Want To Lose Weight? Doctors Say It’s Time To Stop Counting Calories | Only Sports And Health



A new report by a group of obesity doctors and scientists found that telling people to eat less could actually be causing more harm than good. NBC’s Morgan Radford reports for TODAY on the new approach called the carbohydrate-insulin model.

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46 thoughts on “Want To Lose Weight? Doctors Say It’s Time To Stop Counting Calories | Only Sports And Health

  1. Carbs arent bad people. It's all about eating less calories while tricking your brain your eating the same amount. At least in the beginning. Calories in calories out. For example if you have toast with peanut butter in the morning. Switch it to a rice cake and pb2
    Eating basically the same amount but fewer calories

  2. I am a 48 yr old that has been on and off the low carb train since my 20s. Since March this year I am slowly losing weight (8 kg so far) and I eat whatever I want. Pasta, meat, potatoes, chocolate BUT I do my best to chose high quality foods, cut out processed as much as possible and I estimate my calories (not going crazy with ist). I love making my own smoothies (no, not green, I love fruits), i often eat beans, lentils, quinoa, spinach, eggs, fish, I chose spelt instead of white flour whenever possible and I try to stay around 1600 cals (sometimes its 1800 cals), I prioritze quality sleep, hydrate very well and I do a lose intermitten fasting window between 4-8 hrs. I walk at least 10000 steps a day and I make sure I don't sit at a desk 8 hrs a day (got a standing desk and a walking pad). This is something I can do for the rest of my life. I will soon add strenght training and I will adjust my calories to a maintenance phase (probably 1800-2000 cals) once I reached my weight goal. If I want ice cream I have it but since I've been doing this the binging frequency has reduced and so have the cravings. At times (usually when I am stressed) I will overeat on bread for example I try to not go too crazy and the next day, when my scale has 2 kg more I remind myself that I did not have 140000 calories last night and that it's water weight. It takes usually 3-4 days to get back to the weight I was prior to "binge day" and that is okay. I do weigh myself every day but I am aware of how moody the scale can be and it doesn't face me like it used to. When I reach a milestone weight it usually takes me 3-4 weeks to "settle" the scale on it. Meaning, I learned to be patient and trust that what I am doing is working and just takes time.
    In short: sorry, but low carb, low fat, low calories, etc is not working. Eat real food, chose little processed foods and if you like me and you like large amounts of food, try intermitten fasten and have one or two big meals a day. Be patient and lose it the sustainable way.
    I only have 7kg to go but I already feel great because I finally have found a lifestyle and not a diet.

  3. Low carb diets are too restrictive for me. I'll count calories and exercise! That way I can have carbs! I've lost 10 lbs doing it my way and not giving up anything! My roommate does keto and imo a diet that you can't have all vegetables is a dangerous one! Not being able to enjoy a slice of bread. Ridiculous! Life is way too short! Lol

  4. The laws of thermodynamics apply to all of us, and we are each responsible for our own health. Putting the fork down and picking the weights up works. It's hard, and there's times when it really sucks, but it's worth it, and it works.

  5. 😶

    counting calories is definitely the way. especially if you don't normally get too hungry until sometime in the afternoon (like me). next thing you know, you look up and it's bedtime. you're sleepy, not at all hungry, and you've eaten WAYYY less calories than you thought you ever could.

    it's like for some of us, our body automatically 'intermittently fasts'.

  6. During my entire primary school, I was overweight. I even skipped a road trip because my class was heading to the beach, and I felt too insecure to show my body, so I didn’t want to go. My teacher asked my parents why, and they explained that I didn’t wan

  7. It's all to do with feeding the body what it actually uses and needs. We've been scared away from fats that are relatively inert, and encouraged to eat lean protein and carbs that stimulate mTOR, IGF-1 and insulin.
    There's a lot of resistance from vegetarians and vegans to reducing carb intake for instance, but just as they need to have a healthy source of vitamin B12, those that have an intake of olives, nuts, seeds or avocado at each meal are healthiest.
    The healthiest ratio of fat is that of our body's fat which is 57% monounsaturated, 40% saturated and just 3% essential fatty acid omegas.
    What's very sad is that internationally, a high carbohydrate diet is still being touted as healthy after 50 years, based largely on flawed studies, and the repetition of those studies from their own reports as a 'reliable' weight of evidence database.

  8. I could never cut out carbs or limit myself to 37g per day. My go-to breakfast is a half cup of oats with chia seeds (cooked in water) topped with a tablespoon of natural peanut butter and 100g of sliced banana and a dash of cinnamon. That with an espresso and whole milk is how I’ve started my day for years. For lunch and dinner, however, I do stick to a lean protein and low-carb veggies. I also enjoy an in-season fruit for a snack if I get too hungry in between meals, usually with some cottage cheese, but usually I do “mini fasts” between meals. Breakfast is at 7:30am, lunch at 1:30pm and dinner at 8:30pm, so there are stretches of time in my day in which I’m just drinking water. I think everyone should just do what’s best for them. Many diets are effective as long as you stick to them. Personally, my caloric average is anywhere between 1600-1800 per day and it’s enough to maintain me at 125lbs at 5’4” (I’m 35 years old).

  9. thats like a banker telling you to not track your balance. i was 310 last year august; now it is January and in 255. i balance my carbs and proteins, control portions, exercise, and COUNT calories.

  10. This just in: PEOPLE WHO DRINK WATER AND BREATHE AIR WILL 100% DIE EVENTUALLY.

    WATER AND AIR ACTUALLY KILLS YOU.

    counting calories is a proven way of losing weight. Ive just done this over 6 months – 12kg down, best shape of my life. And i ate carbs every single day. Rice, fruit etc. keto is a scam and gives quick results because of water weight loss but tanks your energy and we need carbohydrates to build lean tissue.

    Look at my 600lb life, he chucks em on a 1400kcal diet and the weight just drops off.

  11. I cut out carbs and sugar. I eat meat, dairy, eggs, fruits, and vegetables. Humans do not need carbs. They turn to sugar, even complex carbs. The other day for dinner, I ate a 16 ounce London broil and sauteed peppers. No carbs. Felt great. Been losing about 3 pounds a week. People are addicted to carbs and don't wanna give them up. But it's gonna catch up in the long run. Carbs spike your blood sugar. Then when your body has too much sugar, the excess sugar gets stored in the pancreas, and that's what causes heart disease, clogged arteries, obesity.

  12. eat in a calorie deficit… 100% you will lose weight! full stop!!!!!!!!!!!! don't listen to what anyone else says, please trust me!!!!!!! just eat in a calorie deficit and you will loose weight!

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