http://www.sheerbalance.com/nutrition/counting-calories-is-overrated/ Healthy Living, Nutrition, Fitness, Mind-Body, Eco-Living Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:20:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.sheerbalance.com/nutrition/counting-calories-is-overrated/comment-page-1/#comment-5964 cj g Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:07:33 +0000 http://www.sheerbalance.com/brettsblog/?p=54#comment-5964 There's the big picture and the small picture. You're talking about the small picture; sure, take food quality into account and eat the better stuff rather than the low cal empty calories. BUT, the big picture still has to add up. People shouldn't use "eating better quality food" as an excuse to just have no calorie awareness at all. I successfully took off 50 pounds in 2002-3 by counting calories -- and kept it off -- and I've just taken off 15 more in the last six months by tracking calories burned and consumed to main an overall negative calorie balance. The big picture is "did I eat less than I burned". It could be averaged over a week to make room for small picture choices, but the numbers have to add up in the end. There’s the big picture and the small picture. You’re talking about the small picture; sure, take food quality into account and eat the better stuff rather than the low cal empty calories. BUT, the big picture still has to add up. People shouldn’t use “eating better quality food” as an excuse to just have no calorie awareness at all. I successfully took off 50 pounds in 2002-3 by counting calories — and kept it off — and I’ve just taken off 15 more in the last six months by tracking calories burned and consumed to main an overall negative calorie balance. The big picture is “did I eat less than I burned”. It could be averaged over a week to make room for small picture choices, but the numbers have to add up in the end.

]]> http://www.sheerbalance.com/nutrition/counting-calories-is-overrated/comment-page-1/#comment-3557 Paraleitheus Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:53:21 +0000 http://www.sheerbalance.com/brettsblog/?p=54#comment-3557 Cogent and well-stated. I am not a blog addict, but I will add yours to my list. I was following your comment link from your Aug. 19th article. Balance is good! Cogent and well-stated. I am not a blog addict, but I will add yours to my list. I was following your comment link from your Aug. 19th article. Balance is good!

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