I'm on the 2nd month of my cut right now and I improved a lot and really satisfied. However, I wanna maximize the efficiency of my cut by monitoring my calorie intake. I did some math and found out that I eat approximately 18xx kcals a day but since I can't eat the same stuff everyday, I swap some stuff in my meal plan for other stuff, I get really worried about whether I've put too much of X in plan after that. For e.g if I swap whole wheat bread/pasta for yam/sweet potato or chicken breast for canned tuna, I'd like to know what exactly happened there.
I have an account on fitday but the control panel sucks and is damn complicated (scary too!). Is there a simpler way to do that?
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01-10-2011, 09:48 AM #1
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How can I monitor my calorie intake?
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01-10-2011, 09:54 AM #2
I use http://www.livestrong.com/ I like it better than Fitday, but I think fit day has more reports for free.
DEC 25 2007 - 278 LBS
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01-10-2011, 10:13 AM #3
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01-10-2011, 10:35 AM #9
I've been using www.dailyburn.com for the last 2 months. It seems to work pretty well. There seems to be a lot of foods listed. Simple to use.
(Although I've never used any other site, so I can't really compare.)
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01-10-2011, 10:45 AM #10
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01-10-2011, 02:34 PM #19
Unless you have a monitor on your hide that measures every calorie you burn during the day, I see it as boarderline useless to monitor every single calorie you consume. Use the tools to establish a starting point but then go forward based on weighed food and consistent eating patterns.
Also, Caloried don't matter; macro nutrients do.
Here is how I set it up. I look at Macros and what I need, then I make meal plans.
ex:
10 egg whites, 1 cup oats, 1 bannana
8 oz. chicken, 3 cups veggies, 8 oz. yam
52g whey, 1/2 c white rice, water
8 oz. lean meat, 2 cups veggies, 1/2c Rice
same shake but with gatorade G2 (pwo)
8 oz.Lean meat, Salad, oil/vin.
1 cup cottage cheese.
So, I'll determine approx what I have there macro wise to make sure i'm in the ball-park. Then I will ride it an make adjustments based on progress.
No need or sense to calculate calories each day."The best gift that you can give your children is to Love their Mother"
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