Counting calories effectively

Rushing into a quest serious fitness, or even a trip just to be healthy can sometimes be a daunting task. And at some point, you've been said or heard that eating 5-6 frequent small meals a day is the way to weight gain or weight loss.

After running a fitness and bodybuilding forum site, I see many people who have confused ask this question well below flour 5-6 face. They have heard of and want to do it but when it comes to counting calories, they are not willing to measure every grain of rice.

And can you blame them?

Many people are wondering sometimes, "I know that all things as I need to eat 5-6 meals a day, eat less of your daily calories and maintenance stuff like that ... But what I do not know how great the meal have to be?"

Despite what you may have heard ... Eating 5-6 times a day, it's not difficult. It takes some discipline, but it's not all you have certainly difficult and not eating large 5-6, American style meals. They are small, frequent meals that include what is called a full meal (protein, carbohydrate, fat sometimes healthy).

But let me go back to continue the story ...

Here's what you do:

1 - Calculate how many calories a day, you should
Gain / maintain / lose weight

2 -- Launch of online tracking with any nutritional monitoring program.

3 - Eye ball your portions. You know that you had some brown rice
Right? Remove one cup. Watch. If you do this,
You'll soon be able to eat, watch your seat and just know .. Who is about a cup of brown rice.

You't have to physically measure your food. I suppose you could, but not n'work so well when you eat out, go to a friends and such. Who wants to carry around a full set of measuring cups and spoons?

So you have to look at the measuring devices as a cup, a quarter cup and such and be able to eye ball things. Once you do this several times at home, you will be able to visually look at a plate of food and almost guess the parties. Once you know the portions ...

Then you know how much you should enter into a monitoring program calories.

And at the end of the day any good program to show what you ate in calories, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. And you'll be able to see it displayed in a chart so you know if your ratios are correct (assuming you have an interest in or ratios).

Personally, I't carry around a cup or any type of measuring devices. But I know that if I go out to eat that chicken on my place is about the size of the palm of my hand .. Times two ...

.. The palm of my hand is about 3 ounces. I can

eye ball that the chicken breast and the guess d'around 6 perhaps 7 ounces of chicken.

Do you get my point?

Follow the steps above. Once you know how much you should eat in terms of calories, you will be able to do what you want. Then

eat, and the ball of your eyes servings. Quickly, you learn that in order to reach your daily calories, maybe you't want to eat 2 cups of brown rice. Or maybe not enough. But you can try this path and it, and that is how you will know.

Then, it traces. If you monitor what you eat, you are just guessing. And guess who become frustrated because those who can not guess. That is why it's asked to guess. So, if you or simply can not win track, you'll always be frustrated and confused. Unless of course, that you follow for the first day and never to eat the same foods and portions. Yuck!

The biggest mistake I see is people who:

1 - They did not always understood mathematics to calculate the calories
2 - They do not track what they eat
3 - Then they just do what you and whatever

If you follow the three steps listed above, you are almost certain not to make the same mistakes that people make most others when it comes to achieving their goals in fitness.