Weight Loss: Do Calories Count?

Are you overweight? Are you battling to lose those excess pounds around your middle? If yes, you are definitely not alone in your struggle.  According the NHS study, “Statistics on obesity, physical activity and diet: England 2011”, more than half of the adult population are overweight (66% of men and 57% of women). Included in these figures are nearly a quarter of people who are considered obese (22% of men and 24% of women). Would the figures change much if this study had included all of the UK? I suspect not. Everyone knows that being overweight increases the probability of medical problems—but most people are far more concerned about how they look and feel. In trying to lose weight we collectively spend vast sums of money on “diet” and “low-fat” foods, read column after column of the latest ‘celeb’ diets and do desperate things all in order to become slim. In our crazy world being slim or even skinny thin is the prized goal: how sad we don’t admire healthy weight which is not necessarily a size zero. Sadly most people who go on a (slimming) diet don’t succeed in keeping off the lost pounds—at least not in the long term. These diets don’t work: they never will. Part of the reason (and there are many) is the confusing and often conflicting information about weight loss. Today I hope to clarify the confusion about part of this by looking at calorie counting and it’s role in weight loss. So… back...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Health diet weight gain Source Type: news