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Who here counts calories
senecarr
Posts: 5,377 Member
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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There's a way to count calories on MyFitnessPal? I thought it was just a forum and blog.
is this real life?0 -
There's a way to count calories on MyFitnessPal? I thought it was just a forum and blog.
Go past the woo and take a left. If you hit the Dr. Oz and MLM's you've gone too far.0 -
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Go past the woo and take a left. If you hit the Dr. Oz and MLM's you've gone too far.
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 -
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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So tell me...how bored are you today to have started this thread??? lol0
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Exactly 42 angstroms worth.cookiealbright wrote: »So tell me...how bored are you today to have started this thread??? lol
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Exactly 42 angstroms worth.
You counted all of them??0 -
Is that Count Calories?0 -
melimomTARDIS wrote: »
is this real life?
Unfortunately.0 -
I was told as long as I used 42, my answer would be right. That's why I eat everything as either 42 calories, grams, or ounces, and try to eat 42 total servings a day of things. I figure the means I'll reach the correct weight. Is that not how it works?ceoverturf wrote: »
You counted all of them??
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I was told as long as I used 42, my answer would be right. That's why I eat everything as either 42 calories, grams, or ounces, and try to eat 42 total servings a day of things. I figure the means I'll reach the correct weight. Is that not how it works?
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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.
You bet I do. I count all calories I consume and log them too.
Surprisingly, calorie counting does confirm whether I'm eating too little (lose weight), eating too much (gain weight) or eating just the right amount (maintain weight).
Those people you heard from on this....are spot on.
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cookiealbright wrote: »So tell me...how bored are you today to have started this thread??? lol
Bored? That's not the way I see it, I an interesting discussion unfolding.0
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