Understanding Calories in Your Body

Losing weight and having a toned belly that you have long desired is a battle. It’ll take a lot of effort in adjusting to a healthy lifestyle that incorporates regular exercises and proper diet. Remember that losing weight and keeping slim isn’t a one-week or one-month affair. If you really want to stay fit and healthy, it’ll be a lifelong dedication to a new and healthy lifestyle. It is in this battle wherein you will need all the weapons that you can get to aid you in achieving that healthy body weight and that dreamy figure. An exercise program that is tailored to your current lifestyle and a healthy diet that will satisfy your taste are your primary means of controlling your weight.

Another very important thing is knowledge. How so?

Let’s put it this way. If you want to fix your car’s engine, you’re going to need to know how a car engine works. You’ll need to know the reason why it’s not working as it should. 

On the subject of weight loss, you’ll need to understand what makes you fat and what you need to do to help stop you from gaining weight.

It’s all about the calories

Most people have this notion that calories equates to being fat. However, that it not true. A calorie is a unit of measurement for energy. In the context of weight loss, it is used as a unit to measure the amount of energy from the food we eat. It’s also used to measure the energy that is lost or “burned” when our body is performing any activity. In a sense, calorie isn’t the one that is making you fat.

Here’s how calories work, when we eat, we are taking in calories. When we undertake any activity, calories are burned. The problem now is that when we take in more calories than what our body uses, the excess energy will then be stored as fat.

Put bluntly, if a person is fat, it’s because he’s taking in more calories than what his body is using. So how do you deal with this?

The answer is quite simple. You can either decrease your calorie intake, or increase your calorie burning activities. Optimally, you can do both.

Also remember, decreasing your calorie intake doesn’t mean you’ll have to be hungry.