OK well the listing I see in myfp is different for tempura. Shrug. I'm just saying that nearly all of my listings are higher than your estimates. But I take your point that there is some subjectivity in how these things are recorded.
OK well the listing I see in myfp is different for tempura. Shrug. I'm just saying that nearly all of my listings are higher than your estimates. But I take your point that there is some subjectivity in how these things are recorded.
I don't know what your interface looks like, but there's a drop down menu that allows you to select the quantity of food. The default for nigri are two pieces, so most of them are listed at about 90 calories, but that doesn't mean EACH PIECE is 90 calories. Are you sure you're selecting the correct amount?
It's impossible that you eat 4500+ calories a day and maintain weight. Your body isn't magical and it doesn't defy thermodynamics. If some app on your phone tells you otherwise, your first instinct should be to question the accuracy of the app or the accuracy of your inputs into the app, not that your body somehow radically differs from the entire human population.
I've had a similar experience. At times in my life, I've counted calories. I don't anymore. I even took a resting metabolism test to see what my burn rate was.
Either the "calorie in/out" idea is not the whole story, or the calories listed on food are vastly over estimated. I think its very likely that many calories pass through the gut, and never get used by the body.
Just listen to your appetite and don't overeat. Stop before you are uncomfortably full, and you will keep your "runner" body if you are running.
I like the 2nd post about poop. I've never understood that. People say calories in and calories out but if you poop out a ton - how does that work?
If you have been the same weight for years, why would any of this matter?
Rojo wrote:
I like the 2nd post about poop. I've never understood that. People say calories in and calories out but if you poop out a ton - how does that work?
Fiber doesn't contain bioavailable kcals, and the calories that technically exist in fiber are not counted in the nutrition information for a food. So the fiber and water that you poop out don't really have any kcals that could be used.
Even if you wanted to count fiber as if it were a useable carbohydrate, kcals in an kcals out would remain the same, because you are eating it (kcals in) and the excreting it (kcals out), and things balance out.
Noob wrote:
It's impossible that you eat 4500+ calories a day and maintain weight. Your body isn't magical and it doesn't defy thermodynamics. If some app on your phone tells you otherwise, your first instinct should be to question the accuracy of the app or the accuracy of your inputs into the app, not that your body somehow radically differs from the entire human population.
Exactly, it is amazing how many people can't do an honest calorie count either way. The delusion goes both ways it seems.
From the overweight crowd, you get the 'I'm positive I eat less calories than I burn'. They use this as a crutch for not being able to lose the weight.
Then you have the 'I can eat 1000(s) of calories more than I burn' crowd (seen already a few times on this thread). This group claims they routinely gorge on food and never gain weight. I don't know what the motivation for this type of thought process is. Perhaps just to stick it to the people who struggle with losing weight.
If you poop out a ton, much of the calories dont have time to get digested or absorbed. Eating disorder folks will take laxatives rather than barf it out. People with Celiac's disease often gain a lot of weight after they eliminate gluten from their diets, because a lot of what they ate was swept out quickly due to their bodies purging the gluten.
Rojo wrote:
I like the 2nd post about poop. I've never understood that. People say calories in and calories out but if you poop out a ton - how does that work?
Competitive eaters, youtube stars, etc. routinely consume 10k calories/day, 20k/day, etc. for stunts and competitions. If the calorie in/calorie out thing were right then a single 20k stunt would mean they should gain in excess of 6 lbs just in that day. That, of course, doesn't happen. Your body can utilize the energy in food or excrete it. The conditions under which it "decides" to do each are poorly understood.
Signed, nutritionist MD.
Another example:
Breakfast smoothie with 2 bananas, 2 servings peanut butter, 2 cups almond milk, 1/2 cup oats: 800 cals
Lunch: homemade french toast (3 slices, 3 eggs used, some maple syrup): 900 cals
Snack: big apple, some beef jerky (450 cals)
Dinner: 6 carnitas tacos (just the meat and tortillas, with some low-cal salsa). myfitnesspal says this is 1400 or so; half of a cheese quesadilla: 500 cals.
Beverages include 2 beers, so figure another 300 cals. We're looking at 4050 or so.