Calories Do Count

All calories count and if you eat more than your body needs you will store them as fat. We all have different levels of calories that we can consume a day depending on our metabolism and how much we exercise. If you overeat 100 extra calories per day you will gain 10 pounds this year. A small amount of food overeaten daily can cause a large weight gain. So what can we do? It is virtually impossible to count calories successfully and try to shoot for a specific number as there are so many variations and even the food packages are often incorrect. Is there any hope for us?

The easiest way to lose weight successfully is not to look for a diet where you turn your eating world upside down. As you are evaluating the things you are eating daily, look for the types of things you are eating and see if there are some things you can consistantly find a food swap or substitution for. EG. Try a butter or marg. that is half the calories, look for the lightened foods, eat more lean protein, eat beans, eat soups, eat salads with lean protein, look for some of the lightened desserts. The trick is for every 100 calories you can cut out from your diet daily for a year you will lose 10 pounds. So if you can just look for ways to clean up your diet and then be adding alot more vegetables you will most likely lose weight. If you eat a costco muffin (700 -900 calories) per day and you substitute a 200 calorie muffin and an egg you could lose many pounds this year. Cutting out your mocha each day could save you 450 calories a day. Imagine the calorie loss. Try the calorie free Americano. Clean it up and lose big this year and do not buy the latest greatest diet book on the market this year, even though every store has them highlighted. Start the year with a new resolution to eat healthy this year and ditch the dieting mentality even though I know you are very tempted with everyone trying to diet now. Don't worry because by February everyone will be back to normal.
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