Calorie Count, Are You A Calorie Counter?

Do You Need To Count Calories? Do You Want To Be A Calorie Counter? We All Want To Lose Weight. Counting Calories Might Be The Wrong Way To Do It.

It’s very important to develop an understanding of and a respect for portion control and the law of calorie balance.

If you only count portions or if you haven’t the slightest idea how many calories you’re eating, it’s a lot more likely that you’ll eat more than you realize.

Is it Necessary?

Calorie Count Tips, Tricks & Techniques

1. Calories do count!
2. The law of calorie balance is an unbreakable law of physics: Energy in versus energy out dictates whether you will gain, lose or maintain your weight.
3. It’s very important to develop an understanding of and a respect for portion control and the law of calorie balance.
4. An important part of nutrition education is to learn how many calories are in the foods you eat on a regular basis – including (and perhaps, especially) how many calories are in the foods you eat when you dine at restaurants.
5. To maintain your weight, you must consume the same number of calories you burn.
6. To gain weight, you must consume more calories than you burn.
7. To lose weight, you must consume fewer calories than you burn.
8. If you only count portions or if you haven’t the slightest idea how many calories you’re eating, it’s a lot more likely that you’ll eat more than you realize.
9. You might take in fewer calories than you should, which triggers your body’s “starvation mode” and causes your metabolism to shut down.
10. If you’re really ambitious, keep a nutrition journal at least one time in your life for at least 4-12 weeks.
11. Create a menu plan you can use as a daily goal and guideline.
12. All you really need to get started on the road to a better body is one good menu on paper.
13. You only need to “count calories” once when you create your menus.
14. It’s not really necessary to count every calorie to lose weight.
15. Increase your chance for success with some simple menu planning.

‘To Be’ or ‘Not To Be’ a Calorie Counter!

Do calories matter or do you simply need to eat certain foods and that will guarantee you’ll lose weight? Should you count calories or can you just count “portions?” Is it necessary to keep a food diary? Is it unrealistic to count calories for the rest of your life or is that just part of the price you pay for a better body? You’re about to learn the answers to these questions and discover a simple solution for keeping track of your food intake without having to crunch numbers every day or become a fanatic about it.

In many popular diet books, “Calories don’t count” is a frequently repeated theme. Other popular programs, such as Bill Phillip’s “Body For Life,” stress the importance of energy intake versus energy output, but recommend that you count “portions” rather than calories…  Read more...