4 Reasons Counting Calories Don't Work

You have probably heard people saying “losing weight is easy, you just have to burn more calories then you eat”, I know I have. But it isn’t really that easy because counting calories doesn’t work in the long run. And here are four reasons why:

1. Lifestyle Change
2. Stress
3. All Calories Are Not The Same
4. To Little Calories And You Will Burn LESS Fat

1. Lifestyle Change

In order to lose weight in the long run, you’re going to have to make a lifestyle change. And if you start counting calories, you’re going to be stuck counting calories for the rest of your life. Cause if you stop and just start eating again you will gain weight back. So if you don’t want to count calories for the rest of your life, you have to find some other method.

2. Stress

Having to always think about how many calories each thing you eat has, or write down everything you eat each day can become very stressful. And think about if one of your friends wants to invite you over for dinner. You’re going to force them to count everything that they put into the meal?

And as we all know stress is bad for you. Not only for your weight loss, but also for your heart, and your overall health.

3. All Calories Are Not The Same

All calories that you eat are not the same, so not all of them will affect your body the same way. Sure you can count how many calories it is in some food, but how about the amount of vitamins, minerals, protein, fats, carbohydrates and antioxidants it contains?

If we compare lets say a fruit salad that contains 100 calories with a snickers bar or some other candy, with the same amount of calories as the salad. Your body is not going to respond the same to the fruit salad and the snickers bar if you eat them. Because the 100 calories in the salad contains a lot more vitamins and other stuff that your body needs.

4. To Little Calories And You Will Burn LESS Fat

One big myth about weight loss is the bigger the difference between calories burnt and calories eaten the better, for your weight loss. So it means that the more you burn compared to how much you eat will make you burn fat faster. That is wrong.

If you lower your calorie intake to much compared to what you burn, your body will go into starvation mode. And then the body starts to break down the muscles in order to get the energy it needs.

And this is bad, sure you might be losing weight on the scale, but you have lost the weight in muscles, not in fat. One other reason why this is bad is because lean muscles burn calories. So when you are burning off your muscles you are reducing your body’s natural fat burn.

Also when your body goes into the starvation mode your body will begin to store up on fat. And that is because your body is built to survive so every time that you eat your body will try to store up on calories in reserve.

Stefan Edlund
Owner of howtolosequickweight.com

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