what no one is telling you about calories in vs calories
out
What No One Is Telling You About Calories In VS Calories
Out
By Tom Venuto
www.BurnTheFat.com
I'm going to share with you the
most crucial weight loss strategy that will literally make or break your
success. This is the number one fat loss tip I could ever give you. If you
don't get this right, you can kiss your fat loss results goodbye. This is the
one absolute requirement for weight loss, and it’s something you’ve probably
heard of before. However, there’s one critical distinction about this familiar
advice that you might not have considered - and this one thing makes all the
difference in the world…
Let me quote Melvin Williams, Ph.D.,
professor emeritus of exercise science at Old Dominion University and author of
the textbook Nutrition for Health, Fitness and Sport (McGraw
Hill):
“Human energy systems are
governed by the same laws of physics that rule all energy transformations. No
substantial evidence is available to disprove the caloric theory. It is still
the physical basis for bodyweight control.”
There are a variety of diet
programs and weight loss “gurus” who claim that calories don’t count. They
insist that if you eat certain foods or avoid certain foods, that’s all you
have to do to lose weight. Dozens, maybe hundreds of such diets exist, with
certain “magic foods” put up on a pedestal or certain “evil fat-storing
foods" banished into the forbidden foods zone.
Other weight loss “experts”
invoke the insulin/carbohydrate hypothesis which claims that carbs drive
insulin which drives body fat. That’s akin to saying “Carbs are the reason for
the obesity crisis today, not excess calories.”
They are all mistaken.
Of course, there IS more to
nutrition than calories in vs calories out. Food quality and nutrition content
matter for good health. In addition, your food choices can affect your energy
intake. We could even point the finger at an excess of refined starches and
grains, sugar, and soft drinks (carbs!) as major contributing factors to the
surplus calories that lead to obesity.
However, that brings us back to
excess calories as the pivotal point in the chain of causation, not carbs. A
caloric deficit is a required condition for weight loss - even if you opt for
the low carb approach - and that’s where your focus should go – on the deficit.
Now, here’s that critical distinction…
You’ve heard it said, “exercise
more and eat less” a million times. However, saying “focus on the calorie
deficit” is NOT the same thing. If you don’t understand the difference, you
could end up spinning your wheels for years.
You could exercise more, but if
you compensate by eating more, you cancel your deficit.
You could eat less, but if you
compensate by moving less, again you cancel your deficit.
This type of compensation can
happen unconsciously, which leads to confusion about why you’re not losing
weight or why you’re gaining. That often leads you to make excuses or blame the
wrong thing… anything but the calories.
Therefore, “focus on the calorie
deficit” more accurately states the most important key to weight loss than
“exercise more and eat less.” Make sure you understand this distinction and
then follow this advice.
Last but not least, keep in mind
that there are a lot of ways to establish a deficit and many of those ways are
really dumb. Eating nothing but grapefruits, cabbage, twinkies… but in a
deficit?… Dumb!
The bottom line is that a calorie
deficit is required for fat loss, but once your deficit is established, the
composition of your hypo-caloric diet DOES matter. That’s why any good fat loss
program starts with "calories in vs calories out" but doesn’t stop
there - you also need to look at protein, essential fats, macronutrients, micronutrients,
food quality, and how the diet you choose fits into your lifestyle. This is the
pivotal strategy that my entire Burn The Fat,
Feed The Muscle system hinges upon.
Don’t let the simplicity of this
idea fool you. This is the #1 key to your successful weight loss now and in the
future: Focus on the deficit!
Train hard and expect success,
Tom Venuto, author of
Burn The Fat Feed The
Muscle
About the Author:
Tom Venuto is a fat loss
expert, lifetime natural (steroid-free) bodybuilder, freelance writer, and
author of the #1 best selling diet e-book, Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle:
Fat-Burning Secrets of The World’s Best Bodybuilders & Fitness Models
(e-book) which teaches you how to get lean without drugs or supplements using
secrets of the world's best bodybuilders and fitness models. Learn how to get
rid of stubborn fat and increase your metabolism by visiting: www.BurnTheFat.com
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