Living Right - Losing Weight

Counting calories is considered almost a precondition to dieting.
But is it that important?
Can’t you lose weight without reading the tag of everything you eat?
Let me paint you a little picture:
You open your fridge,
Your eye catches a fruit yogurt.
You really want that yogurt.
You start thinking: “what did I eat today?”, “can I allow myself this yogurt?”
You reach for the yogurt and start looking for the nutrient table.
Then you start deciphering the table and the meaning of these calories.
You decide to eat the yogurt.
It only took you a few minutes and you even feel a little guilty about it.
Sounds familiar?
This is what a dieting person goes through every day.
But I say:
Isn’t it enough that we need to know what we eat and when we eat?
Do we have to become a human calorie calculator?
Must we count calories to burn fat?
No, we must not.
We can stop counting every calorie and still lose weight in a satisfactory manner.
Of course you should have proper knowledge about what you should eat and how much of it.
The problem is: people become fanatics.
Being on a diet, we can’t just eat whatever we want whenever we want it (yes, we are still on a diet),
But we also shouldn’t ourselves constantly with counting calories to burn fat properly.
For example:
If you know your diet tells you to eat a 400 calorie meal,
It can be translated to eat 350-450 calorie meal (as long as you don’t just add 50 calories to each meal of the day).
You can count calories in broader strokes and still lose real weight.
Believe me, the relief of not having to count every calorie will worth much more than the occasional 100-150 calories per day which you might eat.
The important thing is to set yourself free.
I’m not exaggerating.
If you’ve been doing it for a while stopping the calorie counting is so refreshing,
You’ll feel like a different person.
But don’t mistake it with paying less attention.
You actually have to pay more attention, not to calories, but to what feels right.
In the long run, the motivation to keep going is way more vital than the extra few calories.
You should change your state of mind from:
“I must count calories to burn fat”
To:
“I must know my calories to burn fat”
Concentrate on the content of the food, its’ nutrition value and not the difference between a 200 kcal sandwiches to a 230 kcal one.
This state of mind will help you stick to your diet.
And more importantly it will help you make your diet easier and calmer.
Don’t you want that?
Don’t you want to enjoy your diet? Or at least not suffer?
Sure you do.
Remember: a good diet should give you balance, not rob you of it.
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Good luck,

David H. Mason

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