August 29, 2008

Food Portion Size And Daily Calorie Limits

Everything You Need To Know About Portion Size And Calorie Count…

When talking to dieters, they usually want to know two things. First, they ask what the right portion size for food is. Second, they want to know how many daily calories are necessary for rapid weight loss. You’ve probably noticed that a lot of fad diets come out with nifty little charts that put you on a calorie guideline.

They develop this chart with bodyweight, height, and sometimes activity level. Weight loss counselors work using a similar kind of calorie count guideline as well. They usually advise their overweight clients to adopt a certain daily calorie limit based on factors like weight, height, and activity level.

If a typical overweight person goes in to a weight loss counselor describing themselves as “active,” they’ll probably be told to stick to 2,000 calories a day and they’ll lose weight. However, this is a preposterous way to lose weight, and we’ll tell you why.

Everybody has metabolisms that vary widely. No one’s metabolism is quite like another’s. So putting a one-size-fits all calorie intake limit on a person solely based on weight, height, and activity level just doesn’t make sense. There isn’t even a necessary relationship between metabolism and activity level.

Lots of people are very active but still overweight, and the reason could be simply that their metabolism is slower to act. For instance, consider two people who both weigh 173 pounds and do the same amount of activity daily. One person may have twice the metabolic rate of the other, just because of genetics. Identical heights and weights really mean nothing in regards to what their metabolism is.

So following a rigid calories-per-day guideline that doesn’t account for your specific metabolism is wasting your time. There’s also a second reason why it isn’t productive for weight loss. Your body doesn’t count days when burning calories. It burns calories at meals. Your body doesn’t care what time the clock says, it just burns calories throughout the day (and night) as you eat them.

This occurs regardless of the time. Even if you faithfully stick with a daily caloric guideline, you won’t lose weight. A daily calorie count doesn’t tell you when to eat, and that’s really important for weight loss too. You had to distribute those calories evenly throughout the day if you want to lose weight. This means more than the standard three meals a day.

For weight loss you need to eat more frequently, and eat less at each sitting. Stuffing yourself with three large meals and no snacks in between isn’t doing your body any favors. You need more than three meals a day, and each should be small and focused on appropriate portion size. Note that this has nothing to do with counting calories.

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