chadlius88's Journal, 16 December 2015

Good news that you didn't tear the muscle. Back in in 2009 I tore a ligament in my elbow when I was shrugging an ungodly amount of weight, I can't even remember how much but I knew when I was putting the plates on that it was too much. It knocked me out of the gym pretty much permanently, it hurt for two years and I've only recently started flirting with the weights again.  

Oh No! careful - you just are getting over the bicep tear - ouch! 

Hi, I am brand new here, any advise will be more than welcome. how do I go about working out how many calories in a meal. Sorry stupidity is not a disability. 

Hey Teluna! Unfortunately every person is different. Your sex, age, current weight, activity level and lean body mass all play roles in how many calories you should be eating. As we get older our caloric requirements decrease because we move a little slower and our cells become less active, this causes reduced energy requirements. I would not base what you eat off of the websites suggested calorie intake, it isn't very accurate. What I would do is take what you eat normally and enter it HONESTLY into your food journal for a couple of weeks and track any changes to your body weight. If you go up in weight, drop either some fats or some carbs from your diet and repeat until you find a weight loss of .5-1 pound per week. as a general rule of thumb, just eat healthy! All foods that you eat should be in as close to their natural form as possible. It will take some time to figure out, but you'll get it! 

Thank you so much for that advice. Because I have never counted calories before, and when I asked my daughter, she said something about looking on the packet and seeing what one pork sausage would be, or on the internet. I have not got there yet, I'm still batteling with the journal.