Calorie counting

[kyannas*mum*]

hi all

well i have just finshed tony furgeson for the time being i lost 19cm and 10kgs so im now trying to go out on my own and see how i go.

i had a look at calorie king and for my stats to still be able to lose weight i need to have no more than 1200 calories a day, now today was my first day and i done it quite easily, there seems to be so much i can have and im feeling like im overeating

so this is my question is when im looking at my 1200 calories am i also looking into fat and carbs etc or is it just calories?

[nickalex]

The Ck site is great I'm a member over there too. The diet diary should let you know how much you are eating in the way of carbs, fat, protein etc.
Yes it is just a case of using up your 1200cals, you can use them on whatever you want! So you should be able to lose weight no matter the state of your diet as long as you aren't exceeding your calorie intake and you are doing the recommended amount of activity.
However you will find that you will feel a lot more satisfied if you do eat a lot of fruit and veges (very low cals) and a bit of protein and some good quality carbs most days.
I love calorie counting most days I try and eat a healthy diet after all I want to be healthy as well as slim. BUT I love the fact that I can have "treats" and just work them into my plan or just exercise them off.
Good luck with it let us know how you go. i find the charts and graphs over there very inspiring as well!

[SassyMummy]

Don't know a THING about Calorie King, but at one point, I was counting calories too (I still do when I'm having a Lite and Easy "off day").

1200 Calories seems like a lot of food when it's GOOD food. If you ate a Quarter Pounder from Maccas though, you'd almost be over the daily limit in one sitting - which is crazy!

For fat content, try to keep below 60g fat per day (total fat, not just saturated fat - TOTAL fat). In most meals, looks for no more than 5g of fat (of course, going a little over is no real problem...).

A lot of lollies and such aren't too high in Calories OR fat content, but they are high in sugar. Probably best to just use your general knowledge there - if it's a "not so great food choice" then just avoid it if you can.

There's a lot of yummy low-fat/low-cal foods out there - including Nestle Diet Mousse (about 65 calories for a chocolate one! YUM!).

Also make sure you look at serving sizes - a regular tub of yoghurt generally has TWO SERVES in the one tub... so you're actually get double calories to what it says for "one serving". (This is why I use the Yoplait NO FAT yoghurt - because it's about half the calories of Yoplait Low-Fat... so I can eat the whole tub for about 89 Calories, whereas, if I had a Low-Fat one, I'd have closer to 200 Calories per tub!).

I think calories play the MOST important role, but fat and sugar and salt are also good to look at and be familiar with if possible.

And if TRANS FATS are labelled - put the product down and leave. They're the WORST.

(Oh - another tip I can't help but share - buy LOW FAT BUTTER rather than some sort of margerine. They're about the same calorie-wise, but butter has better nutrients than marg...!).