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roosevelt_beard
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Hello all this is my first attempt at counting my calories. Any advice?
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Hi, my best advice is to plan what you're going to eat for the day, and use MFP to calculate the calories. Record everything you eat and drink. Also at first, I would weigh everything, that way you know exactly what you're eating. The site tends to use cups as a measurement, but if you look through the database some entries have grams / and other measures. Good luck. I have just completed my second week, weigh in tomorrow!0
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Planning is a very important tool to get in the habit of. Life is still going to happen but if we can plan for things we need to. I have lost 103 lbs and looking forward is an important part of that. Feel free to add me to your friends list.0
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janeyjane26 wrote: »Hi, my best advice is to plan what you're going to eat for the day, and use MFP to calculate the calories. Record everything you eat and drink. Also at first, I would weigh everything, that way you know exactly what you're eating. The site tends to use cups as a measurement, but if you look through the database some entries have grams / and other measures. Good luck. I have just completed my second week, weigh in tomorrow!Planning is a very important tool to get in the habit of. Life is still going to happen but if we can plan for things we need to. I have lost 103 lbs and looking forward is an important part of that. Feel free to add me to your friends list.
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Thank you all.0
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Buy a digital food scale, cost is around 20 dollars. It can really help at first to truly understand serving sizes.0
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