calorie counting

tammyenix
tammyenix Posts: 9 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I was wondering how MFP members count their calories. I mean do you eat what you want and just stay with in your calories or do you try and eat more healthy choices. I sometime might eat something that is not healthy like a cookie or a piece of cake but I stay with in the calorie count, just wondering how some of you do it. Please let me know, thanks for the help.

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  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    I follow the IIFYM guide.

    If it fits your macros.

    1) Create a calorie deficit.

    2) Hit your macros (fat, protein, etc)

    3) Lift heavy

    4) Fill the rest of your calories with whatever you like.
  • llkilgore
    llkilgore Posts: 1,169 Member
    A mix of the two. I try to make healthy choices most of the time, but there are times when a cookie or a piece of cake is the healthy choice - psychologically if not nutritionally. Better a small cheat than a humongous, out of control binge.
  • Nana_Booboo
    Nana_Booboo Posts: 501 Member
    I pre-log my day. I plan on healthy meals and usually stay with what I have planned. If I eat first and log later I can't very well plan my nutrition. I love seeing that if I need to add calcium to meet my goal I can, or fiber, or decrease my sugars.

    I do on occasion have a McDonalds ice cream cone, or Burger King Jr. Whooper (no cheese or mayo) and Taco Bell Taco supreme. But I work it in so I'm not over my calories.

    Ocassionally I'll have a cookie but as I said from the start, I pre plan it into my day.

    I do however do all the above very seldom.

    And I'm finding the more healthy choices I make the less I crave the above mentioned treats.

    My favorite treat right now is:

    1/2 crisp apple chopped up very fine (pink lady is my favorite)
    5 oz greek plain yogurt
    2 TBS keshi almond flax cereal
    1 TBS chopped walnuts
    3 pks truvia sweetener

    Love this treat!!

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