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[carrot_tit]

Hi,

Like I said in a previous post I lost nearly 11 stone a few years ago by calorie counting, so it does work.
That said you do learn to 'spend' your calores wisely, ie. having a curly wurly for 120 cals rather than a mars bar for 281. Also processed food is usually higher in calories, but at least there is the option to incorporate it in your diet.

I do think calorie counting is in some ways easier than other diets as the info is on all packets these days, however I feel I lost my weight last time, as my head was in the right place and I would probably have lost the weight regardless of what diet I followed. Just hope I am in the right frame of mind this time too.

P.S. Where did carrot tit come from?

carrot tit came from my college days. It was when we were first accessing the internet we decided we would all open email accounts. Well i tried every name under the sun but everything i wanted was already taken! In the end a mate of mine suggested i pick a vegetable (carrot) and a body part. Now tit wasn't my first choice but yahoo wouldn't let me have my first choice So i became carrot_tit. It was only supposed to be temp but it grew on me.

I have another question. Do you guys count calories in your veg? I do for fruit but haven't been for veg so far. Should i?

 

[KD]

I have another question. Do you guys count calories in your veg? I do for fruit but haven't been for veg so far. Should i?

I did. Though I did work out portion sizes and put it into my plans on WLR so I could add it in automatically. I also weighed it every now and again to check.
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[hollycat]

I argree with Karion, I count in fruit, but to be honest not a big veggie fan, other than onion and peppers (although both very low in cals)

I knew there would be a good story for your name

 

[carrot_tit]

Well i only eat Broccoli so i don't think i'm gonna bother as i don't suppose there are hundreds of calories in it anyway.

 

[hollycat]

Well i only eat Broccoli so i don't think i'm gonna bother as i don't suppose there are hundreds of calories in it anyway.

Broccoli has 9 calories per 28g/1oz, that is boiled, so as long as you are not frying it in butter, or eating it by the kilo, shouldn't worry too much.

 

[carrot_tit]

Nar i'm not frying it in butter. It gets plonked in my good old fashioned steamer. I don't like my broccoli boiled, it makes it tasteless.

 

[Maintainer]

hello all - just found you all over here,

Speaking of horrible diet aids we used to eat, does anyone remember really hard cardboard-like rolls I used to make myself eat? Can't remember what they were called... or that bread that was just like a puff of fresh air? or the steak + egg diet? etc etc

Calorie counting is at least a way of losing your weight while including all food groups and will help set us up for maintenance. Like you, holly, the first time I got to target I hadn't a clue what to eat, so I yoyo'ed up and down a stone for six months being sure to spend the time on thinking about the "after" bit the next time. 80 / 20 worked for me. We can talk more about that as we near our targets.

Funny that neither of you are big on veggies... I used to hate all veggies, most fruits, and all salad items. I weighed 22 stone 2lbs. Amusing how quickly my tastes changed once I got hungry! I am now far less picky than I used to be and enjoy most veggies etc now. I've even started growing them myself this year!