Calorie Counting Diet

What is a calorie? A calorie is a unit of measurement of heat to produce energy to function. Your body needs calories but not too many because if they don't get burned or used they become stored energy, which we call fat.

Each pound that you weigh is equivalent to 3500 calories. So therefore if you want to lose a pound per week you must remove 3500 calories out of your diet per week. If you utilize calorie counting cutting 3500 calories will be easy to do.

Sometimes you may ask yourself,"how can I lose weight?" There are a few tricks you can do to cut those calories without changing your whole diet:

1. Drink more water. Drink a glass of water 20 minutes before each meal. It takes the brain at least 20 minutes to realize that it is full.

2. Leave the last few bites of your dinner on the plate. Get used to eating smaller portions.

3. When eating a snack such as potato chips. Fill a small cup and eat from the cup instead of the bag.

4. Change from regular soda to diet soda.

5. Remove the sugar out of your coffee. Change to one of the alternative sweeteners.

When you read my book and watch the videos, you will build your own free diet plans which you can cut most of your calories from “fast food”. Do not worry. It is very easy and after a while you will be able to monitor your calories without thinking too much. A calorie counting diet is kind of like riding a bicycle. You don't think too much about it once you have mastered it. You just get on and ride.

The calories, for example, in a Whopper with cheese meal are around 1400 calories. Fast food is one of the major contributors to obesity. You find the calories in about any food at www.nutritiondata.com . This website is loaded with information on how many calories are in an item and how many calories are from fat.

If you want to lose 5 to 10 pounds within a couple of weeks, here is the big secret. Cut out the soda or beer within your calorie counting diet. That is it. When I am doing a consultation for someone who wants to shed a few pounds rather quickly I usually find the culprit that is causing the unwanted weight. I usually find the culprit causing the fat is soda.

Their diet plan utilizing calorie counting will include the above five tricks, cutting out soda, refraining from fast food and an aerobic routine 3 to 4 times a week. I always encourage a 1500 to 2000 calorie diet plan. 1500 to 2000 calories is a lot of food if you are eating right.

Remember, if you burn more calories than you take in you WILL LOSE WEIGHT!

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