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Originally Posted by Robo
Ty I have so many questions regarding diet lol somedays I just feel so confused on what I should be doing
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A huge game changer for me has been using the My Fitness Pal app to log my calories, it's even more important than my workouts.
I track every single calorie I eat or drink even down to cooking oil sprays when making eggs.
Most foods are loaded into it already and you can just scan the barcodes to import the data as you consume things.
It's very eye opening to see what foods have what calories and macros and how much I was actually eating (or often drinking) in ignorance.
For example making changes like using mustard and hot sauces instead of ketchup and bbq sauces will greatly impact needless sugar calories and the app helped my see things like that.
I use a 5 calorie coconut oil cooking spray when making eggs, instead of a tbls of olive oil that's a whopping 120 calories.
The goals can be adjusted for any diet type, so even if doing keto it will be very very helpful to make sure you're low enough on carbs to ensure ketosis.
After locking in this habit I bought a food scale too for next phase accuracy. Making the whole thing scientific and mathematical is actually pretty fun.