"Weight management is actually much more complex than just ‘energy in’ versus ‘energy out."
No, it's not. Maybe it's more difficult to measure calories (that salad ranch dressing has more calories than that hamburger), but people should be encouraged to balance their calorie intake everyday. For what it's worth, here's why Americans are obese:
50 extra calories / day x 365 days / year x 1 lb / 3,500 calories = 5 lbs / year
Multiplied by 10 years, and you get 50 lbs over weight. In twenty years you are 100 lbs over weight.
Bottom line is that people are eating just a little too much every day, and that adds up over time. My advice for losing and maintaining weight: Have 5 x 400 calorie meals each day and exercise for 30 minutes. The chore of finding 400 calorie meals is well worth the effort because you'll see just how many calories each item you consume contains.
No, it's not. Maybe it's more difficult to measure calories (that salad ranch dressing has more calories than that hamburger), but people should be encouraged to balance their calorie intake everyday. For what it's worth, here's why Americans are obese:
50 extra calories / day x 365 days / year x 1 lb / 3,500 calories = 5 lbs / year
Multiplied by 10 years, and you get 50 lbs over weight. In twenty years you are 100 lbs over weight.
Bottom line is that people are eating just a little too much every day, and that adds up over time. My advice for losing and maintaining weight: Have 5 x 400 calorie meals each day and exercise for 30 minutes. The chore of finding 400 calorie meals is well worth the effort because you'll see just how many calories each item you consume contains.