional value of almost all foods, it is almost uncanny...hehe

A couple of years ago I used to count calories, but nowadays I don`t need to, I know that when I am bulking I use 1,5 dl (decilitre) rice/meal, when on a diet 1dl rice/meal for example. Also I try to get about 40-50g of protein/meal, but since I always eat the same food i don`t have to count calories.

This is of course indirect counting of calories, but it is not a pain in the ass, nor as obsessive as really counting every day...

I never do really strict diets though, if I did I guess I would count calories in a more strict regimen.

For me the best energy intake ratio to loose fat and retain muscle seems to be 45-50% carbs, 15%fat, 35-40% protein.

Are you thinking about competing Molle, or is it just a little hobby diet?

/Komo

 

[serge]

when dieting i count very precisely what goes into my body, when bulking i just make sure to take over 5000cals/day.

 

[Molle_23]

I have a great knowledge about the nutritional value of almost all foods, it is almost uncanny...hehe ....

For me the best energy intake ratio to loose fat and retain muscle seems to be 45-50% carbs, 15%fat, 35-40% protein.

Are you thinking about competing Molle, or is it just a little hobby diet?

/Komo

HA ha, hobby diet - what is that ??? I will not be competing in the close future, but maybe later on....even though I doubt it !!!

I need more mass...never been this fat before - never been over 12 % before... but now I'm close to 14 % I think...

So this is my first "real" diet, and I find it very hard to vary "what to eat", seems like you guys have the same problem. Lots of the same stuff every day

I would go mad if I counted all day - ugh

 

[Chuck T]

If I have the info for the food, then I calculate it, if its something like a potatoe then i kinda guestimate, so I do keep track of everythign I eat I just dont know how exact that is....its pretty close

-Chuck