Best informative video on the topic. Coming from one who has been on and off diet for 5 + years and looks over lots of high content videos on RU-vid and paid nutrition services in past . Have been watching your videos for sometime and they are very beautifully explained in a realistic and intelligent way.👌👌👌 Please do count me as one of your loyal fans. 🙏🙏🙏🙏 I do still struggle with the quantity measurement of food items I use for cooking and eating. Also most of my foods are not packaged so it is difficult to keep actual track of macros and calories. No idea what to do in this situation. From now on I will focus mostly on macros than calories. Since I prefer vegetarian food so if I try to fulfil all the daily protein and fiber requirements my total calorie intake as per healthifyme app becomes much higher ( good database for Indian style food though I have serious doubt over accuracy).
Look to see if there is a food database in your country similar to the one I use (FDC for the US) I’m sure there is something similar to it that you can use! And thank you for the kind words 🙏🏻
Good information, but the second tip is kind of misleading. Not all carbs have 4 cal/gram. Yes, some labels will not coincide with the calorie count, but that is because carbs can range from 1-4 cal per gram. Besides, everything is rounded regardless. You can never be 100%, but for tracking, close enough is good enough
I love your videos and I am learning so much! I just can't seem to figure out my personal calorie goals and macro goals, every source gives me something different, ranging widely from 1900 all the way down to 1300, so difficult to figure out and so conflicting!
What’s your take on tracking the oils used for cooking? I feel like most of the oil I use evaporates when cooking more or less but maybe I’m completely wrong. I can’t be consuming alll the calories from all the oil that goes in the pan to lubricants it essentially. Can I?
Generally, oil doesn't evaporate. It just burns, which causes the smoke you see. I personally don't use oil in my cooking anymore bc it's a lot of calories
it depends how much you are using, if you're doing a quick spray its fine but if you're adding a decent amount then yes I would track it since It is a fat which has more calories than protein/carbs and can add up quickly if cooking multiple times per day
MFP and all other trackers can be off by anywhere from 2 calories - 200 calories. They have this problem with rounding numbers. I take the total grams of carbs, protein and fats and multiply by the correct calories for each macro.
So if I hit my protein goal for the day when having 800 calories left I can’t eat anymore protein? WHAT? I thought u could eat anything u want but just have to stay in the calorie count please elaborate
you can have more protein if youd like; you just have to be aware that the calories in myfitnesspal dont add up properly so you may think you have 800 calories left but in reality you only have 650 left for example. thats why its easier to just stick to set macros cause you know once you hit your macros you by default hit your calories
Okay so when you spoke about the weight of meat and it isn’t when it is cooked. If I have to do 130 grams of protein in a day, my package says it’s for ounces when it is raw and when I cook it it goes down to 2.8 ounces should I add more protein so that I get the complete 4 ounces or should I stick to the 2.8 I hope I make sense and I really hope I get an answer back from you soon!
Hi! so the 2.8 cooked is the exact same thing as the 4 oz raw (the nutrition information does not change) ..the only thing that matters is how you enter it into your tracking app. Since the label is referring to the meat in the raw state...if you were to scan the label and enter 2.8 oz chicken..that would be incorrect since you are referring to the COOKED weight of the chicken (the app would assume you are referring to 2.8 oz raw...which is not the case here) The label is referring to the 4 oz as the raw weight, so that's what you would log it as! does that make sense?
I made a homemade granola to top on my Greek yogurt. Is there a video of yours showing how to do a recipe? The granola for example is jumbo oats + shredded red apple + cinnamon + honey + nuts + raisins
How do you track things like ramen? Do I put in the weight on the packet or do I put in the weight it is after I've prepared it? I've tried to google it and I can't find an answer
Correct it’s not 0 but it’s “close to 0” so if you are using a lot of it, it can definitely add up...it depends on their serving size too..like cooking spray most companies a use a very very small serving size (like 1/4 tsp) just to say that it’s 0 but in reality no one is using 1/4 tsp haha. And I have two options to choose from for my services: 1:1 coaching and also my course. Both have some recipes/meal plan ideas and also teach you how to create a meal plan...the course is a self paced do it yourself option but 1:1 is working with me specifically 💓
So if the meat nutrition facts are the same, I’m not taking in less calories right? Like Oatmeal, when you cook it it’s gonna be “heavier” so just because it’s heavier after I cook it doesn’t mean I’m eating more calories right? Using water instead of milk for this situation
Correct, the error is made when people mistake 40 grams of raw oatmeal with 40 grams of cooked oatmeal to be the same when it’s not. 40 grams of raw oats is what you would weigh and input into myfitnesspal since the label on the package reflects “dry” oats not cooked. It will expand in size after you cook it since you are adding water, but as long as you weighed/tracked it in the dry state the weight after doesn’t matter 👍🏻
@@CassDiGiovanni thank you, I started to track my calories and I was always so confused if the facts on the back changed. I was worried that I was gonna consume too little calories. Also with oats I thought I was going to consume more than I should. Thanks!
about number 7, not being consistent with the number of calories, day by day. ok, but if this is already planned ok right? if I look at my caloric goals for the week, and plan that I will eat more calories on the weekend and less during the week, but everything is planned, it's ok, right?
Hey! Is it okay if i have calorie deficit and lets say i need to eat about 1500cal a day… and what can i do if i eat less not the 1500cal but 1200cal or even 1000 what could i do to eat more even though i eat all the 3 meals + snacks?
Question for you so if something says 80g dry how much is it cooked?.. that's where I get confused at... Do you just measure out 80 g of cooked? I'm sorry if it sounds stupid 🤣
Hi, I really hope someone can help me with this: the thing is I would like to calorie count but I still live with my parents. Although I make breakfast and dinner myself, I obviously eat what my mum makes me for lunch, that means I don't know how many calories I consume. And also I can't tell my mum to just count calories cause she probably won't do that and thinks it's ridiculous. I really wanna lose weight but I don't what to do so please help.
I really think "caloric awareness" rather than counting/budget might be a better fit until you live on your own. With caloric awareness, you try to get a general awareness of how many calories are in various foods and you try to favor foods that are calorie-sparse and high in satiety, but you don't measure every last thing on a food scale. So, for example, you might just ask your mom to give you a larger serving of veggies and less of the calorie-dense stuff. You try to wean out liquid calories in favor of water/unsweetened tea/black coffee/sparkling water. Things of this nature, and you can just gradually improve and improve your nutrition/lifestyle this way while your caloric input steadily goes down by just substitutions without having to count/track so precisely.
You can eat more veggies and fruits. If you want a better counting, you can train your eyes and hands to estimate the weight of the raw ingredients. So when you take a bowl of veggies stir fry that your mom cooks, you can estimate how many grams of each food in there then input the calorie in the app. A rough estimation will be okay as long as they are real healthy food (not those of 0 calorie stuffs she talks about in the video)
*warning* There are lots of statements that she said that are not correct. You really should do your own research or take a real class. " Wardlaw's Perspectives in Nutrition" McGraw-Hill was the book for my basic nutrition college class
its about 2 calories per piece, the company mentions this on their website. So...if you are eating these like candy it can add more calories to your day
