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bronco67 · 08-17-2019, 09:12 PM

You can track great with MyFitnessPal...but if you pay attention, eventually you can ditch the app and ballpark everything. If you get a readout that says you ate 2142 calories, there's no fucking way in hell you ate exactly 2142 calories. There's no app that can track down to the calorie, because it's kind of abstract anyway. When you input 75 calories for an apple or banana, even if you weigh it to the gram they won't have the calories they're supposed to, give or take a few percent. A hamburger might say it's 300, but what if there's more fat or less fat in it.

But that doesn't mean tracking isn't useful because it least the act of trying will get you close enough to get some fat loss goals accomplished. I always rounded up a little so I'd be guaranteed to come out in a deficit, even with the random tolerances up or down. If a cup of rice is supposed to be 360, then I round up to 380. The trick with that method is to not remember you're fooling yourself. It does work because I got my leanest when I overestimated the amount of calories I was eating. But that's no way to live all the time. Now, I automatically just know if I need to eat...or know that if I do have something at 9pm whether or not it will put me over my daily limit. Of course, that's still obsessive behavior but sometimes I say fuck it and eat whole half gallon of Cookies and Cream ice cream. But the next day I make up for it by eating way less.

I could ramble about this shit all night, but my point is to definitely use an app. But use it to teach yourself to be aware of what the fuck you're eating and pay attention to the calories vs protein ratios. A cup of Greek yogurt has about 130 calories and 16 grams of protein. That's a good ratio.

peanut butter has 200 calories and 5 grams of protein. That's a shitty ratio, but it doesn't mean peanut butter is bad for you. It's just bad if you want to get lean.

If you want a sure fire way to get lean, just make cod fish the staple of your diet. Eat a pound per day for an extended period of time. You will get ripped as long as your not also eating a dozen donuts and drinking a six pack of beer every day.

08-17-2019, 09:12 PM
bronco67 Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 29,032	You can track great with MyFitnessPal...but if you pay attention, eventually you can ditch the app and ballpark everything. If you get a readout that says you ate 2142 calories, there's no fucking way in hell you ate exactly 2142 calories. There's no app that can track down to the calorie, because it's kind of abstract anyway. When you input 75 calories for an apple or banana, even if you weigh it to the gram they won't have the calories they're supposed to, give or take a few percent. A hamburger might say it's 300, but what if there's more fat or less fat in it. But that doesn't mean tracking isn't useful because it least the act of trying will get you close enough to get some fat loss goals accomplished. I always rounded up a little so I'd be guaranteed to come out in a deficit, even with the random tolerances up or down. If a cup of rice is supposed to be 360, then I round up to 380. The trick with that method is to not remember you're fooling yourself. It does work because I got my leanest when I overestimated the amount of calories I was eating. But that's no way to live all the time. Now, I automatically just know if I need to eat...or know that if I do have something at 9pm whether or not it will put me over my daily limit. Of course, that's still obsessive behavior but sometimes I say fuck it and eat whole half gallon of Cookies and Cream ice cream. But the next day I make up for it by eating way less. I could ramble about this shit all night, but my point is to definitely use an app. But use it to teach yourself to be aware of what the fuck you're eating and pay attention to the calories vs protein ratios. A cup of Greek yogurt has about 130 calories and 16 grams of protein. That's a good ratio. peanut butter has 200 calories and 5 grams of protein. That's a shitty ratio, but it doesn't mean peanut butter is bad for you. It's just bad if you want to get lean. If you want a sure fire way to get lean, just make cod fish the staple of your diet. Eat a pound per day for an extended period of time. You will get ripped as long as your not also eating a dozen donuts and drinking a six pack of beer every day. __________________