Comment Re:I'm so smug now tthat I wrote my own app. (Score 1) 62
If you "know your gym stuff" why didn't you include your height weight and lifts (squat, press, dead)? Where did you start your NLP?
Well, that escalated quickly and for no apparent reason.
There are a lot of us who still care about weight and/or tracking calories beyond functional fitness or purely having sufficient lean muscle mass to prevent osteopenia. Some have struggled with body fat in the past, struggled with eating disorders, have hormonal issues interfere with hunger and satiety signals, take medications that do the same, etc. Or even actors who need to rapidly change body composition for a role.
Personally, I have a hell of a sweet tooth and would snack an extra 500 kcal/day if I didn't track my intake. That wouldn't affect my deadlift, but I'd need a larger lifting belt and I don't want my body to go there. Tracking my macros also helps me make sure I get enough protein, esp. after heavy lifting days. And for me, tracking calories is the difference between sorta fitting in a commercial airplane seat and wishing they'd let me buy a second seat.
I respect Mark Rippetoe (and do recommend his book), but sometimes it helps to focus on nutrition as well as fitness and strength training. Rippetoe himself addresses this (briefly) in Starting Strength where he encourages lifters to eat more protein, novices to drink lots of milk, and heavier people to eat fewer carbs.
Congratulations on being able to lift so much you never have to think about what you eat, though. You're very fortunate.