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Fit & Well
Health
Lou Mudge

I was weighing all my food to track my calories, but stopped after I spoke to a nutritionist

Woman's hands holding a healthy bowl of food, which includes falafel, salad and broccoli.

I'm someone who likes to commit myself completely to a regimen change, so when I decided that I wanted to lose weight in 2024 I made a plan to do it as thoroughly as possible. I started tracking my step count, calorie goals, protein intake and training sessions in a diary and I committed to waist measurements every Sunday.

Part of my new regime involved maintaining a calorie deficit of about 300-500 calories for six days of the week. Knowing how easy it is to under or over-shoot your intake, I picked up some food scales to weigh everything going into my body. Not only did I want to track my calories, but I also wanted to make sure that I was consuming 100g of protein every day to help my recovery after strength training.

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