Calorie Counting Dr Oz Show

It's Dr Oz he talks out of his ****

You are not likely to find high opinions of Dr. Oz or any of his guests on these threads. Carry on and ignore the quack.

I think you should stop watching the Dr Oz show.

As for the calorie counting, if you begin to understand nutrition, portion control, moderation and a better relationship with food you will have better success keeping off the weight.

what may work for some may not for others . find what works for you and screw dr Oz . he is getting paid to say the things he says

The Dr. Oz show is about as credible as the Tyra Banks show.
You feel me, bro?

Oh my god I love you.

Well if you count calories.. and then stop and stop caring you will probably gain them back. But I am going to be optimistic that country calories now will lead me to make better choices far into my future!!!!

I did PALEO for a while last year.. and while I am not strict paleo anymore I gain a lot of knowledge and good habits that I am still using now!

that is what is working for me .

What is the question?

First of all, if health is at all your concern, you need to turn off the Dr. Oz show. Seriously. Secondly, counting/logging calories along with moderate exercise has been the only way I can lose weight. Do what works for you. But I PROMISE no pill, gimmick, or quick fix Dr. Oz is selling this week will work. Eat less, move more. Long been the only "secret".

What a load of crap. Counting calories is the only means of losing weight and keeping it off. Things like paleo are just an indirect way of restricting your calorie intake by limiting yourself to mostly unappetizing, or at least very calorie-light, foods.

He was a Paleo diet guy. Of course he would say that. Of course the stats for calorie counting is higher because it has been around much much longer. MFP is also different than most "diet" plans. You can and should stay on into maintenance (at least until you get the hang of it). Most other calorie counting plans (and yes I am including WW because counting points is the same thing) drop you once you hit your goal and don't do anything to help you eat at maintenance. They want you to regain so you can spend more money.

I think that MOST diets fail, and people end up gaining the weight back. Be it calorie counting, Atkins, Weight Watchers or even Paleo...

The think about Paleo is that they like to say you can eat whatever you want and NOT count calories. Simply eating all that meat and fat will satiate you. And for some people, that might be true. But, it isn't guaranteed. To lose weight you must be in a calorie deficit - it's simple math. People who do Atkins cut out a lot of carbs, which are energy dense. But when they come off Atkins, they put the weight back on because guess what? They start eating like they did before! People who count calories stop counting. People who eat paleo start adding "cheat" foods etc etc...

Further, there does seem to be some influence of fat levels on various hormones in the body. People who lose a lot of weight very fast tend to have slowered metabolisms because of it, so when they go back to their "normal" levels of eating, it is too much, so they gain back what they lost plus some more.

The key, therefore, is to watch what you eat (be it paleo, Atkins or IIFYM) but make it a change to your eating habits you can live with forever. And the simplest way to watch what you eat is to count the calories (simple yes, but not always easy!). Very low calorie diets, cutting out random food groups etc simply don't work for many people long term as they can't keep it up. Make small changes, eat at a reasonable calorie deficit and be consistent. It takes time, but then the weight didn't appear overnight either.

Oh, and stop watching Dr Oz! That'll be the best thing you can do for your (mental) health ;-)

And I counted every calorie in it.

best thing I have heard all day Amen

I think people who go on diets that completely eliminate food groups end up failing long before they have the chance to gain it all back..

I think people who go on diets end up failing. I try to avoid saying that. For me, a "diet" is a thing you do for a while. By definition, if you end your diet and go back to what you were doing before, you'll have the same result. Presumably, that's get fat again for most of us. I may not count calories as vigorously as I am now for the rest of my life, but I hope that if I do stop, I will have developed a sense of how many calories I'm actually eating. If that doesn't work, I'll be back to logging every bite. Not a diet - a healthy relationship with food.