I dont know enough!

shirindarani

Hello. Im new and i dont know enough about calorie counting. Did you loose weight using calorie counter? Does it help? I mean, can i loose weight with only observing the nutrients and calorie?

shirindarani

Im on the second day, but i dont know if it works without doing hard exercises or not

BarbaraHelen2013

Simply put, yes.

Counting calories and eating to an appropriate level of calories for your individual stats is exactly how it works.

All of the weird and (not so) wonderful ‘diet plans’ out there rely on that fact at the end of the day. Or they do, if they have any chance of working!

Nutrients matter over the long term for your health of course. But losing weight is only about the energy you put into your body (calories in) being less than the energy you expend through daily life (calories out).

shirindarani

@BarbaraHelen2013 thank you😍 i got it 😍

Emmapatterson1729

Agree with BarbaraHelen,

Calories are key. I just want to add, set a practical calorie goal. Start slow. Once you lose a few, usually energy levels naturally rise, then you might find yourself wanting to add in workouts, like 30 minutes of cardio a few times a week and wanting to move more or strengthen.

Small changes that were doable for the long term were personally how I started my health journey years ago when I dropped close to 100 and kept it off.

Good luck, this app is a great tool.

LyndaBSS

Welcome to the community!

If you haven't already, read the stickies at the top of the getting started forum. Very informative and helpful.

Buy a food scale. Weigh everything you eat and log into the food diary.

Good luck with your journey!