You NEED to stop calorie counting and restricting!
eringrace95_
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WHY DO I KEEP READING THIS EVERYWHERE ONLINE?
Calorie counting on MFP has been a game changer for me and it's so irritating when people keep saying calories don't matter and you can eat as much as you want of "healthy" foods and still lose weight
Thoughts??
Calorie counting on MFP has been a game changer for me and it's so irritating when people keep saying calories don't matter and you can eat as much as you want of "healthy" foods and still lose weight
Thoughts??
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Damn, I thought this was going to be the new 'skip the soda' funtimez thread.50
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Because people tend to believe what works for them should be applied to the masses.37
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Truth.7
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WHY DO I KEEP READING THIS EVERYWHERE ONLINE?
Calorie counting on MFP has been a game changer for me and it's so irritating when people keep saying calories don't matter and you can eat as much as you want of "healthy" foods and still lose weight
Thoughts??
I just tell them, "You do you..."
I lost 75 lbs counting calories and I include a fair share of yummy "unhealthy" ones in my daily diet.
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Because people tend to believe what works for them should be applied to the masses.
It's so frustrating to me! Like I've lost nearly 45 pounds by counting calories, weighing my food and regularity exercising and there's people trying to say the method "doesn't work" and is "wrong"39 -
Preach girl!7
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Dang! I thought this was going to be a Friday afternoon popcorn fest.33
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Because they want you to buy something and if not buy it.. do excatly what you are doing, questioning why calorie counting could be bad...or start a thread about why the internet is so anti calorie counting? LOL
It's not.. or we all would not be here..
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I have family members who lost every bit of their weight they wanted by using the low carb (under 100g/day) and eat all you want otherwise diets. It just isn't for me. I'd rather eat what I want and stop when I reach my calorie limit. So CICO is what I stick to, and it worked.20
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Spliner1969 wrote: »I have family members who lost every bit of their weight they wanted by using the low carb (under 100g/day) and eat all you want otherwise diets. It just isn't for me. I'd rather eat what I want and stop when I reach my calorie limit. So CICO is what I stick to, and it worked.
Yes amen!!3 -
As in so many areas of life, people should mind their own businesses.22
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Because people want an easy way out and counting calories is too hard.33
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Because people in general weren't listening during science classes in school.22
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CattOfTheGarage wrote: »Because people in general weren't listening during science classes in school.
That's literally what is so mind boggling to me because CICO is the science of weight loss and people are trying to debunk it like??
They're using "not all calories are created equal" as an excuse to consume more13 -
...if you would have nailed it any harder, you'd be engaged to it. Brilliant post, simply brilliant.Asher_Ethan wrote: »Because people want an easy way out and counting calories is too hard.24 -
Because:
Also, as mentioned above: science illiteracy is slowly(?) killing us as a society; and too many hucksters trying to make a quick buck.33 -
WHY DO I KEEP READING THIS EVERYWHERE ONLINE?
Calorie counting on MFP has been a game changer for me and it's so irritating when people keep saying calories don't matter and you can eat as much as you want of "healthy" foods and still lose weight
Thoughts??
Because, somewhere out there, someone is trying to sell some form of woo.21 -
cerise_noir wrote: »WHY DO I KEEP READING THIS EVERYWHERE ONLINE?
Calorie counting on MFP has been a game changer for me and it's so irritating when people keep saying calories don't matter and you can eat as much as you want of "healthy" foods and still lose weight
Thoughts??
Because, someone out there, someone is trying to sell some form of woo.
DING DING DING!! We have a winner!12 -
It works for me.6 -
It works for me.
It works for a lot of people! That's why I don't understand people who can lose weight by eating an abundance of "good calories" vs restricting and eating whatever you want.
I prefer the latter and don't understand the former!1 -
It works for me.
It works for a lot of people! That's why I don't understand people who can lose weight by eating an abundance of "good calories" vs restricting and eating whatever you want.
I prefer the latter and don't understand the former!
Those people are still in caloric deficit, that's why.9 -
Asher_Ethan wrote: »Because people want an easy way out and counting calories is too hard.
And paradoxically... it sounds too simple. There's no complicated woo surrounding it so it can't possibly work.
(12.5kg down and counting using said simple method ) 6 -
MissusMoon wrote: »
It works for me.
It works for a lot of people! That's why I don't understand people who can lose weight by eating an abundance of "good calories" vs restricting and eating whatever you want.
I prefer the latter and don't understand the former!
Those people are still in caloric deficit, that's why.
See that would make sense if they actually were but like I've read articles of people who said they were eating like 3000+ cals a day of "good" calories and losing weight like are they just lying??
It's so hard to wrap my head around1 -
BruinsGal_91 wrote: »Dang! I thought this was going to be a Friday afternoon popcorn fest.
Me too... *kicks dirt*10 -
MissusMoon wrote: »
It works for me.
It works for a lot of people! That's why I don't understand people who can lose weight by eating an abundance of "good calories" vs restricting and eating whatever you want.
I prefer the latter and don't understand the former!
Those people are still in caloric deficit, that's why.
See that would make sense if they actually were but like I've read articles of people who said they were eating like 3000+ cals a day of "good" calories and losing weight like are they just lying??
It's so hard to wrap my head around
They can't defy the laws of science. They are overestimating their intake. It's not actually possible.9 -
MissusMoon wrote: »MissusMoon wrote: »
It works for me.
It works for a lot of people! That's why I don't understand people who can lose weight by eating an abundance of "good calories" vs restricting and eating whatever you want.
I prefer the latter and don't understand the former!
Those people are still in caloric deficit, that's why.
See that would make sense if they actually were but like I've read articles of people who said they were eating like 3000+ cals a day of "good" calories and losing weight like are they just lying??
It's so hard to wrap my head around
They can't defy the laws of science. They are overestimating their intake. It's not actually possible.
Okay good. This is making me feel less crazy LOL3 -
MissusMoon wrote: »MissusMoon wrote: »
It works for me.
It works for a lot of people! That's why I don't understand people who can lose weight by eating an abundance of "good calories" vs restricting and eating whatever you want.
I prefer the latter and don't understand the former!
Those people are still in caloric deficit, that's why.
See that would make sense if they actually were but like I've read articles of people who said they were eating like 3000+ cals a day of "good" calories and losing weight like are they just lying??
It's so hard to wrap my head around
They can't defy the laws of science. They are overestimating their intake. It's not actually possible.
Okay good. This is making me feel less crazy LOL
You're not crazy. It's the rest of the world that isn't sane 5 -
A) counting calories is free
counting calories is straight forward
C) counting calories is guaranteed success
But...
D) counting calories (restricting them) is hard
E) counting calories is unsexy as hell
If eating less and moving more were as easy as it sounds nobody would be fat, and therefore points D and E leave room for the billion dollar diet industry to rob everyone who wants it to be easy blind.
If you are successful permanently with a system that is free, who can keep them in business? The yoyo is their best friend.21 -
eveandqsmom wrote: »A) counting calories is free counting calories is straight forward
C) counting calories is guaranteed success
But...
D) counting calories (restricting them) is hard
E) counting calories is unsexy as hell
If eating less and moving more were as easy as it sounds nobody would be fat, and therefore points D and E leave room for the billion dollar diet industry to rob everyone who wants it to be easy blind.
If you are successful permanently with a system that is free, who can keep them in business? The yoyo is their best friend.
I don't restrict that much (-500 cals from my TDEE daily) so I don't feel personally I'm at risk of yoyoing so it's so crazy to me when these people try to claim restricting is bad for you! Unless they're referring to EXTREME restricting...4
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