Calories in vs out
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CICO, is all the drives weight changes. What controls CI? Well, imho, is an entire different equation.2
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pamhardwick8899 wrote: »Great input from other posters on the need to weigh food. Also keeping measuring cups and measuring spoons handy is a must. For Example: 1 tbs peanut butter is 94 calories, 1 tbs Olive Oil is 119 calories and 1 tbs mayonaise is 94 calories. And 1 cup of spaghetti is 210 calories. Without measuring it would be easy to eat more calories than your diet would allow.
Except for the oil - those examples are all great reasons why measuring is NOT a must - but weighing is.
Especially the peanut butter and spaghetti.
Calories is per gram - not cups or spoons volumes.
So I should be weighing my peanut butter? Yikes...that will be a mess....but worth it cuz I love it!0 -
So I should be weighing my peanut butter? Yikes...that will be a mess....but worth it cuz I love it!
Yes! Most people find they are overestimating what one tablespoon looks like. I found I was underestimating and I could eat a bit more. I find the easiest way to weigh it is to put the jar on the scale, set it to grams, tare, take out what I am eating and measure that way. The negative is the amount you log.13 -
pamhardwick8899 wrote: »Great input from other posters on the need to weigh food. Also keeping measuring cups and measuring spoons handy is a must. For Example: 1 tbs peanut butter is 94 calories, 1 tbs Olive Oil is 119 calories and 1 tbs mayonaise is 94 calories. And 1 cup of spaghetti is 210 calories. Without measuring it would be easy to eat more calories than your diet would allow.
Except for the oil - those examples are all great reasons why measuring is NOT a must - but weighing is.
Especially the peanut butter and spaghetti.
Calories is per gram - not cups or spoons volumes.
So I should be weighing my peanut butter? Yikes...that will be a mess....but worth it cuz I love it!
Put the jar on the scale, tare it to 0. Then scoop out your PB, and the negative grams on your scale is the weight of your PB. Make sure to lick the spoon!15 -
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debrakgoogins wrote: »
Sorry, I started my post before you posted but got caught up in work before hitting "post".
If I had a dollar for every time someone posted the same thing I had previously posted I'd be on vacation right now.9 -
debrakgoogins wrote: »
Sorry, I started my post before you posted but got caught up in work before hitting "post".
If I had a dollar for every time someone posted the same thing I had previously posted I'd be on vacation right now.
Great minds think alike. It made me laugh. You might be the one who taught me that trick years ago. It's a game changer.4 -
I just put an empty spoon on the scale, tare it, then weight again with peanut butter on the spoon.
Log the amount of pb on the spoon and have it with a glass of milk.6 -
pamhardwick8899 wrote: »Most packaging measures in both grams and ounces. And I use my scale every day that measures in ounces only...so maybe I can send you a pic to show you what one looks like.
packaging may say ounces, with grams mentioned.
But the nutrition label almost always mentions grams in a serving. Maybe ounces where others might show cups or spoons. And you might confirm if those ounces is liquid volume, or actually weight.
Soup cans I've noticed get wonky.
But even the rough Servings per package can be off if you were to actually divide.
So don't use that if eating the whole package - use your own calculator. Maybe once, if you commonly eat the whole package of something.
It's saved that way in your Food list.
So if it's actually 1.75 servings - it'll be there next time.2 -
RameezIqbal2015 wrote: »Hey guys . Thanks for having me in here. So I’m running into a little bit of dilemma . I’ve been tracking calories to the best of ability and long story short have been using apple watch 4 to track what I have burned for the day . There’s been plenty instances where in vs out ratio was big but for some odd reason I find myself gaining weight instead of loosing . Does eating after 6 pm really is a thing or am I doing something wrong ?? Thanks for any advise or suggestions
ok lets get serious the theory of weight loss being attributed to calories in vs calories out is only one half of the equation. yes its true you will lose weight by having a calorie deficiency but if you are still eating and making bad food choices you will eventually plateau and stay unhealthy. you need to concentrate on healthy foods that will increase metabolism which promotes weight loss. there is too much to go into for this one post but if you would like to know more please let me know i would love to help you.2 -
RameezIqbal2015 wrote: »Hey guys . Thanks for having me in here. So I’m running into a little bit of dilemma . I’ve been tracking calories to the best of ability and long story short have been using apple watch 4 to track what I have burned for the day . There’s been plenty instances where in vs out ratio was big but for some odd reason I find myself gaining weight instead of loosing . Does eating after 6 pm really is a thing or am I doing something wrong ?? Thanks for any advise or suggestions
ok lets get serious the theory of weight loss being attributed to calories in vs calories out is only one half of the equation. yes its true you will lose weight by having a calorie deficiency but if you are still eating and making bad food choices you will eventually plateau and stay unhealthy. you need to concentrate on healthy foods that will increase metabolism which promotes weight loss. there is too much to go into for this one post but if you would like to know more please let me know i would love to help you.
