Comments on: Understanding Calorie Counting: Creating Your Calorie Goal and Being Honest About It http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/understanding-calorie-counting-creating-your-calorie-goal-and-being-honest-about-it/ Culturally Sound Tools, Tips, and Advice Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:15:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DianaLyn http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/understanding-calorie-counting-creating-your-calorie-goal-and-being-honest-about-it/#comment-609604 DianaLyn Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:30:35 +0000 http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/?p=230#comment-609604 Read somewhere that a great way to keep track of what you're eating and you dont have time to journal, is with all the smartphones and ipods out there - take a picture. Then when you have time in your day, you can review the pictures taken and write it down. Of course you still need to be honest with yourself and take pictures of all you eat. But thought it was great for those that say they are too busy to journal. Read somewhere that a great way to keep track of what you’re eating and you dont have time to journal, is with all the smartphones and ipods out there – take a picture. Then when you have time in your day, you can review the pictures taken and write it down. Of course you still need to be honest with yourself and take pictures of all you eat. But thought it was great for those that say they are too busy to journal.

]]> By: Erika Nicole Kendall http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/understanding-calorie-counting-creating-your-calorie-goal-and-being-honest-about-it/#comment-181998 Erika Nicole Kendall Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:40:11 +0000 http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/?p=230#comment-181998 Stick with the 2063 number. Stick with the 2063 number.

]]> By: Khyla http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/understanding-calorie-counting-creating-your-calorie-goal-and-being-honest-about-it/#comment-181980 Khyla Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:20:25 +0000 http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/?p=230#comment-181980 Okay I am confused. I am just now trying to learn how to calorie count and I just did my numbers and calculated my caloric expenses. I burn 2563 calories per day. I am sure I take in a few thousand more than that thinking of all the candy I eat and juice I drink. I am already dieting so it is hard for me to write down the foods that I "normally eat". However, I want to plan out meals that create a deficient but I am confused. Do I need to take in 2063 (2563-500) to create a deficient or do I eat 500 calories less than I was eating before (which could end up being more calories than I take burn per day). Can you please help? Thanks Okay I am confused. I am just now trying to learn how to calorie count and I just did my numbers and calculated my caloric expenses. I burn 2563 calories per day. I am sure I take in a few thousand more than that thinking of all the candy I eat and juice I drink. I am already dieting so it is hard for me to write down the foods that I “normally eat”. However, I want to plan out meals that create a deficient but I am confused. Do I need to take in 2063 (2563-500) to create a deficient or do I eat 500 calories less than I was eating before (which could end up being more calories than I take burn per day). Can you please help? Thanks

]]> By: Eboni http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/understanding-calorie-counting-creating-your-calorie-goal-and-being-honest-about-it/#comment-68048 Eboni Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:55:01 +0000 http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/?p=230#comment-68048 Honestly I wish I had found this site so many years ago ! I read everything I can get my hands on about weightloss and dieting but never from this perspective. I really just want to say Thank You so much for this article, it moved me beyond belief ! I'm sitting here crying like a daymn baby because it just finally clicked about what the hell I'm doing to my body ! I really have to look in the mirror and see beyond the physical and search to see my mental self. It going to be a real journey to reteach myself to stop rationalizing the reasons I can't loose weight and just accept that I won't until I get real with myself and take ownership of how I got here. I Thank You a thousand times more! Honestly I wish I had found this site so many years ago ! I read everything I can get my hands on about weightloss and dieting but never from this perspective. I really just want to say Thank You so much for this article, it moved me beyond belief ! I’m sitting here crying like a daymn baby because it just finally clicked about what the hell I’m doing to my body ! I really have to look in the mirror and see beyond the physical and search to see my mental self. It going to be a real journey to reteach myself to stop rationalizing the reasons I can’t loose weight and just accept that I won’t until I get real with myself and take ownership of how I got here. I Thank You a thousand times more!

]]> By: Erika http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/understanding-calorie-counting-creating-your-calorie-goal-and-being-honest-about-it/#comment-55730 Erika Sat, 08 Jan 2011 04:14:56 +0000 http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/?p=230#comment-55730 This is ABSOLUTELY correct. I wrote about this in another post. The only problem with this approach is if the person has a LOT of difference between what they weigh now and what they WANT to weigh, it'll be hard to embrace such a drastic change. Other than that? Yes, this is true. :) This is ABSOLUTELY correct. I wrote about this in another post. The only problem with this approach is if the person has a LOT of difference between what they weigh now and what they WANT to weigh, it’ll be hard to embrace such a drastic change. Other than that? Yes, this is true. :)

]]> By: Natisha http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/understanding-calorie-counting-creating-your-calorie-goal-and-being-honest-about-it/#comment-55715 Natisha Sat, 08 Jan 2011 03:35:31 +0000 http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/?p=230#comment-55715 Love the site! Not sure if the person above ever had her question answered, but I recently found another site that suggested going to the same sites that you suggested above and typing in the weight where you WANT to be. When provided with the calorie numbers, start eating that number of calories (making sure you eat at LEAST 1200) and by staying consistent, eventually your body will "regulate" itself to your goal weight. Of course working out will help you get there faster, but you may also find yourself being hungrier so be careful. Seems like the same thing you suggested, but just going at it from the back way - start with your goal weight and eat that on a regular basis to get to goal. Love the site! Not sure if the person above ever had her
question answered, but I recently found another site that suggested
going to the same sites that you suggested above and typing in the
weight where you WANT to be. When provided with the calorie
numbers, start eating that number of calories (making sure you eat
at LEAST 1200) and by staying consistent, eventually your body will
“regulate” itself to your goal weight. Of course working out will
help you get there faster, but you may also find yourself being
hungrier so be careful. Seems like the same thing you suggested,
but just going at it from the back way – start with your goal
weight and eat that on a regular basis to get to goal.

]]> By: kokoesquire http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/tools-for-weight-loss/understanding-calorie-counting-creating-your-calorie-goal-and-being-honest-about-it/#comment-7852 kokoesquire Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:31:48 +0000 http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/?p=230#comment-7852 Hey . . .love the site! I've been on my journey for almost two months now and have lost 14 lbs!!! Yay me! My goal means that I need to lose 20 more. I haven't lost any weight within the last week. I'm not discouraged . . .yet. . .but I want to understand what the issue is. Note: I'm eating diet foods, and I calorie count obsessively using caloriecount.about.com. I'm always under my personal calorie goal of 1200 calories a day, but sometimes my sodium intake is a little over my recommended intake and I am working to get my sugar intake down, although a large part of my sugar comes from fruits (I eat 2 a day). What has been your experience with too much sodium and the effect on weight loss, even though I'm not taking in too many calories (if anything, too few) and I drink tons of water? Note: I am eating diet foods (ala Jenny Craig and SmartOnes). Thanks. Hey . . .love the site!

I’ve been on my journey for almost two months now and have lost 14 lbs!!!

Yay me!

My goal means that I need to lose 20 more. I haven’t lost any weight within the last week. I’m not discouraged . . .yet. . .but I want to understand what the issue is.

Note: I’m eating diet foods, and I calorie count obsessively using caloriecount.about.com. I’m always under my personal calorie goal of 1200 calories a day, but sometimes my sodium intake is a little over my recommended intake and I am working to get my sugar intake down, although a large part of my sugar comes from fruits (I eat 2 a day). What has been your experience with too much sodium and the effect on weight loss, even though I’m not taking in too many calories (if anything, too few) and I drink tons of water?

Note: I am eating diet foods (ala Jenny Craig and SmartOnes).

Thanks.

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