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Winning the game of losing weight.

Winning the game of losing weight.Many people talk about calories all the time, saying “ I am putting on weight because I am eating too many calories” if you ask them about it and how many calories they eat and burn a day, they wouldn' t have a clue. Did you know that high/low calorie intake and expenditure have an effect

your weight? Successful weight control begins with a commitment to balancing the calories you eat with the calories you burn through physical activity in order to maintain healthy weight control.

What are calories and what do we use them for?

The best definition of a calorie is the amount of heat required to raise 1 kilogram ( 1 liter) of water by 1 degree centigrade. A calorie is simply a measure of heat energy. The word “calorie” is used to describe the amount of energy in food. When food is broken down through the process of digestion it releases energy. The more calories a particular food contains, the more heat that will be produced and the more energy that will be available for the body. If a person eats a lot of high calorie food and doesn’t use the energy, the body will store this energy for future use in the form of fat. This explains why you can stay alive for so long without food ( as long you get plenty of water).

If weight control is so simple, why do so many people fail in their efforts to win the weight loss game? This bring us to the law of energy balance. This law is basically a numbers game. Its unlike any other game you have ever played. If you play it right - this means working out, choosing the right food , eating frequently and eating the right amount and you will win the game. On the other hand, if you don’t play it right by not paying attention to the amount of exercise you do and your daily calorie intake, you are more likely to be stuck with a pile of weight that you can’t “WEIGHT” to get rid of easily.

This game is so simple and easy to follow: If you burn more calories than you consume , then your body must tap into the stored fat for the energy to make up for the calories shortfall and you will lose weight. On the other hand: if you consume more calories than you burn each day, you will store the excess and you will gain weight.

The law of energy balance:

To lose weight, you must burn more calories

than you consume each day

To gain weight, you must consume more calories

than you burn each day

The law of energy balance is one of the major laws of weight control you must understand and obey in order to be lean and keep a healthy weight. There are two corollaries to the law of energy ballance. The first says that too much of any food – even so called “healthy food” – will get stored as body fat. It doesn’t matter what you eat; you will gain weight usually in the form of body fat. This explains why calorie counting is important. The second corollary law of energy says, small amount of ANYTHING – even junk food – will problably NOT get stored as fat if you eat fewer calories than you burn.

Your energy level is balanced when you eat and burn the same number of calories daily. The opposite has either a positive or negative effect in your weight. Tom Venute the author of the book burn the fat put it so well. “Keeping track of your calories is just as important as keeping track of the deposits and withdrawals to your bank account.” As you know if you fail to pay attention to your bank account and make more withdrawals than deposits, you can guess what will happen. You will soon find yourself broke and in debt. So, the same with your body, if you dont keep track of your calories deposit, you’ll soon find yourself overstuffed and overweight.

The amount of calories required for men is usually more than for women. The average male requires a maintenance level of 2800 calories per day. The average female requires only 2000 calories per day to maintain a good healthy body. The reason of the difference has nothing to do with sex but rather that men carry more muscle mass than the average women . Your daily calorie need depends on your age, sex, metabolism, activity level, and body size.

Calories not only count but they are the most important factor in a weight loss program. If you are eating more calories than you burn, you will not win the weight loss game, no matter what you are eating or what kind of exercise you are doing. Bear in mind that too much of any food will be stored as fat.