> without making your calorie intake less than your expenditure you will not loose weight
I've asked on HN a couple times in the past for citations that support this meme and haven't yet found a good source on this. The connection between caloric restriction and weight loss isn't as straight forward as people seem to think, despite that being the standard correlation pushed since the 1950s.
Calories seems to be the catchall metric pushed around, but it seems to be as much about what you eat, not just eating less. Although I'm sure asking someone to simply "eat less" would still ultimately contribute to weight loss. Whether calories is the thing that matters is the question.
I've asked on HN a couple times in the past for citations that support this meme and haven't yet found a good source on this. The connection between caloric restriction and weight loss isn't as straight forward as people seem to think, despite that being the standard correlation pushed since the 1950s.
Calories seems to be the catchall metric pushed around, but it seems to be as much about what you eat, not just eating less. Although I'm sure asking someone to simply "eat less" would still ultimately contribute to weight loss. Whether calories is the thing that matters is the question.