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Net Calories

Darkoz said:
Who says you can't have good nutrition without counting every calorie you put in your mouth?
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Totally agree mate - I used to count calories abit when I was a teen - but have not counted cals for maybe 6-7 years now - to be honest after awhile you routhly know how much you need to eat to gain weight, drop weight etc - and if things arent moving increase or decrease.

Nutrition is the key to your training but if you have a rough idea of proteins/fats/carbs your eating then theres no point in counting calories.

The only place I suggest it is for beginners to get an idea of how much fat/protein/carbs/calories are in something. Once you have the eye/and the knowledge of what your eating you dont need to sit there and count everything.

I didnt count calories yesterday but just by thinking of the foods I ate/sauces/drinks etc I had around 2000 calories.
 
Darkoz said:
Who says you can't have good nutrition without counting every calorie you put in your mouth?
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Even though I count calories I agree.

The main reason I count calories is because I love food and use it to keep me honest. If I don't count calories I will eat double what I need to maintain weight without realising it.
 
To answer the original question I don't count exercise calories.

I count food calories. I weigh myself once every two weeks and adjust calories as needed.
 
I go by

Set calories + calories burnt = total calories
Ex 2400 + 30minutes cardio (300 Calories burnt) = 2700 calories

It's working well for me
 
Darkoz said:
Who says you can't have good nutrition without counting every calorie you put in your mouth?
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I also totally agree.
I started counting calories to make sure I ate ENOUGH as I was always overestimating before.

I could literally stop it now but am still doing it to make sure i get enough protein in each day and I like having a food diary as it's part of my food intolerance experiments for which it's been really helpful.
 
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