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Worrying About Calories

December 14th, 2006

Are you on a calorie controlled diet? How many calories is right for you? That depends on many factors. Your age, sex, type of work, physical activity, all contribute to the optimum calorie intake for your body. There is no one answer for this type of thing. Personally I don’t believe the general ideas on how many calories a person should have. For example, if you have a 2,000 calorie diet then you are starving yourself. I know that some people live and die by this number, but a person who is very active going to live off of 2,000 calories would end up looking very skinny in an unhealthy way.

If you truly believe that you are doing the right thing in your eating plan and exercising properly then I don’t see a reason why you should be counting numbers. Successful weight loss isn’t just about numbers. You’ve heard the old saying “mind over matter”. If you have the right mental attitude you will succeed.

Take another point into consideration. If you intake 1000 calories from fish, vegies, and fruit, would you really feel bad? Probably not. You would probably feel quite fresh and healthy. If you intake the same 1000 calories from junk food, then how would you feel? Not as good right? So that’s just a simple example on the “mind over matter” theory. You have the same 1000 calorie intake but your mental attitude is different in each case.

So always keep in mind that weight loss isn’t purely about numbers. Yes the numbers are great because you can compare them but at the end of the day if you feel great that’s what matters the most.

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