Dieting. The word alone sends thoughts of disgust and "yuk" racing through people's minds. And if you're one of the vast majority who has attempted it sometime in the past... you know damn well that there is one thing, above anything else, that you dread. One thing, synonymous with dieting, that would cause you to say "screw it... I'll just live with all the fat caked to my belly". The one thing is calorie counting for weight loss. Meticulously reading each and every food label... examining the calorie content... figuring out if it fits into your painfully restricted "allowable" daily calorie intake. Key word "restricted". So here's the question... Is it necessary? Do you really need to focus on calorie counting for weight loss? Do you really need to restrict your daily calorie intake or can you lose hoards of weight at lightning speed without ever reading another label? The answer is guaranteed to slap an ear to ear grin on your face before another blink of the eye. Two letters - NO! And there is proof. Consider the following... if losing weight was a simple matter of consuming a certain "restricted" number of calories each and every day, then why in the world are there people who eat very little, yet still are overweight? For that matter... why are there so many people who seem to consume thousands of calories every day, yet have very thin bodies? What in the world is going on here? Many experts would tell you it's a simple matter of exercise. That those who remain thin are simply more "active". It's true in some cases. But certainly NOT every case. However, there is one thing that I've found. A characteristic that those who can eat non-stop without getting fat seem to share. And I've found that it's far more of a "fool proof" path to being thin than just being more "active". So what is it? Quite simply... CALORIE TYPE. In other words, although the amount of calories you consume and how active you are certainly plays a role in your weight, the TYPE of calories you consume is far more important. Type TRUMPS amount... period. I've found that the diets of those who remain thin largely consist of a more optimal TYPE of calories. In other words, they are NOT the typical empty calorie foods loaded with additives and preservative. Examples of such foods include: - Fast food - Soda - Most kinds of bread - Boxed cereals - Processed meats And that's just a very small list. Basically any food item that has been heavily processed (which includes most foods you find at your grocery store) contains refined TYPES of calories that are completely foreign to your body and are making you fat. From the moment food enters your mouth a whole slew of chemical processes begin to take place. The TYPE of food (whether it's heavily refined or 100% natural) will determine the type of reactions that take place. Generally speaking... heavily processed foods loaded with additives and preservatives create chemical reactions that are poisonous to your body, mess up the hormonal process in your body, destroy your metabolism and make you fat. Foods that are consumed in their most natural state, tend to create very healthy chemical reactions in your body... leading to a lean, fit, healthy physique. The bottom line here is... Eating 1500 calories of the WRONG type of food isn't the same as eating 1500 calories of the RIGHT type of food! Consistently eat the wrong calories and you're probably gonna keep getting fatter... regardless of how "active" you are. Consistently eat the right calories and the rate you lose weight will probably shoot through the roof. This is why I recommend to my clients NOT to focus on calorie counting for weight loss. Focus on the TYPE of calories they consume. In most cases... the results are exponentially superior!
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