I've tried calorie counting a few times and it's a pain in the butt. I make a lot of my own food, so I need to calculate the total calorie value of the meal, and then figure out what percentage I ate.

Although it's a good way to deter snacking.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

My Fitness Pall has a pretty decent built-in library. Just weigh your ingredients and say what they are. It also has a barcode scanner, and a meal-portion/recipe option where you can just say you had a portion of a certain dish.

I used to use the recipe thing a LOT, but it helps if your standpoint is that "within 100 calories is accurate enough".

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep like the other comment said there are ways around that and also there's definitely a threshold of accuracy. Make your recipe close enough and save it for next times then just estimate the amount you had, close enough is definitely good enough.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

That requires one to use a written recipe and not freehand cooking meals with whatever you have on hand

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not necessarily it just means you need to weigh your main ingredients. I never said it was gonna be a walk in the park and that you can lose the weight without making any effort or adjustments to your diet and way of cooking, obviously the counting is just a tool to understand and visualise your calorie intake, it's still up to you to adapt what you cook and eat.