Who here counts calories

senecarr
senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
edited November 24 in Food and Nutrition
Do you count calories?
How thoroughly?
Does it seem to correlate well with weight loss / gain?
I've heard from one or two people that this might actually be how to lose weight.
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  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    No never. ;)

  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    Of course I count my calories. It is a calorie counting website is it not? ;)

  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    Azexas wrote: »
    Of course I count my calories. It is a calorie counting website is it not? ;)
    There's a way to count calories on MyFitnessPal? I thought it was just a forum and blog.
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    Azexas wrote: »
    Of course I count my calories. It is a calorie counting website is it not? ;)
    There's a way to count calories on MyFitnessPal? I thought it was just a forum and blog.

    is this real life?
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    Azexas wrote: »
    Of course I count my calories. It is a calorie counting website is it not? ;)
    There's a way to count calories on MyFitnessPal? I thought it was just a forum and blog.

    Go past the woo and take a left. If you hit the Dr. Oz and MLM's you've gone too far.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    melimomTARDIS wrote: »
    senecarr wrote: »
    Azexas wrote: »
    Of course I count my calories. It is a calorie counting website is it not? ;)
    There's a way to count calories on MyFitnessPal? I thought it was just a forum and blog.

    is this real life?
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  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
    Azexas wrote: »
    senecarr wrote: »
    Azexas wrote: »
    Of course I count my calories. It is a calorie counting website is it not? ;)
    There's a way to count calories on MyFitnessPal? I thought it was just a forum and blog.

    Go past the woo and take a left. If you hit the Dr. Oz and MLM's you've gone too far.

    Just stay away from the detox.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    kkenseth wrote: »
    Azexas wrote: »
    senecarr wrote: »
    Azexas wrote: »
    Of course I count my calories. It is a calorie counting website is it not? ;)
    There's a way to count calories on MyFitnessPal? I thought it was just a forum and blog.

    Go past the woo and take a left. If you hit the Dr. Oz and MLM's you've gone too far.

    Just stay away from the detox.

    Could I snag a detox on my way to the calorie counter? Won't it jump start my metabolism?
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    kkenseth wrote: »
    Azexas wrote: »
    senecarr wrote: »
    Azexas wrote: »
    Of course I count my calories. It is a calorie counting website is it not? ;)
    There's a way to count calories on MyFitnessPal? I thought it was just a forum and blog.

    Go past the woo and take a left. If you hit the Dr. Oz and MLM's you've gone too far.

    Just stay away from the detox.

    Could I snag a detox on my way to the calorie counter? Won't it jump start my metabolism?

    Only if it involved distilled potato juice
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    Counting Calories? It's snake oil. smh.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    I don't count. I just write down my favorite number and go with that.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    I did, and lost 60-ish pounds because of it.

    Then, I continued counting, and (intentionally, over the course of a couple bulk cycles) put about 15 back on.

    It was extremely helpful for me in accomplishing my goals.

    Today, I don't strictly count them per se, but I use a lot of what I learned during my weight loss and bulk to help manage my caloric intake and exercise. I do still weigh in occasionally to ensure I'm maintaining within my desired range.

    Should I begin to fail at maintaining, I'll go back to basics and start counting again.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    I count calories. Very thoroughly. Basically, I don't count herbs and seasonings.

    My 122 pound weight loss correlated directly with the period during which I was counting calories and keeping my intake below my burn. This worked well for me when I ate relatively few carbs because there wasn't room for them and when I eat about 500 grams a day because there was room for them.
  • richln
    richln Posts: 809 Member
    You have to detox with clean carbs to loose weight. Counting calories only works if you set your calorie goal to 1200 per day and then do 3 hours of HIIT cardio at midnight while drinking banana juice.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I did--lost 95 lbs.

    I've not been counting them lately and am also not losing anymore. Hmm. And I'm working out and eating a really healthy diet too.

    (I've also not cared that much about losing the last 5-7 lbs that I'd in theory like to lose, but I'm seriously thinking about starting to count again because I am actually starting to think it's time.)

    I am so happy to have gotten over all the weird superstitious/dysfunctional things about food and weight gain that I used to buy into, even while knowing in my head that calories were what mattered.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    I did for 18 months, and because of what that taught me, I don't have to anymore.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    Me! I count calories! 20-ish lbs gone and still going. I've blocked out all the woo, eat what I like, and exercise for my beer calories.

    It's working like a charm.
  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
    I count them. See?

    . <--- one.
    . <--- two.

    Never mind, it's too complicated and time consuming.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    MommyL2015 wrote: »
    I count them. See?

    . <--- one.
    . <--- two.

    Never mind, it's too complicated and time consuming.

    You forgot to zero it. That's why it was so time consuming. Likes this:
    . <--- one.
    zeroed / tar
    . <--- one.

    See, now you only had one calorie to count.
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    Tinabob777 wrote: »
    1, 1 calorie bwahahaha
    2, 2 calories bwhahahaha

    That's how I count my calories, a la sesame street!

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  • cookiealbright
    cookiealbright Posts: 605 Member
    So tell me...how bored are you today to have started this thread??? lol
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    ^^This is how I do it. Yea, it's a slow process but I get it down. LOL
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    cookiealbright wrote: »
    So tell me...how bored are you today to have started this thread??? lol
    Exactly 42 angstroms worth.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    cookiealbright wrote: »
    So tell me...how bored are you today to have started this thread??? lol
    Exactly 42 angstroms worth.

    You counted all of them??
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Azexas wrote: »
    Tinabob777 wrote: »
    1, 1 calorie bwahahaha
    2, 2 calories bwhahahaha

    That's how I count my calories, a la sesame street!

    image.png?w=400&c=1

    Is that Count Calories?
  • healthyrachel1979
    healthyrachel1979 Posts: 414 Member
    melimomTARDIS wrote: »
    senecarr wrote: »
    Azexas wrote: »
    Of course I count my calories. It is a calorie counting website is it not? ;)
    There's a way to count calories on MyFitnessPal? I thought it was just a forum and blog.

    is this real life?

    Unfortunately.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    senecarr wrote: »
    cookiealbright wrote: »
    So tell me...how bored are you today to have started this thread??? lol
    Exactly 42 angstroms worth.

    You counted all of them??
    I was told as long as I used 42, my answer would be right. That's why I eat everything as either 42 calories, grams, or ounces, and try to eat 42 total servings a day of things. I figure the means I'll reach the correct weight. Is that not how it works?
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    senecarr wrote: »
    cookiealbright wrote: »
    So tell me...how bored are you today to have started this thread??? lol
    Exactly 42 angstroms worth.

    You counted all of them??
    I was told as long as I used 42, my answer would be right. That's why I eat everything as either 42 calories, grams, or ounces, and try to eat 42 total servings a day of things. I figure the means I'll reach the correct weight. Is that not how it works?

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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    Do you count calories?
    How thoroughly?
    Does it seem to correlate well with weight loss / gain?
    I've heard from one or two people that this might actually be how to lose weight.

    You bet I do. I count all calories I consume and log them too.

    Surprisingly, calorie counting does confirm whether I'm eating too little (lose weight), eating too much (gain weight) or eating just the right amount (maintain weight).

    Those people you heard from on this....are spot on. :)
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    cookiealbright wrote: »
    So tell me...how bored are you today to have started this thread??? lol

    Bored? That's not the way I see it, I an interesting discussion unfolding.
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