Count calories or carbs???

[MkUSmile78 0]

Good Morning Everyone!!!

:help:I am just curious as to what everyone was counting, calories or carbs??? How many calories or carbs per day are you'll doing?

[areellady 1]

I am personally not counting either. I started counting calories but am losing weight nicely so stopped and have continued to lose nicely. I used fitday and found it ridiculous to try to find what I was eating on their pre planned foods to pick from. I eat until I am satisfied and then MOST of the time...stop....LOL...have had a few times when my brain said, um noooo you need to keep eating but then I was miserable for being too full. I am one of the lucky ones I guess though because I have restriction without a fill. Good luck in finding what works best for you. I think that is the key, everyone is different. Deanna

[Jachut 487]

I dont count anything, its not my dieting personality. But if I had to, I'd count calories.

I'd keep away from white processed carbs though.

I guess I've crept back up to about 1800 calorie a day now, I'm maintaining easily on that, but I really do need to cut right down if I want to lose anymore weight, once you're in your healthy weight range like I am, with a big weight loss behind you, it gets diabolically hard to lose anything.

I have avoided counting calories till now but I think I need to psyche myself up to do it.

[Jachut 487]

Oh, Fitday drove me freaking INSANE. All the foods on it are American of course so I couldnt find anything that I eat. I'd have to enter every single item of food as a custom food, I gave that up after five minutes, lol.

[mabunga24 2]

I personally am counting calories. It was a total pain at the beginning, but it is getting easier and easier. I have a little notebook that I carry around with me all day and I record absolutely EVERYTHING that goes in my mouth. When I first started I was SHOCKED at how many calories I was consuming even though I didn't feel like I was eating much food. At the end of every day I log my entries onto the website mycaloriecounter.com and it helps me to keep thing in perspective. Now that I have been counting calories so faithfully for the past 6 months I feel like for the first time I am in total control of what I am eating and the weight is finally starting to come off steadily. It is also a great help that I finally feel like I have hit the sweet spot as far as my band restriction goes.

[Jachut 487]

I do count on occasion, its hard not to when you've grown up forever on a diet isnt it?

I find the opposite - I'm shocked by how little I eat. I keep feeling bad about the way I tend to pick in the afternoons, not really feeling "hungry" but just peckish. When I've counted I realise i've eaten like 400 calories all freaking day, no wonder I'm peckish. It reminds me to have a good Breakfast and a good lunch, maybe 800 calories worth and then the peckishness miraculously disappears.

I do think you need to be aware of what you're eating, for sure.

[MkUSmile78 0]

How many calories are you doing a day? What are you eating?

I personally am counting calories. It was a total pain at the beginning, but it is getting easier and easier. I have a little notebook that I carry around with me all day and I record absolutely EVERYTHING that goes in my mouth. When I first started I was SHOCKED at how many calories I was consuming even though I didn't feel like I was eating much food. At the end of every day I log my entries onto the website mycaloriecounter.com and it helps me to keep thing in perspective. Now that I have been counting calories so faithfully for the past 6 months I feel like for the first time I am in total control of what I am eating and the weight is finally starting to come off steadily. It is also a great help that I finally feel like I have hit the sweet spot as far as my band restriction goes.

[edieparks 2]

I kept mine at around 1100.

edie

[mabunga24 2]

I always shoot for 1000, but if I hit 1200 I don't beat myself up :biggrin1:

I have been dieting my whole life, so I thought I knew how many calories I was eating before I started REALLY keeping track. But I think I might have been in denial a bit or sometimes didn't count everything. But now that I have been more serious about it, I think it has made a huge difference for me.

[mabunga24 2]

I still have a lot of weight to lose, which is why I am trying to keep my calories around 1000 per day.

[WASaBubbleButt 41]

I aim for about 600 calories daily, I don't really count carbs but I only eat low carb 99% of the time. I just feel better when I do that. I'm sure I'm under 20 carb grams daily.

I keep things simple, I have a spreadsheet and I track the food I ate, # of calories, # of Protein gms, and weight. I do track my weight on Calorie Counter, Diet Tracking, Food Journal, Nutrition Facts at The Daily Plate because it gives me a nifty graph to watch.