Paging hulk hogan on diet advice he recommended

Here is my OP

Thanks for considering my recommendation. For the record, it's not a 'diet'. This is something you can do for the rest of your life to get & maintain results. That said, there are many ways to skin a cat and we can do different things to get results. You may need to count calories/macros for a year to learn what appropriate portions look like then be able to maintain weight loss by tracking loosely or not at all.

Anyway, to answer your questions:

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going by those calorie counts you mentioned do you factor in workouts or keep calorie count the same either way. I use “lose it” app to track my calories but it has a function that lets you add workouts and if so it adds those calories to your totals allowing you to eat more. If it says I can eat 1900 calories a day based on your calculations, do I need to give myself calories back if I work out or stick it 1900 regardless of workouts or steps taken etc is my main question.

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Keep the calorie count the same either way. Your activity level is accounted for by the multiplier in the calorie counts. If you find that you're not working out as often as you originally thought when setting up the app, then you'll have to adjust your caloric intake by using a different multiplier.

Tracking your workouts is a good habit, but make them count for 0 calories or just write them down in a journal.

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Also as a side note is there a good app or website to determine calories of stuff when you eat out. I am having a grilled. Go keed salad at salad station for lunch today and I have no idea what to log that as. I eat there a lot so it’d be nice to have a rough go to number there.

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Eating out can be a tough one. Most national chain restaurants post up their nutrition information online, and some even have calculators online. Smaller restaurants, particularly those in Louisiana, are not legally required to get the calorimeter tests run and as such do not have nutritional information available. When it comes to a place like Salad Station, you will have to remember your ingredients and log the individual components to get a best guess.

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Even though many restaurants do post their nutrition online, there is no guarantee for accuracy. For example, Chipotle has nutrition information but consider it a guideline. If Billybob behind the counter puts 3/4 cup of beans instead of 1/2 cup, nobody knows. For this reason, eating out should be limited to 1-2 times per week. Meal prepping your own food is much more accurate.

I know the MyFitnessPal app will let you turn off adding calories back for workouts, but still let you log the workouts. Not sure if LoseIt has the same thing or not.