Newbie Question

In article , Me
wrote:

What is a calorie anyhow? Freak, I have noooooo clue. Seriously.

It's a unit of energy. Specifically, it's the amount of energy required
to raise the temperature of a very small amount of water (one cubic
centimeter?) one degree Celsius. Calorie counts are the measure of the
amount of energy you can get from specific foods.

Priscilla

I suggest that you learn to cook. It is not difficult and you could be very
helpful to your wife if you did.


In ,
Me stated
| What is a calorie anyhow? Freak, I have noooooo clue. Seriously.
|
| 291/268/220? | Atkins 7/12/04 - Current
| 335/264/220? | Atkins 9/5/00 - 3/5/01
|
| Yep, that is my signature, haven't counted any calories. Although, I
| *DO* expect that once I get closer to my goal weight, sitting on my
| butt and not paying attention to calories won't help me. But for
| now... Low-carb is working like champ and I don't plan on breaking
| that cycle soon.
|
| Once I get down lower in weight, probably another 30lbs or so... I
| will feel more like doing exercises, going for walks and doing things
| that are well, healthy for me.
|
| Hopefully by Christmas I will be in the 23x range. That is my goal. I
| hope I can do it and my wife doesn't get tired of cooking low-carb.
| She just said today she is getting burned out. Plus, we have a new
| one coming in November so, that will impact my ability for a few
| weeks until my wife recovers.
|
|
| Scott
| 291/268/220? | Atkins 7/12/04 - Current
| 335/264/220? | Atkins 9/5/00 - 3/5/01
|
|
|
| On 8/21/04 5:34 PM, in article , "Paul"
| wrote:
|
|| Guys,
||
|| I know I should actually buy the book and read it but with everything
|| else I am required to read.. I tap the knowledge of other people
|| following this at work and now on the newsgroups.
||
|| I am wondering if people following this counted calories on their
|| weightloss quest? If anyone that has had success and has a journal
|| online that lists what a typical day looked like I would really like
|| to see it. I am really surprised how I have adapted to virtually no
|| carbs.. no more bagels in the morning, no sub rolls, no rice/potatoe
|| at dinner, and being a big milk drinker - this has been tough. I do
|| miss my bad Chinese food take out - all that stuff convered in
|| batter.
||
|| Best regards,
||
|| Paul
|| about 80lbs to go..yikes...

I suggest that you learn to cook. It is not difficult and you could be very
helpful to your wife if you did.


In ,
Me stated
| What is a calorie anyhow? Freak, I have noooooo clue. Seriously.
|
| 291/268/220? | Atkins 7/12/04 - Current
| 335/264/220? | Atkins 9/5/00 - 3/5/01
|
| Yep, that is my signature, haven't counted any calories. Although, I
| *DO* expect that once I get closer to my goal weight, sitting on my
| butt and not paying attention to calories won't help me. But for
| now... Low-carb is working like champ and I don't plan on breaking
| that cycle soon.
|
| Once I get down lower in weight, probably another 30lbs or so... I
| will feel more like doing exercises, going for walks and doing things
| that are well, healthy for me.
|
| Hopefully by Christmas I will be in the 23x range. That is my goal. I
| hope I can do it and my wife doesn't get tired of cooking low-carb.
| She just said today she is getting burned out. Plus, we have a new
| one coming in November so, that will impact my ability for a few
| weeks until my wife recovers.
|
|
| Scott
| 291/268/220? | Atkins 7/12/04 - Current
| 335/264/220? | Atkins 9/5/00 - 3/5/01
|
|
|
| On 8/21/04 5:34 PM, in article , "Paul"
| wrote:
|
|| Guys,
||
|| I know I should actually buy the book and read it but with everything
|| else I am required to read.. I tap the knowledge of other people
|| following this at work and now on the newsgroups.
||
|| I am wondering if people following this counted calories on their
|| weightloss quest? If anyone that has had success and has a journal
|| online that lists what a typical day looked like I would really like
|| to see it. I am really surprised how I have adapted to virtually no
|| carbs.. no more bagels in the morning, no sub rolls, no rice/potatoe
|| at dinner, and being a big milk drinker - this has been tough. I do
|| miss my bad Chinese food take out - all that stuff convered in
|| batter.
||
|| Best regards,
||
|| Paul
|| about 80lbs to go..yikes...

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 18:16:41 GMT, Priscilla Ballou
wrote:

In article , Me
wrote:

What is a calorie anyhow? Freak, I have noooooo clue. Seriously.

It's a unit of energy. Specifically, it's the amount of energy required
to raise the temperature of a very small amount of water (one cubic
centimeter?) one degree Celsius. Calorie counts are the measure of the
amount of energy you can get from specific foods.

Just to make life confusing, there are two different sort of calories.
The standard calorie (lower-case "c") is the amount of energy required
to raise one gram of water (which is one cubic centimeter) one degree
Celsius. But a Calorie (upper-case "c"), also known as a kilocalorie,
is the amount of energy required to raise one kilogram of water one
degree Celsius. It's that big-C Calorie that's used in discussion of
food. If you look at British nutritional information on food
packages, I believe they specifically say "kcal" rather than
"calories."