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Counting Calories

Mari_2009
Mari_2009 Posts: 41 Member
edited January 27 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi!! This may seem like a dumb question but how exactly do you count calories?

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  • iarelarry
    iarelarry Posts: 201 Member
    My Fitness Pal :cry:
  • Hotdawgnothotdog
    Hotdawgnothotdog Posts: 179 Member
    You log your foods, everything you eat / drink. You have breakfast, log the cereal and milk (or whatever), you go for a 30 minute walk, log it. Say you get 2000 calories a day, you want an orange that's 80 calories, but only have 10 calories left, (so you've had 1990 calories that day) you either don't have the orange or go over a little bit.
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    one at a time....
    seriously...My Fitness Pal. makes it easy.
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    Fill out your profile honestly, set it to lose .5 to 1 lb a week unless you have loads to lose, and just try to meet the section on your food diary that says "Your Daily Goal". Eat back your exercise calories when and if you earn them. Weigh and measure your food so you can track it as accurately as possible.
  • Mari_2009
    Mari_2009 Posts: 41 Member
    Thanks everyone!!! :)
  • linsey0689
    linsey0689 Posts: 753 Member
    What are you confused about? Use measuring cup for liquids and food scales for everything else.
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