Myth: Counting Calories is the Way to Lose Weight
Myth: Counting Calories is the Way to Lose Weight
“The formula for losing weight really quite simple,” said Dr. Carl Hastings, head of research, development and manufacturing of a nutritional company. “The calories coming in need to be less than the calories going out.” In other words, the way to lose weight is to eat fewer calories and burn more calories through exercise. For a long time I believed this.
But how do we explain the skinny guy who eats like a horse and doesn’t gain an ounce? And what about the overweight woman who seems to gain weight by walking down the pastry aisle in the grocery store or by looking at food across the table?
I had a female patient that weighed just over 300 pounds and couldn’t understand how she could not lose any weight on a 1400 calorie diet.
The real problem lies more in the metabolism and the hormone that controls it. When you cut calories, you can initially lose weight. But then it rebounds and you will gain more back later, especially in the stomach area, because “low calories” or “hunger” is the trigger for the fat-storing stress hormone.
Bottom Line: Counting calories is not a workable weight loss solution in that it does not take into account the hormone involvement and does not fit for everyone.
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