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Been underestimating calories

Posts: 31 Member
edited December 2024 in Getting Started
So I got a food scale and found out I had been VASTLY underestimating my calories. Mostly from bacon. I don’t like crispy bacon. So when I logged “strips of bacon” it gave me the wrong calorie value. I’ve lost 40 pounds in the past year but had hit a plateau. So it was kinda good to find that there might be a reason.

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  • Posts: 3,511 Member
    This is something that I think we all have to face up to at some point. Shocker isn't it :o But it is good to be honest with yourself. I know I will have to tighten up my logging soon if I want to lose more weight. But at present with the lockdown I decided to maintain and that has been more sucessful than I thought it would be.
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