Those who count calories...

[aliensarecool]

Isn't it a great feeling when you have extra calories at the end of the night that you can take to your kitchen and go shopping, without feeling guilty?

[Sdorgo]

yup good feeling, an even better feeling is banking all the surpluses and having a nice cheat meal

[aliensarecool]

yup good feeling, an even better feeling is banking all the surpluses and having a nice cheat meal

yeah for some being able to do that makes the cut/diet so much easier

[westonk1]

yup good feeling, an even better feeling is banking all the surpluses and having a nice cheat meal

can you actualy bank your surpluses and have a cheat meal, wouldnt doing this ruin your hard work for the week and what would you consider a cheat meal.

[aliensarecool]

[QUOTE=westonk1;1029563703]can you actualy bank your surpluses and have a cheat meal, wouldnt doing this ruin your hard work for the week and what would you consider a cheat meal. As long as he's eating the same amount of calories at the end of the week, doesn't really matter

[mgering1]

Isn't it a great feeling when you have extra calories at the end of the night that you can take to your kitchen and go shopping, without feeling guilty?

Awesome feeling Had some extra calories the past 2 days in a row had icecream. I just started doing this so i kinda feel guilty even though my calories are on point.

[MarkVI]

Awesome feeling Had some extra calories the past 2 days in a row had icecream. I just started doing this so i kinda feel guilty even though my calories are on point.

Guilty about what? Good God you sound like a ****ing middle aged house wife eating bon bons.

[determined4000]

Guilty about what? Good God you sound like a ****ing middle aged house wife eating bon bons.

lol
on spread

[necon76]

Guilty about what? Good God you sound like a ****ing middle aged house wife eating bon bons.

LMAO. Burn....

[mgering1]

Guilty about what? Good God you sound like a ****ing middle aged house wife eating bon bons.

always been programed to think eating clean all the time its a psychological thing from when I first started getting into a lifting a few years ago and being afraid you wont get to the conditioning you want on stage. All those b.s. articles I used to read about earting a billion times a day and only eatinch chicken broccoli and sweet potatos. Which does actually work but at what cost. Though I'm liking this method counting is definately the way to go.

Edit on another note do you guys count vegetables calories and carbs in your calories/macros?

[n0useforaname]

Edit on another note do you guys count vegetables calories and carbs in your calories/macros?

Yep, calories are calories.

[FitnessFan76]

can you actualy bank your surpluses and have a cheat meal, wouldnt doing this ruin your hard work for the week and what would you consider a cheat meal.

I'd call a pizza a 'cheat' meal - Dominos, Pizza Hut - that sort of thing. Even so I only eat half a pizza maximum these days; stuffing myself with a whole pizza would be very hard to fit into my macros as well.

[aliensarecool]

always been programed to think eating clean all the time its a psychological thing from when I first started getting into a lifting a few years ago and being afraid you wont get to the conditioning you want on stage. All those b.s. articles I used to read about earting a billion times a day and only eatinch chicken broccoli and sweet potatos. Which does actually work but at what cost. Though I'm liking this method counting is definately the way to go.

Edit on another note do you guys count vegetables calories and carbs in your calories/macros?

never really saw them as carbs, just a low calorie food with fiber lol

[lefizzet]

at 2k cals I never have them feels. feelsbad

[motiva8]

Edit on another note do you guys count vegetables calories and carbs in your calories/macros?

Just set aside like 200 odd calories for general veg (carrots peas parsnips etc) if you tend to eat it alot & you'll be covered.
Other veg that are relatively high calorie like nuts, potatoes & beans/lentils i most certainly count as it clocks up to ~700 cals+.

Carbs personally i don't count, I tend to eat a largely vegetarian diet & so most of my diet is rich in carbohydrates. It is usually fats i'm more on the watch for due to me not using cooking oils regularly & hating avocados.

[psychodiver9]

I'd call a pizza a 'cheat' meal - Dominos, Pizza Hut - that sort of thing. Even so I only eat half a pizza maximum these days; stuffing myself with a whole pizza would be very hard to fit into my macros as well.

Why?

[Alcastive]

[MarkVI]

I think most of us go through a phase like that. It's not healthy.....

[1JFS3]

by far the best is having ~25g fats. Peanut butter tastes good with anything.

[MarkVI]

always been programed to think eating clean all the time its a psychological thing from when I first started getting into a lifting a few years ago and being afraid you wont get to the conditioning you want on stage. All those b.s. articles I used to read about earting a billion times a day and only eatinch chicken broccoli and sweet potatos. Which does actually work but at what cost. Though I'm liking this method counting is definately the way to go.

Edit on another note do you guys count vegetables calories and carbs in your calories/macros?

Regardless of how or why doesn't change the fact you sound ridiculous.....use that to change how look at food, speak into your orthorexic tendencies (and don't feel guilty about either)

[pandaohyea]

Haha Trying having a 4 hour eating window doing IF, you walk into the kitchen and whip up a 1300 calorie meal, then 2 hours later you are hungry again for another 1300. while your friends are eating like 400 calorie mini meals 6 times a day and feeling miserable

[toon126]

Haha Trying having a 4 hour eating window doing IF, you walk into the kitchen and whip up a 1300 calorie meal, then 2 hours later you are hungry again for another 1300. while your friends are eating like 400 calorie mini meals 6 times a day and feeling miserable

Yeah IF is beautiful. Especially with the four hour window. Big f**k off meals that can give you food coma while coming in under total intake. Eating as it should be!

[BigBoLuke93]

Yeah IF is beautiful. Especially with the four hour window. Big f**k off meals that can give you food coma while coming in under total intake. Eating as it should be!

..and you lost me there.

[toon126]

..and you lost me there.

Sad to lose you :'(

[cumminslifter]

i perposly set my cals at maintinance (2300) then i eat everything in sight right before bed to get another 500-600 calories