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calories

  1. A

    What 200 Calories Of Food Looks Like!

    From apples to alcohol and broccoli to big macs, this is what 200 calories worth of your favourite foods look like! This Is 200 Calories - YouTube
  2. BrisVegasGhost

    Monitoring calorie intake

    For the people that keep a close eye on your calorie intake do you write things down daily or use a spread sheet? I have a list of all the calories and proteins of the food I consume but it is just scribbled down in a note book. And I never get around to working out and adding up all my...
  3. kaz

    Net Calories

    Is there a place for net calories in dieting? Do you follow your net calories or calories consumed? Why/why not?
  4. A

    Standing on Weekdays Burns Calories Like Running 10 Marathons a Year

    We've already talked a lot about how sitting all day is killing us, but what you might not know is just how good simply standing for a few hours a day can be. A new study found remarkable health benefits of standing versus sitting. The BBC and the University of Chester conducted a simple...
  5. Undercover

    Dexa scan - Recommended calories

    I understand when you have a dexa scan some places will give you a target range (calories) based on your scan. Has anybody done this and used their recommendation? Not worth it? BS? Thinking of having one for the first time, more for a base referance and BF% reading but was interested in...
  6. S

    Calories burnt in a full body workout

    let's say it's a full body workout, squat, sldl, bench, row, press, curls. 3 sets each and about 1-2 minute rest between sets. roughly how many calories are burnt?
  7. nazzysmith

    calories in vs calories out

    Good article. Why Calories Count Calories Count Now you know why calories count. Using rigorously controlled studies, we’ve found that: 1. When people are in a caloric deficit, they always lose weight. 2. When people are in a caloric surplus, they always gain weight. 3. You also learned...
  8. nazzysmith

    cutting natty - what worked for you...

    The body building section Kuntz.. Interested in training approach while in deficit fukkers!!! How would you maintain lean mass... Imo if your over 20% bf%.... It don't matter... Just lift and concentrate on diet you fat kuntce!!! Under 20%..... slight deficit with strength training...
  9. M@YHEM

    Maintenance Calories

    Just wondering what are peoples maintenance calories are and at what weight. I know there are a million formulas but am interested to know real world figures. I weigh about 91kg and am maintaining with an average of about 2650cals
  10. Realouat

    You Can Burn a Lot of Calories by Playing Squash

    If you have been trying to find a fun sports activity that's going to help you be in awesome good condition and health, then squash happens to be an amazing option considering that the level of calories burned playing squash is really high. It simply put is made up of an indoor squash court with...
  11. DKD

    Milkshakes

    I've recently become feverishly giddy over the taste of strawberry thick shakes from Donut King. Do they have no place in a weight training regime? I feel guilty when I have them. Should I relax or should I ditch them?
  12. D

    What do you do when you go to the pub?

    What do you drink if you want to keep calories down? I prefer beer, which beers are the lowest calorie? It's too hard to cut out the pub it's a big part of social life.. I just want to minimize harm to my daily calories. I'm talking about pub only 1-3 times a week average.
  13. pumpiniron

    Cheat days,excess calories and b.m.r thoughts?

    There are 3500 calories in a pound of fat yer? So if you ate 7000 calories over maintenance level in 1 day you would gain 2 pounds of fat? This is what i thought but i dont see this to be the case,atleast not with me. I weigh 70 kilos and few days ago i had a massive cheat day, 1 jar of peanut...
  14. Swervyn-Ervyn

    Poptarts

    How do you eat em? Toasted, straight from the pack, or frozen?
  15. M

    Maintainace calories + weights + cardio = ripped??

    Hi guys judging by this site Bodybuilding.com - Calorie Know-How: Get The Equation Right To Get Results! Calories needed per pound are 10 or 11 cals..so my maintainace intake level is 2002 cals coz 182 pounds x 11 = 2002 cals correct? So I just need to stick to maintainace and add exercise and...
  16. J

    Living off 1200 calories a day ?

    Hey guys, I was wondering if it is okay to live off about 1200 calories a day, I have read varying information through the internet. I am 24 and started gym about a month ago and have lost 3 - 4 kilos (I think its mainly fat as I have also been doing weight training with cardio 2 -3 times a...
  17. pumpiniron

    How many calories over maintenance is acceptable for good gains?

    So when i started bulkign a few months ago i started off eating 500 calories over maintenance, which was 3500. The first 4 weeks all my lifts were going up really well, for example my bench press went from 30 kilo dumbells to 35 kilo dumbells in 1 month then i plateud so i upped the calories to...
  18. Goosey

    All calories not equal!!

    just saw this video last night and it has excellent information regarding proper nutrition. It matters what you put in your pie hole. ASK COACH: Counting Calories...? - YouTube
  19. A

    Short people burn more calories walking

    Take that, Stretch! Short people burn more calories walking They use more energy to cover the same distance as people with longer legs, study finds Scientists have come up with a new equation to determine how much energy people actually use while walking. While previous work has conjured many...
  20. U

    Doing the calories

    Hi I understand there are topic like this out there. However I want to know if.. I eat a solid amount of food three times a day then have 2x1000 calorie shakes Does that count? Are calories calories? providing they are healthy and useful. I am finding I almost need to eat every 1hr and I...
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