Diet Tracking

[Prophet For Profit]

I began tracking my nutrition intake this week in an effort to encourage some more accountability on my end. I picked up this book to help me:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140...r_mts_prod_img

And it's really helpful so far. It helps you set and reassess your goals on a long-term (90 day) and short term (weekly) basis. It also has some quick reference stuff for BMI (which I put no value in because BMI doesn't account for muscle mass), the nutritional values of a whole bunch of foods, and the calories burned doing a whole bunch of exercises (and regular daily tasks like moving furniture).

And, in it's daily section, it has spaces for:
What you ate/drank that day
How many 8oz glasses of water you've had
What exercises you've done (split into three types) and how many calories it burned
And a brief goals section so you can log ideas for the next day or write what you thought about the day you just completed.


I'm already thinking a lot more closely about the things I eat because those numbers add up very quickly.

[Divac]

Originally Posted by Prophet For Profit

I began tracking my nutrition intake this week in an effort to encourage some more accountability on my end. I picked up this book to help me:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140...r_mts_prod_img

And it's really helpful so far. It helps you set and reassess your goals on a long-term (90 day) and short term (weekly) basis. It also has some quick reference stuff for BMI (which I put no value in because BMI doesn't account for muscle mass), the nutritional values of a whole bunch of foods, and the calories burned doing a whole bunch of exercises (and regular daily tasks like moving furniture).

And, in it's daily section, it has spaces for:
What you ate/drank that day
How many 8oz glasses of water you've had
What exercises you've done (split into three types) and how many calories it burned
And a brief goals section so you can log ideas for the next day or write what you thought about the day you just completed.


I'm already thinking a lot more closely about the things I eat because those numbers add up very quickly.

Ok so this is exactly what I need to do. Tired of the gut and the ribbing that comes with it in the gym LoL Its not rocket science but keeping track of eveything in and everything out is huge for cutting weight permanently.

So i ordered one Prophet, I will post when it arrives

[Prophet For Profit]

Yeah. I saw it at Barnes and Nobel when I was out shopping and was pretty pleased with how inexpensive (can we have c-h-e-a-p unfiltered?) it is.

Hope it works for us both!

Hah.

[Eric]

im starting to get pretty heavy my self. back up to around 190 so im just trying to eat alot less for now and hopefully start training bjj soon and that will help and ill see what i need to do from there.

[Divac]

I will see if I can fix C-h-e-a-p too LoL

[Prophet For Profit]

Just as an example of what I'm seeing (and correcting, quickly):

My normal order at Del Taco totals 2,020 calories (including drink). Holy ****! That is supposed to be my total daily intake!

[Divac]

LoL I ate at Bj's brewery the other night and they have all the nutirional info on their menu. ALL of their salads on the dinner menu break 1200 calories, through in a Jerimiah Red and well...you get the drift youre at 2000 quick style.

A burger is better by nearly 50% at about 650 for their plain burger and soft drinks are the Diet Butcher (sorry silly Alexander Otsuka reference)

[Prophet For Profit]

The really screwed up part is that is my REGULAR order! I go to Del Taco an embarrassing amount. Haha. Well... I went to Del Taco an embarrassing amount.

[Divac]

Dude everywhere I have ever lived has had a Del Taco, and its good and *****. I feel your pain

[Prophet For Profit]

You're right. It is good and *****.


This word filter makes me feel like a child.