If you want to help, you could start by not spreading misinformation. First of all, CICO is not a theory. Its a simple equation, and depending on which number is greater, you will gain or lose weight. Second of all, the type of food a person eats has zero to do with plateaus. There have been multiple studies that have proven that losing weight alone increases health regardless of the type of food eaten. Is it healthier to eat a varied, nutritious diet? Of course it is, but as long as there is a caloric deficit, you will lose weight. Third, the type of food you eat does not increase your metabolism, nor does it decrease it. There is so much bad information in your post that I just cringed when I read it, and just hope that nobody takes it seriously.39 -
RameezIqbal2015 wrote: »Hey guys . Thanks for having me in here. So I’m running into a little bit of dilemma . I’ve been tracking calories to the best of ability and long story short have been using apple watch 4 to track what I have burned for the day . There’s been plenty instances where in vs out ratio was big but for some odd reason I find myself gaining weight instead of loosing . Does eating after 6 pm really is a thing or am I doing something wrong ?? Thanks for any advise or suggestions
ok lets get serious the theory of weight loss being attributed to calories in vs calories out is only one half of the equation. yes its true you will lose weight by having a calorie deficiency but if you are still eating and making bad food choices you will eventually plateau and stay unhealthy. you need to concentrate on healthy foods that will increase metabolism which promotes weight loss. there is too much to go into for this one post but if you would like to know more please let me know i would love to help you.
If you want to help, you could start by not spreading misinformation. First of all, CICO is not a theory. Its a simple equation, and depending on which number is greater, you will gain or lose weight. Second of all, the type of food a person eats has zero to do with plateaus. There have been multiple studies that have proven that losing weight alone increases health regardless of the type of food eaten. Is it healthier to eat a varied, nutritious diet? Of course it is, but as long as there is a caloric deficit, you will lose weight. Third, the type of food you eat does not increase your metabolism, nor does it decrease it. There is so much bad information in your post that I just cringed when I read it, and just hope that nobody takes it seriously.
The type of food does not increase your metabolism. To add on a bit though there is a difference in the calories the body requires to process foods.
"For example, the energy used to process foods is about 5–10% of the calories the food contains for carbs, 0–5% for fat and 20–30% for protein"
From this article: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/negative-calorie-foods#fact-vs-fiction
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RameezIqbal2015 wrote: »Hey guys . Thanks for having me in here. So I’m running into a little bit of dilemma . I’ve been tracking calories to the best of ability and long story short have been using apple watch 4 to track what I have burned for the day . There’s been plenty instances where in vs out ratio was big but for some odd reason I find myself gaining weight instead of loosing . Does eating after 6 pm really is a thing or am I doing something wrong ?? Thanks for any advise or suggestions
ok lets get serious the theory of weight loss being attributed to calories in vs calories out is only one half of the equation. yes its true you will lose weight by having a calorie deficiency but if you are still eating and making bad food choices you will eventually plateau and stay unhealthy. you need to concentrate on healthy foods that will increase metabolism which promotes weight loss. there is too much to go into for this one post but if you would like to know more please let me know i would love to help you.
Weight loss is only "one half of the equation of health" so in that way calories in vs calories out is only one-half of the equation of health. Also your bodies weight is comprised of more than just fat, water weight has a large influence on day to day or even week to week values on the scale...and calories in vs calories out is not a big influencer of water weight.
What calories in vs calories out is is 100% of the equation for fat loss, which presumably is the goal of people who are dieting.
After all, even though what people say is they want to lose weight what they hopefully actually mean is that they want to reduce their total percent bodyfat because it is at an unhealthy level. Getting your percent bodyfat under control and into a healthy range is certainly part of being healthy but yes, of course, it isn't the only part of being healthy.
