I’m finally deciding to get my nutrition in order, and I’m making a meal plan for myself. I’m a fan of the idea of not worrying much about tracking low calorie veggies like spinach, cauliflower, cucumber, and the like. Since I’m really only tracking higher carb stuff like rice, potatoes, and other root vegetables, could you recommend a number to hit that gives enough wiggle room to hit numbers without going way too far over? This goes for fats as well, like cooking spray. What kind of ballpark should we be looking to be of the total fat to not go over?
I would recommend counting everything you can and just using the same approach each time. Even if this isn’t accurate, it’s precise enough to use. I would also add a fiber goal, which makes tracking vegetable servings necessary.
What about counting tings like the a pat of butter, or the olive oil that I brush my chicken breast with before I roast it? That’s what I mean by incidental calories.
Yea I think it’s up to you, really. If you consume food like this often and routinely don’t count the added fat, that’s probably precise enough for government work. If you were really trying to take your physique to the next level, I’d probably count it though.
Thanks for the input guys. I was thinking of leaving about a 10 g deficit for fat to account for oils, butter, and cooking spray. I figure that should be plenty as long as I don’t go hogwild.