First day - never calorie counted before

Hi all, i am 100% new to calorie counting!! I have started today and am using MFP

Any advice or tips?!

My daily allowance is 1506 calories to lose a pound a week.

Do you just look at calories or do you look at fat etc aswell or does couting the calories take care of that??

Thanks xXx

Sorry thought i'd add i currently belong to a SW group and have lost 2 stone, but have now come to a standstill - so am using this as a kick start, whilst still going SW to get weighed xXx

Hi there, I mainly look at the calories, as i can easily over eat on low sugar or low fat food, so I need the control of the calorie amount. X


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I use MFP too and only look at my daily overall calories - you can always manually change your fat, protein, carb ratios in the settings if you find you prefer to eat more protein etc. I really love using the app - I usually put what I plan on eating in advance and see if it all fits in - it's saved me many a time from grabbing at choccy digestives when I'm in the kitchen ... you tend to enjoy them less when you have to log them!

I use a pen and paper I have a small book in which I have tabled the calorie value of the foods I eat in 100gm values as well as the usual portion I eat and I weigh everything I eat so no guess work involved. May seem a bit over the top but it worked for me. I did SW but found my portions of free food were too large and I did gain weight.
So for example when I have breakfast I usually have the same so know my cals for that then write it in my diary and take it away from my daily total I allow myself.
I write down everything I eat even if it is only 5 grapes. When I eat something new I write it in my book for next time so I can just look it up.
I did use MFP but would forget to put things in it and found my written diary is the best way for me - I also didn't like the way MFP adds the calories for exercise to my daily total.
I just count calories as I am veggie and cook from scratch so know what is in my food.

Quit sugar, it's the most liberating thing that I've ever done. For the first time I eat to live and food is no longer the boss of me!!! Good luck. Xxx

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systema said:

11th August - NOW AT TARGET WEIGHT OF 9ST.6LBS - 2 STONES GONE

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Wow - congratulations systema - just noticed you're at target!!
And amazing consistent weekly progress - strict counting has obviously worked for you - brilliant motivation for me and again a huge well done for reaching your goal

Thank you - have been looking for your diary but can't find it - do you have one?

I don't have a diary on here, I just log it on MFP. My username's on my profile and my diary's open if you fancy a critique! I'll try to find yours when I'm back on the laptop tomorrow - I've never succeeded in maintaining in a healthy way so may sneak a peek at yours to see what a successful maintainer eats ... yes that's you