Should pre-workout snack be counted?

jonnythan

Am I looking at my watch? I couldn't care what time he eats, he just needs to eat. I would bet a large sum of money he's not consuming enough food at ANY time, including his "late night binges".

Most of these guys don't have the appetite to scarf down 2000-3000 in a single sitting or a short window, so they are much better served eating what they can, when they can.

And do you really think that a guy that would measure out half a banana is going hog wild at other parts of the day? Dubious, highly dubious

I've measured out half a banana while bulking.

He said he has massive cravings later in the day. Let's not condemn him and tell him he's doing everything all wrong and needs to do things differently. We don't know what he's doing.

msf74

Because i'm feeling a little restricted by not going over 100 calories after working out cause i already ate 50 cals earlier...

In your specific situation I wouldn't bother logging it.

The 50 cals is negligible and I see you are RDing (I presume following a period of excessive caloric restriction - if this is wrong please correct me and I may adjust my advice.)

As such reducing your level of anxiety over your food intake trumps the minimal, if any, impact of not logging the half a banana.

Keep trucking dude.

DavPul

Am I looking at my watch? I couldn't care what time he eats, he just needs to eat. I would bet a large sum of money he's not consuming enough food at ANY time, including his "late night binges".

Most of these guys don't have the appetite to scarf down 2000-3000 in a single sitting or a short window, so they are much better served eating what they can, when they can.

And do you really think that a guy that would measure out half a banana is going hog wild at other parts of the day? Dubious, highly dubious

I've measured out half a banana while bulking.

He said he has massive cravings later in the day. Let's not condemn him and tell him he's doing everything all wrong and needs to do things differently. We don't know what he's doing.

Alrighty then, I'll leave him in your capable hands

sjohnny

Lol! i actually measure everything so it really is 45 cals cause i only eat 50 grams of a banana (1/2 banana) and no i'm not trying to loose weight, i'm actually on reverse dieting, i usually save calories for intense cravings at night

Im not following.....So your counting calories to gain weight?

Something wrong with that?

Not at all. Just wondering why someone who needs to gain weight would be concerned about saving calories for later and bothering to count the calories of 1/2 a banana. Just eat the whole damn banana.

Um. Because it's still possible to overeat when trying to gain weight...?

At the OP's current size it's highly unlikely. He should eat the the whole damn banana....after dipping it in peanut butter. Gaining weight is extremely difficult for some people mainly because they have trouble eating enough cals. I agree with you that he definitely should be counting, but mostly to make sure he hits his minimum thresholds.

I've never seen any "gain weight" plan that had people limiting themselves to 50 or 100 calorie portions for snacks or meals. Measuring out banana bites damn near costs him more calories than he's consumes by eating it.

Well we can't see the OP's diary. Who knows what he's eating later in the day.

Since when do we focus on making sure people get their calories at the right time of day?

Perhaps he needs one of these with his banana.

You're only looking at about 700 calories there. Almost every single sandwich on the Panera menu has more calories than what you see in that picture. I'm not even kidding. By quick count, out of 18 sandwiches on the Panera menu, 12 have more calories, including 10 of 11 "signature" or hot sandwiches.

andresconejo

Lol! Of course i eat the rest of the cals, i'm actually recovering from undereating and right now i am trying to reach 1700 calories/day and im increasing 100 cals per week, i'm/was at the beginning of an eating disorder and i suffer orthorexia but i'm recovering from it, i think measuring everything even when you're bulking is okay, everything is DISCIPLINE