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We all know that reducing calories can lead to weight loss, so it seems logical that if we count calories and keep them low, we will lose weight, right?

Not necessarily.

Although from an energy point of view a calorie is a calorie, in real life different calories have different nutritional value. A calorie from fruits and vegetables is much better for your body than a calorie from a chocolate bar, because one contains other vitamins, minerals and fiber, and the other doesn’t.

You could decide to go an a 1,500 calorie per day diet, but if all of your calories came from junk food, you may lose weight, but your body would become so unhealthy that you would probably die before you reached your weight loss goals.

In addition, different foods impact on your body’s metabolism in different ways. A lean chicken breast is full of protein, and takes time to digest. A chocolate bar is all sugar, so it causes your metabolism to spike up and then crash, making you more hungry. It’s not the calories that matter, but what you are eating that counts.

Finally, it is almost impossible to accurately count calories. Do you weigh every piece of food before you put it in your mouth? Do you know exactly how many calories are in everything you eat? Mis-counting by even a few calories per day can add up to many pounds of extra weight in a year.

Remember, we don’t eat calories, we eat food, so it’s more important to focus on the food, not the calories.

Calories are important, but how you eat is even more important, so tomorrow we will look at some rules for eating to lose weight.