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Post by Nora on Oct 8, 2018 21:39:15 GMT
lucky u. i work from home and from my desk so unless i intentionally go out/work out I lead a pretty sedantary lifestyle so I really need to be mindful of both my energy intake and output. its not that hard to keep track of it though. it probably takes extra 2-3 minutes each day. Thats all.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Oct 8, 2018 23:10:51 GMT
Today I have had:
Monster Energy Drink 200 Coffee with Creamer 40 Crackers 100 Chicken 800
Total 1140
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Post by Nora on Oct 8, 2018 23:40:11 GMT
Today I have had: Monster Energy Drink 200 Coffee with Creamer 40 Crackers 100 Chicken 800 Total 1140 Lovely! Thanks for sharing. Mine is: 1. Cantaloupe (350) 2. coffee with milk (90) 3. eggs (300) 4. tofu pasta with cheese (400) 5. broccoli (150) got another like 200 to spare, but will probably save it since i had all that sugar via the fruit.
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Post by mslo79 on Oct 9, 2018 6:43:18 GMT
NoraYeah, I have heard our (USA) general restaurants etc tend to be noticeably bigger proportions compared to UK etc.
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Post by kls on Oct 9, 2018 10:55:01 GMT
Nora Yeah, I have heard our (USA) general restaurants etc tend to be noticeably bigger proportions compared to UK etc. Tends to be more than I'd eat for a meal, so I often take half of it home and eat it for one of my meals the next day.
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Post by lordquesterjones on Oct 9, 2018 10:56:25 GMT
I started counting the calories that Americans ingest.
I had to stop when I reached 'Fat Bastards'.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Oct 9, 2018 16:15:28 GMT
Nora Yeah, I have heard our (USA) general restaurants etc tend to be noticeably bigger proportions compared to UK etc. Noticeably larger people, too.
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Post by Terrapin Station on Oct 9, 2018 16:24:00 GMT
I kind of watch what I eat, but I don't count calories. I don't weigh myself, either.
Basically, I:
(a) try to not eat unhealthy stuff too often, though I don't completely avoid it (because I like some unhealthy stuff, deserts, etc.) (b) go by how I feel in the sense of not eating if I'm not hungry, I avoid foods that make me feel "weird" after I eat them or that affect my body negatively in some obvious way (like if they bloat me, etc.) (c) go by how I feel and look in terms of health, energy, visible fat versus muscle, etc. (d) try to balance eating enough to build muscle/not burn off muscle--I workout/lift regularly, plus I bike and hike a lot, I do some martial arts, some casual sports, etc.--but not eating so much/the wrong foods that I add fat instead.
I can do those things without counting calories/without worrying about what the scale says.
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Post by Nora on Oct 9, 2018 23:29:19 GMT
I started counting the calories that Americans ingest.
I had to stop when I reached 'Fat Bastards'.
you know, for how spread the saying "americans are fat" is (in Europe at least) I was surprised by how few fat Americans I was seeing when I first moved here. At work, only two fat people out of maybe 50. And one of them is no longer fat now. Amongst my friends? Nobody is fat, its crazy. I have at least one fat friend in Europe. But not here. Sure I see overweight people on the streets, more in Brooklyn than Manhattan or Jersey where I lived before NYC, but not as many as one European would expect. And I am certainly one of the fattest people in my gym, and probably on my block too. Where are all the fat Americans hiding out? Most of the people I see here are in a decent or even very good shape... I am guessing its the coast/big city thing?
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Post by Nora on Oct 9, 2018 23:32:23 GMT
I kind of watch what I eat, but I don't count calories. I don't weigh myself, either. Basically, I: (a) try to not eat unhealthy stuff too often, though I don't completely avoid it (because I like some unhealthy stuff, deserts, etc.) (b) go by how I feel in the sense of not eating if I'm not hungry, I avoid foods that make me feel "weird" after I eat them or that affect my body negatively in some obvious way (like if they bloat me, etc.) (c) go by how I feel and look in terms of health, energy, visible fat versus muscle, etc. (d) try to balance eating enough to build muscle/not burn off muscle--I workout/lift regularly, plus I bike and hike a lot, I do some martial arts, some casual sports, etc.--but not eating so much/the wrong foods that I add fat instead. I can do those things without counting calories/without worrying about what the scale says. that sounds like the best life style possible. kudos. i have some weight to work off since i have been somewhat lazy in my early thirties and spent most of my time at an office job, so i do weigh myself/count calories to make sure i am on track, since it is very easy for me to think i am doing well and forget that one hour physical activity a day is simply often not enough to lose. may be enough to maintain, but not to lose. for me anyway. once i hit my target i would like to follow a similar things you describe.
