I hate to drive you guys crazy but I have a few questions and I hope you can help.
First off I have started adding in proteins and tons of veggies to my daily food. I started tracking at livestrong because it just seems more user friendly to me. I drink 64 ounces of water a day! All of this I learned here, so thanks to you all!!!
My question is with the whole calories in vs. calories out thing, does that mean if you eat 1200 calories today you need to burn 1200 calories as well? I am trying to keep my calories at a healthy rate but even with working out and lifting weights I am not going over what I have eaten that day? That part confuses me.
Also if I am counting calories how do I know how much fat grams I need a day or sugars, carbs etc? I know that eating a 100 calorie ice cream is just stupid because I could have 100 calories of something else that's better for me and a lot more food but I get lost when it comes to tracking carbs, fats and sugar etc. Does that even matter?
Also with foods like low calorie bread and peanut butter. If I have 2 tbsp of peanut butter as a snack that's 180 calories on a 40 calories slice of bread. Is that a bad snack to have? Is the fat content too much?
Again thank you guys for answering my questions. I hate to bother you all but sometimes all of the info you get from everywhere else just meshes and nothing makes sense.