Who here counts calories
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senecarr
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Do you count calories?
How thoroughly?
Does it seem to correlate well with weight loss / gain?
I've heard from one or two people that this might actually be how to lose weight.
How thoroughly?
Does it seem to correlate well with weight loss / gain?
I've heard from one or two people that this might actually be how to lose weight.
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No never.
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Of course I count my calories. It is a calorie counting website is it not?
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Just stay away from the detox.0 -
Just stay away from the detox.
Could I snag a detox on my way to the calorie counter? Won't it jump start my metabolism?0 -
Just stay away from the detox.
Could I snag a detox on my way to the calorie counter? Won't it jump start my metabolism?
Only if it involved distilled potato juice0 -
Counting Calories? It's snake oil. smh.0
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I don't count. I just write down my favorite number and go with that.0
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I did, and lost 60-ish pounds because of it.
Then, I continued counting, and (intentionally, over the course of a couple bulk cycles) put about 15 back on.
It was extremely helpful for me in accomplishing my goals.
Today, I don't strictly count them per se, but I use a lot of what I learned during my weight loss and bulk to help manage my caloric intake and exercise. I do still weigh in occasionally to ensure I'm maintaining within my desired range.
Should I begin to fail at maintaining, I'll go back to basics and start counting again.0 -
I count calories. Very thoroughly. Basically, I don't count herbs and seasonings.
My 122 pound weight loss correlated directly with the period during which I was counting calories and keeping my intake below my burn. This worked well for me when I ate relatively few carbs because there wasn't room for them and when I eat about 500 grams a day because there was room for them.0 -
You have to detox with clean carbs to loose weight. Counting calories only works if you set your calorie goal to 1200 per day and then do 3 hours of HIIT cardio at midnight while drinking banana juice.0
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I did--lost 95 lbs.
I've not been counting them lately and am also not losing anymore. Hmm. And I'm working out and eating a really healthy diet too.
(I've also not cared that much about losing the last 5-7 lbs that I'd in theory like to lose, but I'm seriously thinking about starting to count again because I am actually starting to think it's time.)
I am so happy to have gotten over all the weird superstitious/dysfunctional things about food and weight gain that I used to buy into, even while knowing in my head that calories were what mattered.0 -
I did for 18 months, and because of what that taught me, I don't have to anymore.0
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Me! I count calories! 20-ish lbs gone and still going. I've blocked out all the woo, eat what I like, and exercise for my beer calories.
It's working like a charm.0 -
I count them. See?
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Never mind, it's too complicated and time consuming.0 -
MommyL2015 wrote: »I count them. See?
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Never mind, it's too complicated and time consuming.
You forgot to zero it. That's why it was so time consuming. Likes this:
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zeroed / tar
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See, now you only had one calorie to count.0 -
Tinabob777 wrote: »1, 1 calorie bwahahaha
2, 2 calories bwhahahaha
That's how I count my calories, a la sesame street!
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