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Article: Is Counting Calories Pointless

I've dropped 6lbs of flabbyness while my lifts are going up in 2 weeks cause I started counting calories/macros. Yup. Counting calories doesn't work -____-
 
Macros win over calories every day... they go hand in hand, but your macros are more important as at least if you're bang on with those targets every day, your calories will fall in to line, but it obviously doesn't work the other way round. In my experience, people need FAR more education on macros than they do on calories, because in and of themselves, counting calories ALONE won't get you long term results. I still encounter people who watch calories but think they need to virtually cut out fat from their diet. My sister for example won't eat avocado, but will happily eat a bag of 'low fat' crisps. It's just ridiculous.
 
Johnston said:
Macros win over calories every day... they go hand in hand, but your macros are more important as at least if you're bang on with those targets every day, your calories will fall in to line, but it obviously doesn't work the other way round. In my experience, people need FAR more education on macros than they do on calories, because in and of themselves, counting calories ALONE won't get you long term results. I still encounter people who watch calories but think they need to virtually cut out fat from their diet. My sister for example won't eat avocado, but will happily eat a bag of 'low fat' crisps. It's just ridiculous.
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If you count macros you are counting calories..... do both for big success.
 
So there's no difference between a high carb diet and low carb diet in terms of weight regulation? I'd definitely disagree. If my proteins and fats are the same and the only difference is my carb intake , if it's low then I'd definitely lose more weight then of it was high.
 
Othello1276 said:
So there's no difference between a high carb diet and low carb diet in terms of weight regulation? I'd definitely disagree. If my proteins and fats are the same and the only difference is my carb intake , if it's low then I'd definitely lose more weight then of it was high.
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Othello1276 said:
So there's no difference between a high carb diet and low carb diet in terms of weight regulation? I'd definitely disagree. If my proteins and fats are the same and the only difference is my carb intake , if it's low then I'd definitely lose more weight then of it was high.
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Lol. Let's say your carbs are at 100 your protein is 200 and fats are 80. If you increase carbs you're increasing calories. If you're decreasing carbs you're decreasing calories while staying at the same protein and fat. Lol.

Believe it or not most people can adjust to low carb well and high carb well. Carbs are just better to pull from when cutting calories. If your fats aren't high enough the extra protein your in taking is turning into glycogen anyway.
 
It's hard to overrate the importance of macros. It's simple and obvious to probably everyone here, but believe it or not I've talked to a number of educated, mature adults who don't even know what protein *is*. This week.
 
Othello1276 said:
So there's no difference between a high carb diet and low carb diet in terms of weight regulation? I'd definitely disagree. If my proteins and fats are the same and the only difference is my carb intake , if it's low then I'd definitely lose more weight then of it was high.
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Do you really not see how this is flawed? lol If you want to compare high carb vs low carb, you need to keep the total calories equal.
 
blacklac said:
Do you really not see how this is flawed? lol If you want to compare high carb vs low carb, you need to keep the total calories equal.
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If you're eating 2000 calories a day. 600 from protein. 400 from fat .1000 from carbs. There. Is a huge difference in body composition then if you were taking in 850 from protein. 650 from fat and 500 from carbs. It's more about quality of food and not the calories in my opinion.
 
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