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Calories in, calories out. Important note: calories are generally estimations... calorie counting apps even more so.... so if you're not careful your 3 strips
by ldoughty 7y ago
Calories in, calories out.
Important note: calories are generally estimations... calorie counting apps even more so.... so if you're not careful your 3 strips of bacon (listed, 160 calories)) can easily be 250 calories.
The listed calories on many cooked foods are "average expectations" of that kind of product with "average cooking". Who defines average? No idea. But I advise people interested in loosing weight to research food labels and assume them as "ballpark" values. Failure to do so, on top of missing the extra tablespoon or 3 of coffee creamer can easily wipe out your 100-200 calorie deficit you planned.
Also, look at regulating your blood sugar (diets like keto help), or, if you like carbs, do smaller meals over the day -- this reduces the spikes in blood sugar that trigger hunger.
- maximente 7y agonot so much - we know that e.g. refined carbs trigger metabolic reactions differently than e.g. pure fats. the gall bladder isn't really used when carbs are ingested, but is when fats are, so there are clearly metabolic consequences. so while pedantically might be true, the mechanism of the calories does matter a lot.
- User23 7y agoAlso, ethanol has no storage form, but it's definitely calories in. Of course most people don't drink ethanol in a fasted state without any other macronutrients, so they still get fat since the body preferentially metabolizes the ethanol and stores the other stuff.