Calorie Balance Diet 2.9.9

Why do some people seem to stay thin effortlessly while others struggle so much? What is the secret? Fad diets have included cabbage diets, egg diets, exercise, and the very first diet book proscribed a diet of beer and meat! But these just do not work. Have you ever gone hungry all day and gained weight the next day!

Recently there was a man in the news that had grown to over a thousand pounds. He had tried every diet and failed. The doctors put him on a 1200 calorie diet, and he lost 500 pounds! This is the secret for weight loss: a negative calorie balance results in weight loss. A positive calorie balance results in weight gain. That is the secret the entire weight loss industry is built on, but pretends does not exist! However, it is extremely hard to maintain a negative calorie balance without a calorie counter.

In a recent study, those who recorded their food and exercise over 6 months lost 20 pounds according to a study by Robert Carels, PhD, a psychology professor at Bowling Green State University. In a contrasting study, the weight loss on commercial diets (Atkins, Zone, Weight Watchers, and Ornish) was only 6 pounds per year. Even more discouraging for those who do not count calories is the fact that research has shown that people who think they are eating healthy, tend to overeat, becoming more overweight.

The only reliable way to ensure that your diet will work is to count calories. After you develop a foundation of counting calories, you can follow any other diet that you wish. No one argues that a high protein diet can inhibit appetite. Just know that you will lose more counting calories and following your favorite diet than simply dieting alone.