-Diablo's Journal, 26 June 2018

Speaking of estimating calories... Exercise is another big one that is overestimated a lot. Here’s a goood example video showing the differences basically between trying to “burn off” calories vs just not eating the amount. https://youtu.be/UQbuzsY_34Q 

I finally bought a scale to be more honest with myself. We’ll see how far off I’ve been. 

I tend to overestimate n when I don’t finish my food I usually don’t go edit my intake (sometimes I do, most of the time I don’t) 

People overestimate cardio 😳 

I don’t understand how people make all that math, I burn x amount so I can consume x amount n if/when I workout that will be my deficit 😰 

“If i eat a 200 calorie cupcake Ill workout n burn it “ 😨I’m like no just don’t eat it n u don’t have to burn it 

We humans like to complicate things 😅. 

Indeed we do Rosio, unfortunately many others do so in more ways than one. But That’s another flaw in thinking that’s very common when someone tries getting fit, “I burned X calories so I can eat back X calories I burned” then they wonder why they don’t lose weight and stay the same.  

It’s like they for sure know the amount of calories they burn. we can estimate but is there any way to be 100% sure...I don’t think so...how do they think 🤔 like that... it don’t make sense to me 🤯 

It’s literally impossible to count every single calorie 100% of the way, estimations are the closest thing, plus nutrition labels macros are rounded anyways so there’s also that. But food density, v& the tons of ways the body processes it/absorbs/expends calories. It’s impossible to track every single gram, even if you are with a food scale ... for example a stock of broccoli is about 30 cals, by the fiber content in it will mean some of the 30 cals won’t be absorbed by the body, so, again, impossible to track every little calorie... I don’t even recommend it if it’s causing sometime to stress over it either. But estimates are good enough and close enough, to get in the range of what a persons caloric requirements are. I say just shoot for sufficient enough accuracy, as accurate as possible will certainly help, but ya don’t have to obsess over it. Unless you enjoy to lol. 

@60pack I tend to log everything before I eat it too ;). Sometimes I end up taking 1-2 hrs before bed logging of I don’t do it ahead. And it keeps me honest and I know immediately if my portions are too large and can scale it back before I cook :). I’ve taken to measuring some for the family too and find hubby consumes 2500-4000 that I can track and my oldest girl about 2k. Wish I had a 12yo metabolism again lol. Or better yet- hubbys!  

I'd like more info on this. I've always been 115lb max at 5'5 but since having my son born with chd I don't have 6days/4.5+ hrs to devote to work outs. I'm staying at or under 1200 cal\day and am a whopping 135lbs eating primarily raw and working out. Someone please help! I know I'll never have my pre baby body, especially with my uncorrected separated abdominal wall but I am sick of being "thick" I want my slender shape back and my 1 hr/daily cardio and strength training isn't working with the low calories  

I try to get it right but have had trouble entering foods since day one. My food scale came today so I’m hoping this will help my accuracy weighing good in grams and ounces. If I don’t do it honestly then I’m just hurting myself. 

I am guessing with my food, I use tablespoons or cups, I told FatSecret that I am low active and I eat "the calories they recommended me" exercise is something extra I don't really know how many calories I am burning ,I am trying to add every single bite, but sometimes I forget it, for example last night I was craving sweets so I decided to eat two dried prunes, and I forgot to added it, but I did it today, because I want to have an idea of how much I eat during the week  

Tallawrench im fairly new to this stuff but I found after my kids I couldn’t lose quickly. After the last one we had a few trips with tons of walking while carrying her or pushing her stroller up hills and down. Her in her car seat was about 40# and I carried that everywhere many times a day when running errands. I ate well, mainly meat and potatoes and still didn’t lose but didn’t gain either. Now I get in 3-5 hours a week cardio/strength training and it makes a difference but not quickly :/. Even on a 1200-1400 calorie diet. Figure out if you lose better with less carbs such as Keto, more strenuous exercise or just low cal. It does seem to take exercise AND limited calories for me. Also what about weights at home? Sometimes I use my kids as weights in a sort of game or give them piggy backs and see how far and fast I can run with them on my back.  

I think I may need a food scale, because measuring everything isn't working. I can a difference in my body slightly but not the scale. I'm tossing hay bales, weeding chasing chickens, dogs and a kid all day on top of home work outs. My hope is that muscle is replacing fat 

Yes, they are so cheap and make a HUGE difference. Get that food scale! :) 

As diablo said, a scale is totally worth it. As for bucking hay bales, yes you would be gaining some muscle there I’d think. At 110# I was bucking 85# bales and mostly muscle. Of course I was a teenager too lol. Everything I read said to build muscle you lift heavy objects. AND muscle takes up less space than fat and over time it will increase the metabolism.