Comment by chrisdrobison

The research for years has been pointing to the fact that calorie counting is one of the worst ways of tracking food. It assumes that all calories are equal. This thinking is what led to the food pyramid in the 70s which has then led to the obesity epidemic in the US. The number of calories you put in your body is not nearly as important as the actual kinds of foods. Weight watchers has actually finally had to admit that the quality of food actually plays an important role in weight loss. They've changed their program so that things like fruit are 0 points despite not being a low calorie food. As of right now, what the research is noticing is that insulin resistance plays big role in a lot of other health problems. And if your diet consists of lot of refined carbs like breads, it won't matter how you count calories, you probably won't feel that good. Exercise is a useful tool, but if you aren't eating the right things, it does very little for you. In the end, we just need to make better food choices. It seems that doing that makes everything else fall into place with little effort.