When it comes to seeing weight loss success, there are many different factors to consider.
Current metabolic rate.
Current activity level.
Current dietary habits (different foods will require different amounts of calories to digest).
Current body fat percentage.
Food preferences.
Meal frequency preferences.
….and the list goes on.
At time, this can get extremely overwhelming, particularly if you tend to get caught up in all these details, rather than focusing on the big picture.
It’s that big picture that is key to your success with weight loss.
What’s the big picture I’m referring to here?
Total Calorie Intake
The Bottom Line
Essentially, in order to lose body fat from your body you are going to have to have what’s referred to as a negative net calorie balance, otherwise sometimes called a calorie deficit.
For those of you less science-y people out there, this means you need to burn off more than you take in.
At the end of the day, weight loss is a very basic mathematical equation. If you’ve consumed more calories than you burn, you gain weight. If you consume fewer calories than you burn, you lose weight. And, if you consume the same amount of calories you burn, you maintain your weight.
Science – it should be easy, right?
This is precisely why calorie counting – at least to some degree – is essential to see weight loss success.
Unless you have a general idea of how many calories you are taking in on a regular basis, you’re really taking a shot-in-the-dark approach your success.
More important than reducing your fat, more important than getting in those cardio workouts, and more important than adding more vegetables is simply gaining a sense of your calorie intake.
If you want weight loss, you best be advised to increase your knowledge of how many calories are in different foods.
That is the smartest move you can make in this trying weight loss game.
Do you know how many calories you’re taking in?
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