bigbassbrent's Journal, 12 August 2014

Hello Tuesday and fat secret friends! Tip time!

I wanted to list the things that I think contributed to me meeting my weight loss goals in hopes that it may help someone else. And please remember, this is what has worked for ME, your mileage will vary. I will post one tip per weekday.

Tip 13 of 25

When logging food in fat secret, do it in a way that helps you reach your goals. If you are trying to lose weight then always overestimate the amount of food you log just a little bit. For example, if I have a piece of chicken and I don’t have a way to weight it, I take my best guess at how much it weighs then I add an ounce or so to ensure that I am not overeating. If I am trying to gain weight then I will underestimate the foods I log in fat secret. Of course measuring or weighing everything you eat is the best method of logging food but it isn’t always practical which is why I created this tip.

Diet Calendar Entries for 12 August 2014:
2591 kcal Fat: 190.02g | Prot: 164.60g | Carb: 62.64g.   Breakfast: Refried Beans (Canned), Scrambled Egg (Liquid Mixture), Wright Brand Natural Hickory Smoked Bacon, HEB HEB Heavy Whipping Cream, Spectrum coconut oil, coffee. Lunch: Beef Tip Round (Trimmed to 0" Fat), Red Onions, John Morrell Off the Bone Smoked Ham, Borden Shredded Cheddar Cheese, Fresh Express Baby Spinach, Broccoli, Ranch Salad Dressing, Boiled Egg. Dinner: Wright Brand Naturally Hickory Smoked Bacon, Fried Egg. Snacks/Other: HEB Jumbo Virginia Peanuts, Muscle Milk High Protein Chocolate Milk Shake, Muscle Milk Vanilla Creme Protein Shake (11 oz). more...
2523 kcal Activities & Exercise: Walking (brisk) - 4/mph - 30 minutes, Driving - 2 hours and 25 minutes, Sleeping - 6 hours and 30 minutes, Desk Work - 7 hours and 30 minutes, Resting - 7 hours and 5 minutes. more...

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All excellent tips and advice, thank you. 
12 Aug 14 by member: jmb3450
Hi Brent, I saw in your profile that you are tying to gain mass. How is that going? I plan to start my mass gaining phase around December.  
12 Aug 14 by member: Cito1109
I always over log my food .. sometimes I get in a hamster wheel cycle in my head 'if you aren't being accurate... how can you expect results' and then I remember 'oh, yeah, you can't math the weight off .. this is just an estimate'. The challenge is to not say 'well, B, you overlogged that 'thing' so you can have 'this thing' and not log it and it all equals out.' 
12 Aug 14 by member: FullaBella
Thanks, all good advice. I usually err on the generous side when I'm making a guestimate. I think you have to weigh everything in the beginning though so that you know the size/weight of foods. I've had a few shocks when I've realised what I considered to be a normal portion turned out to be huge (and way more calories, sugar or fat than I expected). 
12 Aug 14 by member: sheilasheila

     
 

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