This idea that certain foods will "increase your metabolism" though is just utterly false so I'd get away from that sort of thinking. There is no way to "increase metabolism" other than in the sense of increasing your BMR by having more muscle mass which in turn requires a certain amount of activity and calories to maintain. Now, through choices in diet and exercise you can increase your muscle mass and therefore your BMR. But the reason for the increase is the added muscle, not the food you ate....and if you are aiming for a calorie deficit you aren't going to be putting on any muscle so its a moot point.5 -
My last ramble on this topic. I will never deny CI vs CO is the sole driver or weight gain or loss. People can try to deny thermodynamics, but nope. I have spent the last 2 years trying to understand what controls CI, because I think that is where we can best control things. People can out eat any level of activity usually. We humans do better on a higher energy flux. In most studies, people who are more active are better at controlling intakes. I also think there is something about the sedentary state that makes us over eat. Now here is where I get the WOO'S... I think what we eat can be just as important as how many calories we eat for control of CI. Kevin Hall's study on hyperprocessed vs minimal processed food was a good one. Higher protein intakes seem to control CI as well. Where I think flexible dieting can help is the AVE. Abstinence Violation Effect, or the I ate a cookie so my diets blown... might as well eat the whole bag. Teaching people that they can have SOME fun and not be failures is important.8
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Just as my n=1, my Apple Watch (series 4) overestimates my calories burned by about 20%. Workout calories (the active calories) are in line with other reasonable estimates-but my total calories for the day is very high.
I would not be losing if I were using my AW as a guide for how many calories I burned.
Your watch isn’t a lab-quality device that should be taken as gospel. It’s consistent-so it’s likely to be approximately the same level of accuracy every day-but It’s not necessarily giving you a correct number.2 -
Duck_Puddle wrote: »Just as my n=1, my Apple Watch (series 4) overestimates my calories burned by about 20%. Workout calories (the active calories) are in line with other reasonable estimates-but my total calories for the day is very high.
I would not be losing if I were using my AW as a guide for how many calories I burned.
Your watch isn’t a lab-quality device that should be taken as gospel. It’s consistent-so it’s likely to be approximately the same level of accuracy every day-but It’s not necessarily giving you a correct number.
Simple solution, get a Garmin, their vivofit seems to underestimate calories quite a bit.
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pamhardwick8899 wrote: »72 days. I think some of the other posters may be out of country since there are references to grams. Since we don’t have the metric system in US it is just easier to track in ounces, cups and teaspoons. Grams are listed on all of the packages but then more work to convert.
the flaw in your logic is that ounces, cups and teaspoons are measuring volume which is not the same as weight.
Example:
a cup of cooked rice can be loosely or firmly packed into a measuring cup. the weight and calories will vary. It's quite difficult to confidently know the weight of the portion from the volume, especially when the volume is not consistent from one portion to the next.
as for grams vs ounces - scales and smart phones have made all that conversion much more accessible.3 -
magnusthenerd wrote: »Duck_Puddle wrote: »Just as my n=1, my Apple Watch (series 4) overestimates my calories burned by about 20%. Workout calories (the active calories) are in line with other reasonable estimates-but my total calories for the day is very high.
I would not be losing if I were using my AW as a guide for how many calories I burned.
Your watch isn’t a lab-quality device that should be taken as gospel. It’s consistent-so it’s likely to be approximately the same level of accuracy every day-but It’s not necessarily giving you a correct number.
Simple solution, get a Garmin, their vivofit seems to underestimate calories quite a bit.
I’m using a Garmin (Fenix) for my needs here. I was only mentioning that the OP is using an Apple Watch to measure his calorie burn and my AW estimates quite high.
So In addition to logging inaccuracies affecting the CI, an overestimate of calories burn could be contributing to the problem on the CO side.
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Which US are you in. I'm in the middle of the US and we have metric on every package here.
My food scale is always on grams as well, unless my wife changes it to oz.
Metric is infinitely easier than ounces, quarts, pints, cups, gills, hogsheads, or bushels.pamhardwick8899 wrote: »72 days. I think some of the other posters may be out of country since there are references to grams. Since we don’t have the metric system in US it is just easier to track in ounces, cups and teaspoons. Grams are listed on all of the packages but then more work to convert.
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