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Do Calories Matter?

By Shondelle Solomon-Miles

As mentioned before, the only way to lose weight is to force your body to use stored calories in the form of fat for energy. If you eat too much and/or move too little, then your body has no need to burn fat for energy.

Consider this. If you had enough money in your checking account to pay your bills and maintain your lifestyle, would you take money from your savings account? No, you wouldn't need those funds so you'd just let them accumulate. What if you were unable to pay your bills because your checking account was short on funds? Would you take money from your savings account? Yes, of course you would (at least if you don't want bill collectors calling you).

Your body works the same way. If it doesn't need to use the stored calories or fat for energy, the fat will accumulate. However, if your body were to become short on energy, it would rely on your fat stores to provide additional energy. Burning 75,000 calories to lose 50 pounds may seem like a daunting task, but if you focus on using 500 to 1,000 of these stored up calories each day via 'diet' and exercise, you could lose approximately one to two pounds of body fat each week.

One to two pounds per week may not seem like much. In fact, you might think it will take forever to lose all the weight you want to lose at that rate. However, scientific research proves that one to two pounds of body fat loss per week is a healthy and realistic goal, as well as a goal that supports permanent fat loss.

You don't wake up one day 50 pounds overweight. Weight gain happens gradually and over a period of months and years. Therefore, you must also expect to make gradual withdrawals from your fat reserves for healthy and permanent weight loss to happen.

It's imperative you understand that a sound weight-loss-program will not produce results overnight. However, by consistently reducing your calorie intake via portion control, monitoring calories, and exercising consistently, you'll force your body to burn fat for energy.

You may not understand why you're having difficulty losing weight despite having a 'healthy' diet. You minimize fats, you don't consume sugar or processed foods and still your weight won't budge. Please understand this. Weight is determined by calorie intake versus calorie output; health is determined by where those calories come from.

Therefore, if you choose healthy foods, but still eat too much of them, you'll not lose weight because your overall calorie consumption is greater than your calorie expenditure. The bottom line is this: no food in and of itself will make you lose weight. Only eating less calories than you burn daily will accomplish that task.

About the Author:

Shondelle Solomon-Miles is the owner of Synergize Training Studios in Hollywood, FL. She is also the author of The Ultimate Fat Loss Guide. Her website is www.Synergizeweightloss.com