Trying to count calories correctly

[Poppy]

All right guys. Still kind of new to tracking things i shove in my cake hole. It’s salad night. We have pretty big salads with hard boiled eggs big chicken breasts cheese etc. i know how to quantify that stuff.

Do you guys count the lettuce, tomatoes…cucumbers?

@Kad1 @NeuroRN and any other of you fine gentlemen/women

 

[Dirtnasty]

Weight it all baby when I was on strict caloric intake I weighed all my food it’s a pain but when most meals were chicken and broccoli it was easy. Salads honestly the lettusce I wouldn’t worry about

 

[Poppy]

You counted your broccoli in your calories?

 

[Dirtnasty]

Sure did weighed them out so I knew it was 50 calories each serving

 

[Poppy]

Aint no wonder your killing it!

 

[PNWmuscle]

Use a scale. I use one everyday for every meal. Gets easy once your in a routine. Using volumetric forms of measurement are not accurate

 

[PNWmuscle]

And yes, I weigh everything. Just had 4oz chicken and 100g broccoli haha

 

[Poppy]

Ahhhh. That was a question i had floating around in my brain housing group.

 

[Poppy]

I want abs so bad…just like old man @Kad1

 

[Kad1]

I generally don’t count fibrous carbs so no salad , cucumber or green leafy veg. The tomato I would because there is sugar in them. I would take them out if you are trying to get to deficit

 

[Poppy]

No tomato it is!

 

[PNWmuscle]

Measuring is such a great thing, it really puts into perspective how much we actually eat. I can’t see doing any kind of diet without weighing it all out. Once you do it so long you get a good eye to guesstimate though haha

 

[NeuroRN]

Dietary fiber doesn’t count when counting macros using RP either. @Poppy look at the carb content, then subtract dietary fiber, net carbs is what you’re looking at.

 

[Poppy]

Y’all better look out! I’m a gunna be sporting some bad azz abs!!!

 

[NeuroRN]

I can’t wait!!

 

[Rusty]

Go get it Brother!!! It’s abs time for @Poppy !!!

 

[Dirtnasty]

Me too and then I’ll be accused of cheating even more. At least my girl started hitting gym today so she will hopefully get a little tighter

 

[Poppy]

You better not get caught cheating while you’re dating a latina…she might cut your johnson off

 

[Dirtnasty]

Honestly I would break up with her before cheating

 

[futureICUdoc]

I typically do what @NeuroRN does. If it’s leafy greens I typically don’t count them because of their fiber content. I would agree on counting out the tomato and other more carb heavy vegetables, like onions or bell peppers. That’s just me though