This isnt easy anymore!

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Registered: 08-31-2004
This isnt easy anymore!
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Mon, 09-05-2005 - 10:51am

Im starting to get angry with myself and Weight Watchers.

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Wed, 09-07-2005 - 9:41pm

I never understood their point program, so I feel back on an oldie, but a goodie: Calorie Counting. It's too much math with the points alloted and the points you can transfer, then the points you can add from activity, and then trying to remember what a point equals in calories.... I'm slow when it comes to that stuff.

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Thu, 09-08-2005 - 9:15am

The point system has worked for me until now.

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Registered: 10-25-2004
Thu, 09-08-2005 - 12:50pm
I do. I usually just count the calories, and fat takes care of itself. I mean, you automatically limit your fat intake if you are limiting calories to 1200-1500/ day. I find it very easy to count calories without having to obess over every thing. Then again, I know the nutrition info on pretty much EVERYTHING I eat because I've been reading labels for so long, so I don't have to look all that junk up. Lately, I don't even really count the calories until the end of the week. I just have my 5-6 small meals that I know are healthy and sometimes have less healthy stuff (which I look at the calorie content of before I eat) and last week (even with my splurging on Tuesday) my average calorie count for teh week came out to be around 1300.


 


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Thu, 09-08-2005 - 1:30pm

Where do you find the calorie counts?

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Thu, 09-08-2005 - 2:44pm

I just posted a HUGE response on the Calorie Counters post, but I didn't put this info on it :), so I thought I'd post some more :). LOL.

For meat, I find the info on the packaging. Some places STILL don't put that info on their packaging, but most do, and WalMart is a great place to start shopping for meat because all their stuff has the nutrition info. You can also use fitday to look up your favorite meats and write them down or memorize them (I have a great memory, so I can tell you the calorie count of pretty much ANYTHING I would eat, even ice cream and potato chips). If you buy the extra lean cuts of meat (skinless chicken breast, center cut pork chops, sirloin (look for top in the name), or lean stew meat, 93-96% lean ground beef), then these have about 150 - 200 calories per 4 oz uncooked. If you buy the meat by the pound, then divide then # of pounds by 4 to get how many 4 oz servings there are.


 


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Thu, 09-08-2005 - 8:23pm

My Kaiser doctor said it's all about calories. I think 2424milk.com says the same thing. She joked and said you could eat 1400 calories of twinkies and still lose weight. You'd get sick, but you'd lose weight. She said it's about getting the most out of those calories, which means probably staying away from oily foods with lots of fat. Protein fat is unavoidable, but as long I stay away from processed, I'm supposed to be okay.

She said I do need fat, but I'll get that from meat, avocados, etc. I like peanut butter, myself. But, for a 1500/cal a day diet, only 250 she said should go to fat. I don't keep track, though, because I don't eat processed stuff (too cheap to buy it, really).

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Registered: 11-04-2003
Thu, 09-08-2005 - 9:15pm

Shawna, you're headed back in the right direction and that's awesome.