No More Counting Calories.....REALLY!

As a health professional and nutritionist, clients come to me wanting numbers, amounts, weights, and exact measurements. They want some fancy formula to identify exactly how much they need to eat in a day, a week, a month, and a year, in order to lose a very precise amount of weight in a very specified amount of time. They want to know exactly how much time they should spend on each type of cardio machine, at what intensity, where their heart rate should be, and how many calories they should be burning. They want to know that "calories in = calories out".

If only that's how "simple" it were. Having completed a Master's degree in Nutritional Sciences and Exercise Physiology, I am all too familiar with the scientific equations used to devise exact exercise prescriptions and diet plans. The trouble is, we're not laboratory-operated beings. What happens in a laboratory may not be what's happening in our bodies. We are far too complex of beings for that to be the case. You, not the laboratory or fancy scientific equations, are the best scientist for determining what your body needs, when it needs it, and how much it needs. This is a fact, and it is exactly why I started this blog; to show you how to discover what your body needs. Your body's signals are more precise than any laboratory experiment; the key is learning to listen to the cues of what your body is telling you.

By tuning-out media and advertisements, and tuning-IN to your body, you will never need to count a single calorie ever again. Through this blog, I will teach you how.

I'd love to hear about your experience with counting calories, negative or positive. Post comments and questions below! Let's chat about it!! :)