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Post by Terrapin Station on Oct 10, 2018 8:47:32 GMT
I kind of watch what I eat, but I don't count calories. I don't weigh myself, either. Basically, I: (a) try to not eat unhealthy stuff too often, though I don't completely avoid it (because I like some unhealthy stuff, deserts, etc.) (b) go by how I feel in the sense of not eating if I'm not hungry, I avoid foods that make me feel "weird" after I eat them or that affect my body negatively in some obvious way (like if they bloat me, etc.) (c) go by how I feel and look in terms of health, energy, visible fat versus muscle, etc. (d) try to balance eating enough to build muscle/not burn off muscle--I workout/lift regularly, plus I bike and hike a lot, I do some martial arts, some casual sports, etc.--but not eating so much/the wrong foods that I add fat instead. I can do those things without counting calories/without worrying about what the scale says. that sounds like the best life style possible. kudos. i have some weight to work off since i have been somewhat lazy in my early thirties and spent most of my time at an office job, so i do weigh myself/count calories to make sure i am on track, since it is very easy for me to think i am doing well and forget that one hour physical activity a day is simply often not enough to lose. may be enough to maintain, but not to lose. for me anyway. once i hit my target i would like to follow a similar things you describe. Sounds like a good plan for you, by the way. I was weighing myself regularly at one point, even daily, but then I found that I was focusing on that too much, and especially since I started to concentrate on getting more "built," I felt that it was better for me to just focus on visibly losing fat/flabbiness and transforming into being more muscular and built. When you're doing that your weight may increase anyway. The most challenging thing for me has been figuring out diet, because I did need to both lose fat and gain muscle. You don't want to simply eat little (which would help lose fat), because then it's difficult to build muscle--your body just as readily starts burning off muscle for fuel. If you're trying to get more built you may actually need to eat more. You just need to eat the right stuff and have the right workout routine. I just noticed that I wrote "desert" above by the way. I do love deserts, too, but I don't like eating them. I like eating desserts. :-)
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Post by lordquesterjones on Oct 10, 2018 9:02:34 GMT
I started counting the calories that Americans ingest.
I had to stop when I reached 'Fat Bastards'.
you know, for how spread the saying "americans are fat" is (in Europe at least) I was surprised by how few fat Americans I was seeing when I first moved here. At work, only two fat people out of maybe 50. And one of them is no longer fat now. Amongst my friends? Nobody is fat, its crazy. I have at least one fat friend in Europe. But not here. Sure I see overweight people on the streets, more in Brooklyn than Manhattan or Jersey where I lived before NYC, but not as many as one European would expect. And I am certainly one of the fattest people in my gym, and probably on my block too. Where are all the fat Americans hiding out? Most of the people I see here are in a decent or even very good shape... I am guessing its the coast/big city thing? McDonalds!
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Post by Terrapin Station on Oct 10, 2018 9:17:50 GMT
I started counting the calories that Americans ingest.
I had to stop when I reached 'Fat Bastards'.
