• BigTrout75@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Yep we all eat too much. I started counting calories and found out that I was eating twice as much as I should have. It’s not obvious and every place serves big portions.

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      8 months ago

      I’ve been counting calories for the last few months, and that was my big realization as well. I could have easily put down a single meal at a restaurant which is my entire (or more) daily intake now.

      More than anything it’s just awareness.

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      8 months ago

      I’m counting calories too, it’s not even the amount but it’s that some foods are total calorie bombs. You can pretty easily ingest a day’s worth of calories in a single meal at the restaurant without really feeling like you overate, but if I pay attention and select my foods properly I can feel like I ate plenty and be under 1500cal a day.

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        8 months ago

        One of the subs I miss from Reddit was volume eating- it had tons of tips for low calorie high volume meals so you don’t feel restricted

        • TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          I find the premade mixes from Birdseye (sold basically everywhere that has frozen food) to be a pretty good lazy way to get a big meal. Usually a decent mix of meat, veggies, and grain, but the whole bag (3 servings) is only like 600-900 kcal. Sometimes it feels like an obscene amount of food for the calorie count.

          Not bad for what’s basically a microwave dinner.

          • mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world
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            8 months ago

            Personally I am a broccoli freak and as fresh produce it is much cheaper than frozen at least where I’m at.

            Plus daikon radish is also available here cheap and that surprised me.

            A lot of roast veggies and soups make for a budget friendly filling low cal meal.

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      8 months ago

      I was eating twice as much as I should have.

      how do you define what a “should have” amount is?

      • i_ben_fine@lemmy.one
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        8 months ago

        They likely used a metabolic calculator online, but if you track your Total Daily Energy Expenditure you can get a more accurate, personal estimate.

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        8 months ago

        Bought a kitchen scale, bathroom scale and used the “lose it!” app to count calories. Lost weight.

      • TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        I just used an online calculator. It said something like 1500 kcal a day for my activity level to maintain weight.

        I don’t really count calories, but I do look to get a general idea of what a meal or a snack is. Sometimes I’m way over, sometimes I’m way under, it’s all about balance and being in the ballpark.