Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Measuring Food

bobcat80
bobcat80
Posts: 19
Joined: 2002/12/27
Philippines
2003/01/04, 03:48 AM
I'm trying to gain weight and I'm trying to eat the right amount of calories I should take.
Do I really have to measure my food if I want to get the right amount of calories ? Is there any easier way?
Lumina20
Lumina20
Posts: 966
Joined: 2001/10/31
United States
2003/01/04, 01:16 PM
If you're not planning on competing or anything then you needn't worry too much about measuring out food, but sometimes we tend to think we're eating some amount of a food when we're actually eating more. Most of the time, packages list the amount of a food that consitutes one serving, depending on the packaging, sometimes I visually divide said package into the amount of servings contained in it and go from there. I'm hoping that made some sense. :)
bb1fit
bb1fit
Posts: 11,105
Joined: 2001/06/30
United States
2003/01/04, 06:18 PM
If I am not pre contest, the main thing I worry about keeping track of is my protein grams. I always do this to insure adequate amounts. Other than that, kind of gauge yourself if you like.

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