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Thread: Counting Macros is Stupid

post 1631836553 02-19-2021, 03:55 PM
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Counting Macros is Stupid

I've never had a problem bulking or cutting without counting macros.

There is not point in counting macros because there is no way to tell exactly how much of any macro is in a specific piece of food anyways without going through the process of using a food scale like some fuking goober.

Eating normal food and making most of your diet whole foods is all you need to do.
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post 1631839533 02-19-2021, 04:33 PM
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Its not stupid, but it is a huge pain in the ass.

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post 1631839863 02-19-2021, 04:37 PM
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Even when eating a whole food diet you can still overeat in calories. That's great you don't have to but some people have to track and measure.
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post 1631840803 02-19-2021, 04:48 PM
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Ballpark protein and calories while getting enough micros. That’s it, unless you’re doing some specialised diet like keto
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post 1631841943 02-19-2021, 05:02 PM
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For cutting yes, get on to Beach Mode Physique by low carbing accopanied with 1-2 high carb days per week.
post 1631842343 02-19-2021, 05:08 PM
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Agreed you only to track calories and protein intake, if you have a half decent diet than carbs/fats will naturally fall into place.
post 1631843423 02-19-2021, 05:23 PM
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Just eat till you're full and focus on getting 0.5 - 0.75g/lb of protein.

If you're one of those betas that gets fat when their brain tells them to eat, sucks for you
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post 1631852173 02-19-2021, 07:13 PM
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Only count protein and calories crew

My trick is to overdose on protein and pray that by the end of the day I have almost sufficient bulking calories that I don't need to force-feed to remain in dat dere caloric surplus
post 1631852403 02-19-2021, 07:16 PM
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I think it's worth strictly tracking your calories for even just a week at some point in your life if you want to seriously cut. In my experience I was way off on estimations before, things add up that you don't tend to think about.
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