Counting Calories is Important in a Good Healthy Diet!

Before we can begin today, we need to grasp an understanding of an important
problem of weight loss.

Two out of three Americans are overweight. The primary cause
is that we eat more and exercise less. There is no doubt that the more
advances we make that enhance our lifestyle the heavier we become.
Wait a minute! What about all those low-fat foods that we eat
now? How come I reduced fat in my diet but I’m still gaining weight?
It’s a simple answer. A few years ago we all became aware of
the detrimental effects of fat in our diet. What did we do? We began
to concentrate on lowering cholesterol and taking fat out of our diets.

This is a good thing. However, The National Center for Health
Statistics studied eating habits of 8,260 adult American between 1988
and 1991. Their research showed that Americans had significantly
reduced their fat intake but still packed on the pounds.
How can this happen? There is no mystery. In the process of
counting fat grams, we stopped counting calories! Many of us bought
in to the theory that if it is “low-fat” it won’t make us fat.

WRONG!
You can’t forget about counting calories. If you eat more
calories than you need the body will store them as fat. It doesn’t
matter whether the calories are from fat or carbohydrates
that eating small amounts of fat.

One school of thought believes that eating small amounts of fat
can actually keep you from over indulging on total calories. The
theory is that dietary fat causes our bodies to produce a hormone that
tells the intestines to slow down the emptying process. You feel full
and therefore are less likely to overeat.
Adding a little peanut butter to your rice cake may satisfy your
hunger for a longer period of time, thus preventing you from eating
more than you need.

Again counting calories, eating small amounts of fat and with steady exercise will help
you lose the weight.