Count Calories or Not

There is a lot of talk out there by the "diet experts" about whether you should count calories if you are trying to lose weight.

Some of the "diet experts" say that counting calories does not work & people get turned off by this & don't want to bother doing all that. They say people should just start eating better, make better choices & exercise. This way, losing weight becomes less stressful and it makes it an easier fix for people that just don't or won't log their food.

OK, I disagree with this! Yes, eating better, exercising and making better food choices is better than not doing that and I am all for that .... BUT, if you are not burning off more calories than you are taking in then, plain and simply, you are going to gain weight! If you eat more healthy calories in a day than you burn off, you are still going to gain weight! It is well known that people really don't know how much they are eating, they don't understand portion sizes and they are plain eating way too much. That is clear by the obesity rate in this country not only in adults but in children too!

My personal opinion is that you need TO SEE ON PAPER OR COMPUTER or in pictures how many calories you are eating each day. You need to see how much you are eating & what exactly you are eating in order to change. Most people "lie to themselves" or make excuses to themselves rather than face reality. You know I am right about this.

Without a starting point based on knowledge & facts, it is hard to move forward with a plan for absolute success. Eventually you will understand what you are eating, what is a portion size etc. and then you will no longer need to log & check all these things. Isn't it worth it to yourself to face the truth first! I no longer need to log & count calories and all that stuff many of you don't want to do.

Please get real with yourself & log and/or take pictures or cell phone pics of what you are eating so that you really know how to move forward!