this is a kick ass thread! will, that's 2 threads you've started this week that are chock full of info, nice. anyhoo
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Originally Posted by will76
No city in the world has better food than New Orleans, so it makes it even harder for people living here to be in shape. Everything is either fried, soaked in oils, made with heavy creams or covered in cheese. But the food is damn good. Ate out tonight but had fajitas (grilled steak, chicken and shrimp) so it wasn't that bad and I ate a pretty small portion, for me at least. How do you even begin to count calories when you are eating out?
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no doubt, n.o does has awesome food/restaurants, just don't ask what's in the food! lolz
there are restaurant calorie counters on the web and just perusing a couple, those fajitas (just the fajitas, no beans, rice, chips, salsa, nothing else) come in at around 660 calories, with 40-60 grams of fat- ouch, the shrimp faitas being the worst-> soaked in butter. i agree though, it is difficult to count restaurant cals, but once you get the hang of it you can ballpark it pretty good. you can also count on ANY dining out meal to be overloaded with cals, especially fat, unless it's advertised as a healthy meal item.
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Originally Posted by J$tyle$
Been doing p90x since Monday ... intense!
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fucking A! how was your first week, which routine did you like best? worst?
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Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho
Calories are not all that important, much more important is how and what you consume that accounts for the total intake
Calories are just metrics but what matters is the balance
30 g protein
30 - 100 g carbohydrate
5 - 20 g fat
Carbohydrates and proteins have the same energetic value per g
fat has twice as much per g
So all the play with calories is tricky, you need balance
you need fat, without fat your hormones wouldn't work properly, but not more than cca 50 g a day, the rest stores easily, now do a math and it's not all that easy to keep fat at 50 - 70 g a day, cause it's put into everything, like the oil the meat is done with, all kinds of sauces, deserts, apetizers etc.
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carlos, i value your opinion on these things, as you have figured out for yourself what works. but i do not know what you mean when you state that protein and carbs have the same energy value? is that another way of saying they each = 4 calories? that's true but that's just a measurement, carbs have a much higher energy value re: actual energy required to function. I'm sure you know that, just wanted to clarify. if one were to consume primarily carb cals and not expend the equivalent amount of physical energy, those carbs turn to fat.
also, in my experience, total calories is really what's important for weight loss. i've tried low-carbs diets, all kinds, high protein weight gain diets, etc. for me, calories burned must be less than calories consumed or weight gain results.
next, comes balance, especially as activity levels increase, and then once activity level hits athlete/performance levels, the balance needs to shift to more carbs to fuel the body for the ultra-high level of activity. i've discovered this recently as i took my workouts to a much higher intensity, i was *bonking*, running out of gas prior to finishing my workout, i added ~300 cals of carbs and bam, my energy was sustained through the workouts. (being diabetic complicated this for me, but that's another story).
not trying to be a tard here, just having dialogue about a great topic.
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Originally Posted by ahoy
She gets naked in videos? Link. Please
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