Do I count calories?

Some people from work have been asking me what my eating food choices are, how much I eat and do I count calories? And to their surprise, I told them NO I don't. Her nutritionist told her to count calories. So she told me once she can lose her weight, she can be in the average weight range. So I asked her "So once you lose your weight and then what? She did not have an answer.

I really think that is why the diet industry and drugs and is so successful. They tell people the only way to lose weight is to count calories but they don't tell them once you reach your goal, then what?

The reason why I don't count calories is that if I eat the proper foods, it is already low in calories and nutritional and healthy. It is all the processed foods, the junk food and snacks that people consumed without thinking about it and then they eat too much of it and that is the weight gain. So calorie deficit is a good start to lose weight but a calorie is not a calorie.

Take for instance: an apple or banana say is 100 calorie but so are those 100 calorie snacks. What would be better for you?

Say for lunch you have one of those frozen cuisine and it is 350 calories and my lunch is a huge salad with tuna, beans, fruit and a oil and vinegar salad dressing and say it is 350 calories, what seems more appealing and fills you up?

So do I count calories? Nope

Until next time,

Sue