Calories In/Calories Out

[Anonymous]

I keep reading post after post saying the that weight in calories in vs calories out. It isn’t. It is so much more complex than that. Calories In/Calories Out doesn’t account for the substance of the food: 100 calories of sugar is different than 100 calories of an apple for example. It also doesn’t account for the complex interaction of hormones in each individual body. Posters who keep chiming in with this ridiculous outdated (endocrinologists and other specialists acknowledge this is extremely antiquated thinking btw) information need to get new information. I think I am vowing today to stop clicking on any diet related posts because it’s like offering phrenology as the explanation to ADHD.


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[Anonymous]

Ok.

[Anonymous]

Link better explaining this:

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/stop-counting-calories

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the head’s up that you, anonymous user, will not be clicking on any more posts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the head’s up that you, anonymous user, will not be clicking on any more posts.

Your welcome! For an educated crowd, your dietary knowledge is embarrassingly antiquated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the head’s up that you, anonymous user, will not be clicking on any more posts.

Your welcome! For an educated crowd, your dietary knowledge is embarrassingly antiquated.

You’re.
Educate yourself on basic grammar, Miss-Know-It-All!

[Anonymous]

Well, Ive struggle with my weight all my life and I've finally lost the weight and kept it off for more than a year now. How? By counting calories!

[Anonymous]

I am a very healthy eater and I do find using the calories in/calories out mindset to be helpful. I had been overeating a bit and gained 10 pounds during covid and learning about my bmr, etc. and tracking my calories (of my usual nutritious food) has helped me easily lose it.

[Anonymous]

As far as nutrition/health, yes the calories are different.

As far as weight goes though, it's the same -- at least overwhelmingly so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As far as nutrition/health, yes the calories are different.

As far as weight goes though, it's the same -- at least overwhelmingly so.

Agree.

No one is going to become obese eating 1000 calories per day. Regardless of it it is 1000 calories worth of steak, avocados, or oreos.

[Anonymous]

I think the hardest part is figuring out what the “calories out” part is. It’s completely realistic that you can have two people, same height and build, same activity level, and one of them uses 2000 calories a day to be at stasis, and one uses 1700. Hormones can definitely play a part in how your body uses and processes energy.

I’ve had sustained success with CICO, and I have PCOS and hypothyroidism. At this point, it’s a lifestyle, I’m in maintenance. I do have to be careful though, I know I can get a little fixated on the numbers, I’m hoping to get to a place where I can maintain without so much math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the hardest part is figuring out what the “calories out” part is. It’s completely realistic that you can have two people, same height and build, same activity level, and one of them uses 2000 calories a day to be at stasis, and one uses 1700. Hormones can definitely play a part in how your body uses and processes energy.

I’ve had sustained success with CICO, and I have PCOS and hypothyroidism. At this point, it’s a lifestyle, I’m in maintenance. I do have to be careful though, I know I can get a little fixated on the numbers, I’m hoping to get to a place where I can maintain without so much math.

There are a lot of people who overestimate how active they are, and undercount how much they're eating/drinking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the head’s up that you, anonymous user, will not be clicking on any more posts.

Your welcome! For an educated crowd, your dietary knowledge is embarrassingly antiquated.

I think people have a real emotional investment in the thing they learned 20-30 years ago, and if it’s a thing that has worked for them, they’ll make the assumption that it works for everyone.

I like how they jump immediately to a 1000 calorie diet for what someone allegedly couldn’t be obese on. Not many adults follow a 1000 calorie diet, so it’s not really a realistic example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I keep reading post after post saying the that weight in calories in vs calories out. It isn’t. It is so much more complex than that. Calories In/Calories Out doesn’t account for the substance of the food: 100 calories of sugar is different than 100 calories of an apple for example. It also doesn’t account for the complex interaction of hormones in each individual body. Posters who keep chiming in with this ridiculous outdated (endocrinologists and other specialists acknowledge this is extremely antiquated thinking btw) information need to get new information. I think I am vowing today to stop clicking on any diet related posts because it’s like offering phrenology as the explanation to ADHD.


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So what is your guidance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I keep reading post after post saying the that weight in calories in vs calories out. It isn’t. It is so much more complex than that. Calories In/Calories Out doesn’t account for the substance of the food: 100 calories of sugar is different than 100 calories of an apple for example. It also doesn’t account for the complex interaction of hormones in each individual body. Posters who keep chiming in with this ridiculous outdated (endocrinologists and other specialists acknowledge this is extremely antiquated thinking btw) information need to get new information. I think I am vowing today to stop clicking on any diet related posts because it’s like offering phrenology as the explanation to ADHD.


/r

So what is your guidance?

I’m sure whatever it is costs a lot more money than CICO.