How Does Counting Calories Help With Weight Loss?

Going into the supermarket you notice a chocolate bar. You look at the ingredients, then the calories, the fat and sugar content. This makes you feel sad as it is high in calories, which you have been told by someone else is not good for you.

As an individual, your body is the only thing that can actually tell you what you need. Other people can suggest it, but unless they test your body and know your current level of activity, then you are unable to really know the amount of calories that you need to take daily. The number of calories that you require change each day.

Of more importance than calories are the feelings that you have when you try to do calorie counting. When you are happy, the energy is your body will rise. When this happens, your body's ability to metabolize the food you eat will increase. You can also increase your metabolism through activity and exercise, assuming that you enjoy what you are doing.

Your aim is to metabolize all that you eat. The things that can impact this from happening are:

• Low energy or fatigue which can be from either negative feelings or negative thoughts
• Low activity so your body is not moving
• Not drinking enough water to keep your hydrated for the body to function correctly
• Eating when you are not hungry.

Notice I did not mention anything about food or calories. They are of less importance if you do not have the above points under control.

From now on, rather than being concerned with what you are eating or the number of calories you eat; focus on getting your feelings about yourself up and positive. Get your thoughts positive. Identify and think only about what you want in your life. Do not think about what you do not want, otherwise that will occur. Increase your activity so your metabolism is working correctly and then calories do not matter.