NutMisc, do you even count your veggies?

[ErickStevens]

Just out of curiosity, why? I find condiments add up quick and kick my arse.

The only condiments I use are reduced sugar ketchup, Sriracha, and Tabasco. Not exactly calorie dense stuff.

[miacanesfan25]

The only condiments I use are reduced sugar ketchup, Sriracha, and Tabasco. Not exactly calorie dense stuff.

Gotcha, makes sense thanks. Any suggestions on where to find sriracha, haven't tried to hard but didn't find it at walmart or schnucks (my local grocer).

[ErickStevens]

Gotcha, makes sense thanks. Any suggestions on where to find sriracha, haven't tried to hard but didn't find it at walmart or schnucks (my local grocer).

WalMart has it.

[johnpagnolo]

ITT the two of you are hanging out and not doing your job while 3/10 attention whoring sloots take over the whole forum... where are the true heros when we need them the most?

yeah linzzz is getting annoying. 3/10 is generous.

[joelash302]

The only condiments I use are reduced sugar ketchup, Sriracha, and Tabasco. Not exactly calorie dense stuff.

Valentina hot sauce. Find it, buy it, love it.

[JasonDB]

Valentina hot sauce. Find it, buy it, love it.

I used to make wings with that brand back in Texas... you can get it at Wal-mart.

[ErickStevens]

Valentina hot sauce. Find it, buy it, love it.

Eh, not really a fan.

[snrygo]

Eh, not really a fan.

This. There are many better hot sauces (I have a recipe for a chipotle one that is in my top 3)

[Linzzz]

Just root vegetables, because they are higher in sugar. But others no.

Then again, I'm strongly against tracking every little phuckin thing. Inb4 **** storm.

[johnpagnolo]

Valentina hot sauce. Find it, buy it, love it.

I discovered that Valentina only really tastes great on tortilla items.

[braggable]

Just root vegetables, because they are higher in sugar. But others no.

Then again, I'm strongly against tracking every little phuckin thing. Inb4 **** storm.

Yes, because the fact that you don't track everything will surely cause a shytstorm.

[SimonThePieman]

guesstimate and round up. Once you use MFP for a while you get pretty good at this and I eat out a lot so get plenty of practice of getting this down. For my bid deficient days i am at round 1K cals below maintenance. So a -/+ of 200 calories i can handle

[PerpetualMotion]

I like Grace's Habanero hot sauce. Pretty much don't use anything else now when I make Tex-Mex/Mexican food since anything else (including Sriracha) is too mild.

[anonymous]

If I bother counting, I count everything except for trace calories (e.g. Pam, gum), otherwise that's the point really

this.

but add walden farms, splenda and mustard to the list

[Chuck2600]

I might eat one or two servings of vegetables a day lol

[PWOGasMan]

Yes count veggies. high volume adds up

[brendbro]

I count EVERYTHING cutting. Might as well do it right if I'm going to do it. Outside of that, I expect to never count ever again once I'm done cutting. It is not a life I want to live.

it really came down to this for me. Tracking aint something I want to be doing forever, in fact it's absurd to even suggest it. At first it was scary attempting to gain weight without micromanaging, but I looked at it like this - it is inevitable that I learn to eat without tracking if I ever want to live a somewhat normal life, so this for me was a challenge to learn to trust my instinct. Basically get over my OCD/ED behaviour, because that's really what it had become (for me anyway)

Quite honestly... life has improved 10 fold since... I didn't realise how much it held me back until I stopped. And of course I'm not trying to suggest everyone is like this, it's just IME so feel free to disregard


what perp says still holds true I think though, if I'm going to cut again I think tracking would be very useful in that scenario.

[MarkVI]

TLDR

My answer is No.

[Dexter3000]

it really came down to this for me. Tracking aint something I want to be doing forever, in fact it's absurd to even suggest it. At first it was scary attempting to gain weight without micromanaging, but I looked at it like this - it is inevitable that I learn to eat without tracking if I ever want to live a somewhat normal life, so this for me was a challenge to learn to trust my instinct. Basically get over my OCD/ED behaviour, because that's really what it had become (for me anyway)

Quite honestly... life has improved 10 fold since... I didn't realise how much it held me back until I stopped. And of course I'm not trying to suggest everyone is like this, it's just IME so feel free to disregard


what perp says still holds true I think though, if I'm going to cut again I think tracking would be very useful in that scenario.

Sounds good. Did you gradually take a more relaxed approach (like just guessing the amounts of food and adding it up during the day), or just disregard the whole calorie concept all together? I'm bulking now and it might be useful to monitor food intake at first, but not for too long if possible.

[brendbro]

Sounds good. Did you gradually take a more relaxed approach (like just guessing the amounts of food and adding it up during the day), or just disregard the whole calorie concept all together? I'm bulking now and it might be useful to monitor food intake at first, but not for too long if possible.

when I stopped tracking my main goal wasn't 'bulking' or 'cutting', instead my primary goal was to eat when I was hungry - I wanted to learn to trust my own hunger signals again because that is something I haven't done in god knows how long (because trusting my hunger signals is what got me to fat fuk status in the first place lol). Basically I said to myself 'whenever I feel hungry I will eat, and I will eat WHATEVER I want - without regard for macros/micros etc. But once I feel satiated I will stop... no overindulging'. So that's exactly what I did... and you know what? I absolutely did not eat enough, but I think that's a combination of a) I was still apprehensive about trusting my own hunger signals, and b) since cutting I've gotten used to smaller meals, so just not large enough meals in general. Anyway, it takes time and now that I'm actively trying to gain it's all the more fun and the only difference now is that I actively make sure to get in a good 4-5 meals per day. I still apply the rule 'I will eat whatever I want' - just now I make sure I'm getting adequate protein in each meal.

[AdamWW]

Fiberous veggies I never count in terms of calories, but I do track them to make sure i'm meeting micros because im not taking a multi.

[razer1]

@brendbro

Not tracking zilch and probably won't be ever again or for at least for a long time. BRB no mastrubation, better workouts, look actually leaner and better.

+1

when i counted i just cheated more, I think it's just a mental thing... For someone it's no special thing to count, but I was constantly thinking about calories etc... So eating with some common sense goes a long way

[AdamWW]

Just root vegetables, because they are higher in sugar. But others no.

Then again, I'm strongly against tracking every little phuckin thing. Inb4 **** storm.

I hope you mean calories.

[Dexter3000]

I don't count ****. After tracking for a few weeks, if you can't count calories and macros in your head then you are a retard.

So you count calories and macros in your head but you don't count ****, right?

Sense, that doesn't make any.

[johnpagnolo]

So you count calories and macros in your head but you don't count ****, right?

Sense, that doesn't make any.

negged for questioning the nutmisc king.

[thecodgod]

who here counts sweetener cals? i myself only count splenda when im over 5+ packets

[braggable]

negged for questioning the nutmisc king.

There can be only one Brah.