Sport calories? calorie counting?

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Ok so I was browsing through threads about
how to loss weight and build muscles so on and so forth
but alot of the time I see people posting that you need
to count your calories intake and cut it down to like 2000 calories a day
or something... how do you count calories?
and whats the point on counting calories????????????......
 
Use

The purpose of counting calories is to limit the amount you're putting in while keeping your diet balanced.

All the macros contribute calories:

Protein: 4cals/g
Carbs: 4cals/g
Fat: 9cal/g
Alcohol: 7cals/g

By reducing your calorie intake, but keeping a 40/30/30 split, you can make cuts across the board, but keep it balanced and healthy.
 
TBS,

If you have no idea how many calories you are taking in, you really don't have a clue as to what direction you are heading in. Many people take in much more calories then they think. If fat loss is your goal, you could be spending all this time working out and exercising, yet, the backbone of the plan, the nutritional aspect is not letting you head in the direction you want, since a caloric deficit is needed to lose fat.

Or, if you are trying to build lean muscle mass, you could be working your ass off in the gym, but not eating enough in your nutritional plan, so all that work is for nothing as adding muscle is next to impossible for the genetic average without a healthy caloric surplus.
 
is a very useful site.

I mostly end up entering in my food using the "custom food" section. It gets a lot quicker to use once you have used it for a while and have entered in a lot of the foods you eat regularly.

It also helps you to keep up with your activities, keep a journal, and shows charts and graphs with calories eaten vs. burned and several other things.

Obviously, it isn't 100% accurate, but it can be a useful tool.
 
also the concept of 'dieting to lose weight' is a bad one. you can't just 'go on a diet'...you have to change your existing eating habits in a permanent way. it does no good to eat right for 6 months, then go back to pizza and fried chicken as daily meals.
its a lifestyle change.

therefore, once you've changed your ways and have 'good' eating habits, you only need ot track your calories for a short time. obviously if you eat the same way all the time, calories stay basically the same.

and when you decide to bulk up, or lean out, you count calories again since both of those goals require changes to your caloric intake.

so to sum it up: once you're 'eating right' you only need to track calories occasionally. the more you follow the correct path to your goals, the less calorie intake deviates.

And I also use Fitday.com
 
Good points made above. I agree that it's not a good idea to just go on a "diet." Lifestyle changes are what works longterm and is healthiest. Counting calories and macronutrients can give you a good idea of where you're at and where your nutrition could use improvement. For example, you might, after using fitday, discover that 40% of your calories came from fat, which is too much. Then you would know where to cut down. If you are looking to lose fat you can find out how many calories you're eating, make a small subtraction and see if you start to lose weight. There is always the danger there of eating too little.

I used to count calories, but now I only do occasionally to check where i'm at. I counted them for so long that I always have an idea in my head.

Sarah
 
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