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Food tracking whilst away
Just after a bit of help for tracking food whilst working away and stopping in hotels, With my work I spend quite a bit of time eating in hotel restaurants and bars. With that in mind I’m struggling to work out the best way of keeping track of my calorie intake and macros. Has anyone got any advice that can help? Cheers
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Carbs
What are you eating to hit your carb goal in a day? I'm struggling to get mine in most days. At the minute I'm maintaining and working to the following, C:305g P:153g F:67g my weight is 167lb and cal intake 2460. I don't eat a lot of bread but do like my pasta and rice but not every day.
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HIIT training whilst doing SL 5X5
Just a quick one regarding doing HIIT training as well as SL 5x5 3 days per week, since starting the 5x5 6 weeks ago I cut my HIIT down to just once a week but have noticed a big decrease in energy levels since doing so, the main reason for cutting them was to get the rest days inbetween my weight training. If I was to…
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Squat Form
After a bit of advice on my squat Form. As the weight is increasing I feel that my form is dropping. My knees seem to be going to far forward and it looks like my back is starting to bend at the bottom of the rep. Please help. https://youtu.be/YEb8n9c0948
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Alcohol
How do you all calculate your alcohol on the app? I've just added my bud light and it's only come out at 8g carbs but 124 kcals :o
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Correct Form when lifting
How do you know when you have the correct form on deadlift and barbell rows? There are so many different opinions on the internet. On the barbell some say to keep back parallel with the floor and others say not to. I want to make sure I'm doing it correctly as it easier to sort now rather than 2 months down the line.
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Elbow pain when lifting
I've recently started getting some pains in my elbows when I'm lifting, mainly when I'm doing barbell or dumbbell curls? I'm thinking the start of tennis elbow? Has anyone got any adviçe to minimise this ? Not been to the doctors yet as it's only been happening for the last couple of weeks.
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Body fat Calculation
Whats the best way to calculate your body fat accurately, online calculators are putting me at 12% but I'm not so sure.
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Macros
I'm still struggling to understand why my macros intake doesn't add up to the calorie intake that the app says. Today it say my calorie so far is 2604 but if I add my macros up it comes to 2746 based on 4 /4/ 9 which should i be going by?
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Fitbit exercise on MFP
Can someone please help me understand how this work on the app please. I have my calories on MFP set at my Maintenance based on my TDEE which inclueds my exercise plus 300 to get me in a surplus for each day! But when I do the exercise the fitbit is adjusting my calories by another 500 + per day.
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Sugar
Just looking at my sugar allowance, how important is it that I stick to it? I eat quite a bit of fruit which is obviously sugar so that means I go over most days by about 20g ish.
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Quick question on my TDEE
Just a quick one I'm working on a lean gain at the minute of 0.5lb per week and want to gain 6lb in total whilst doing the SL programme. So do I eat my exercise calorie back on top of my TDEE or just stick around what I've worked it at? It's currently 2621 per day.
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Stronglift 5x5
At what stage will I need to move on from the 5x5 stronglift programme? I've heard a lot of people say it's a good beginner programme but there is better for mover advanced lifts.
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High calorie low fat food
I'm after some ideas on high calorie but low fat foods get get my intake up without going way over on my fat macros. My current fats are set to 30% so 100g per day but to get to my calorie intake 3200 per day it's going way over that at the minute.
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Bulking
I'm after some help and advice I'm now down to what I would class a good starting weight to begin bulking a little but struggling to understand what carbs, protein, and fat levels I should be consuming to achieve it. the settings on the app are currently 241g carbs, 181g protein, 80g fat my current weight is 11st 10lb and…
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Stronglift 5x5
Just about to start a stronglift 5x5 program at home for the next 8 weeks to see how I get on with it, I've downloaded the app so I can keep a track on the progress. I do have a question regarding the other muscle groups that arnt covered in the programme like biceps, triceps, Abs etc. Do i just fit them in around the…
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Nuttella
I'm currently trying to gain some mass whilst trading petty hard 5-6 days a week. I know that a lot people have peanut butter on toast as it's good in fats and carbs, unfortunately I can't stand the taste of peanut butter on toast so my question is will nuttela do the same think? I need to get my kcal intake up as I'm…
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Drink logging
Quick question on drink logging, how many of you actually log all your daily drinks including tea, coffee, alcohol etc?
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Roast dinner
How do you all add your Sunday roast to the diary? Do you log all the elements individual Having roast chicken today but never quite no if I'm logging it correctly.
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Weight training times
I'm after people's opinions on how long a good session on the weights should last? I've read many different things on the internet from 30 minutes per session to a couple of hrs. I've also read that any longer than 1hr then your waisting your time as it has no benefit once you reach the 1hr Mark. Be interested on your…
