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[quote=Anonymous]I don't disagree that not all calories are created equal. I mean that's kind of no duh.

However, I have been following CIO for 5 months and I have lost 37 pounds. It definitely works. It's based on my baseline maintenance, which is around 1,500 calories per day. I eat 1,200 calories a day. I make sure they are healthy calories (fruits, veggies, proteins, whole grains). When I have been a bit stuck and the scale isn't moving, I have reduced it to 1,100 or 1,000 for a period of time. I rarely if ever feel hungry.

I exercise 4-5 days a week and those calories that I burn I add back in to how many I can eat that day. So if I burn 300 calories on a run, I can eat 1,500 that day.

Once I reach my goal weight then I will maintain by having 1,500 calories per day, which at this point feels like a lot!

This might not work for everyone, but it is definitely working for me. It's not rocket science to know that those calories need to be predominantly healthy calories for the benefit of health. I would probably still be losing weight on 1,200 junk calories but I certainly wouldn't be healthy.

FYI - I am female, 47, and I have a thyroid disorder.[/quote]

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