Weight loss calories

gaiahayes99 · April 4

should I eat less calories a day to lose weight? I try to eat as many greens and fruits as possible to flush everything out but I don’t know if it’s working, has anyone ever tried what I’m doing?

sollyn23l2 · April 4

Yeah... it's not working, I can already tell you that. Healthy food doesn't "flush out" the other food you ate. It all still gets digested. You will have to eat fewer calories or burn more calories through exercise to lose weight. It's the way the universe works.

yirara · April 4

Yea, no. Fruit and veg is healthy and good for digestion, but it doesn't flush anything out, nor does it bypass digestion and hence their calories still count. If you eat more calories than your body needs you gain weight. If you eat exactly the right amount nothing happens. If you eat less calories than your body needs you lose weight. simples.

Corina1143 · April 4

I can't answer for you, but for me—

The more greens and fruit I eat, the less room I have for cake and ice cream. (I still have a little room)

The more greens and fruit I eat, the less desire I have for cake and ice cream.

The more greens and fruit I eat, the more I feel like moving.

The more greens and fruit I eat, the better I feel.

The more greens and fruit I eat, the more confidence I have. Confidence that I can lose the weight, confidence that I can move more, confidence that I'm on my way to a healthier me.

You go, girl! Keep going! Keep learning! Keep eating healthy to improve your life!

AnnPT77 · April 4

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10936151/weight-loss-calories

You should eat fewer calories than your current weight-maintenance calories in order to lose weight. That's true whether you count calories, or don't. Eating fewer calories than you used to, or fewer calories than you currently are - that may not be the same as eating fewer calories than your current weight-maintenance calories.

Your post doesn't mention anything about how many calories your burning, or give us the demographic data we might need to guess how many calories you'd need to maintain current weight.

Corina and others are correct: Some people will find that eating more veggies/fruits will keep them full and energetic on fewer calories . . . maybe even on fewer calories than current weight-maintenance calories. In that indirect way, eating those foods can help with weight loss, but it won't trigger weight loss unless some combination of eating fewer calories and moving more through our day leads to eating fewer than current weight-maintenance calories.

It has nothing to do with "flushing things out", though. Yes, veggies/fruits are high in fiber, and eating more of them might encourage there to be . . . more productive? . . . delivery of digestive waste to the sewer system, but it doesn't inherently cause fat loss. Fat loss is what most of us really want when we pursue weight loss, right?

Best wishes!