you know, for how spread the saying "americans are fat" is (in Europe at least) I was surprised by how few fat Americans I was seeing when I first moved here. At work, only two fat people out of maybe 50. And one of them is no longer fat now. Amongst my friends? Nobody is fat, its crazy. I have at least one fat friend in Europe. But not here. Sure I see overweight people on the streets, more in Brooklyn than Manhattan or Jersey where I lived before NYC, but not as many as one European would expect. And I am certainly one of the fattest people in my gym, and probably on my block too. Where are all the fat Americans hiding out? Most of the people I see here are in a decent or even very good shape... I am guessing its the coast/big city thing? There are fewer fat people, percentage-wise, in the New York City area than in some other places in the US, because going about your business in New York City forces you to regularly exercise. In a lot of other place everyone drives everywhere. They drive to work. They drive to lunch. They drive to errands. Etc. You can't do that in New York. Traffic is a nightmare, but the additional problem is that there's often nowhere to park--at least nowhere close to wherever you're going. So New York City forces you to walk (and/or bike or however you choose to get around) and it forces you to go up and down a lot of stairs. You can easily do 10,000 steps per day, and easily do, say 15 flights of stairs, just commuting to work and going to lunch. So that helps a lot in not having so many people be so overweight. In the same way, by the way, some other places in the US make it difficult to exercise, moreso depending on your job. In some areas everything is so far apart that you are rather forced to drive everywhere, and then you might have an office job where you're just sitting all day, you might never see a staircase, etc., and your schedule might make it difficult to find time to go to a gym or anything like that (if you even have a gym nearby--some more rural areas may not). You'd have to find time to do long walks or bike rides, but then some places have bad weather, too (excessive heat (and humidity), excessive cold, lots of rain and/or snow, etc.), so you'd have to try to find the time and motivation to just do aerobics at home.
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Post by lordquesterjones on Oct 10, 2018 12:33:33 GMT
for those of you who track your calorie intake whats your daily average? and what do you use for counting it? mine is 1500 and I use Cronometer, mostly for counting carbs, very happy with the app. I started counting the calories that Americans use, but very quickly realised that there isn't a number big enough to encompass that amount of calories.
And when you multiply that by the number of Americans you've got no chance!
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Post by kls on Oct 10, 2018 12:39:02 GMT
for those of you who track your calorie intake whats your daily average? and what do you use for counting it? mine is 1500 and I use Cronometer, mostly for counting carbs, very happy with the app. I started counting the calories that Americans use, but very quickly realised that there isn't a number big enough to encompass that amount of calories.
And when you multiply that by the number of Americans you've got no chance!
The amount of calories I take in is no issue for me. There are many Americans doing just fine.
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Post by chalk2 on Oct 12, 2018 23:57:54 GMT
I started counting the calories that Americans ingest.
I had to stop when I reached 'Fat Bastards'.
So is it safe to say that when you were counting the British calories you had to stop when you reached 'Fat Slags'?
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Post by Nora on Oct 18, 2018 21:42:46 GMT
so i actually weighed and calculated calories of one restaurant dinner today. steak and fries.
it came to a whopping 1550 calories. In one meal. Thats my entire day. and this is without a drink.
I really wonder if people realize these are often regular restaurant portions...
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Post by Aj_June on Oct 19, 2018 13:05:26 GMT
I don't keep count but I try not to eat more. I guess my per day calorie intake might range from 2000 cal to 3000 cal. I have average body and have never been fat though I want to have a body like Bruce Lee's. If not that then I still would like to have lean muscles. I have to work hard for that or probably actually count the calorie. Nora _ could you give a breakdown of approximately how much of those calories (1500-1600) that you keep on average comes from fat, carbs and proteins.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Oct 19, 2018 20:30:41 GMT
I count them all the time. And then I eat them anyway.
Only diet I ever went on that actually worked was Atkins. But man that first week is rough!
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Post by Nora on Oct 19, 2018 22:23:37 GMT
I don't keep count but I try not to eat more. I guess my per day calorie intake might range from 2000 cal to 3000 cal. I have average body and have never been fat though I want to have a body like Bruce Lee's. If not that then I still would like to have lean muscles. I have to work hard for that or probably actually count the calorie. Nora _ could you give a breakdown of approximately how much of those calories (1500-1600) that you keep on average comes from fat, carbs and proteins. hi, i am on a low carb diet (under 100 grams of carbs a day), with about three times a year doing a month of keto (under 25 grams of carbs a day) and then I usually go by 60/30/10 fat, protein, carbs, on keto and 45/35/20 fat protein carbs in low carb. I have cheat days once a month where I eat about 2000-2500 calories that day, and usually get a higher intake of carbs. and then i of course also have days when I just forget about everything and eat whatever is available, usually thats when I work out all day, like 15 hours, but that doesnt happen too often. family celebrations are a problem for me though. my family doesnt really support my diet and pressures me to eat high carb things (that are DELICIOUS of course) so visiting them makes it tough to stick to the plan. when i go off plan i try to up my energy output. Ideally i do 8-10 K steps a day plus 45-60 minutes 5 times a week at the gym.
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