Healthy lifestyle or counting calories to lose weight?

[Curiouscat34762]

Okay, so is it better for weight loss (and to keep off weight) for someone to eat healthy foods, lean proteins and vegetables and grains but they may eat it in excess (1300+ calories)? Or to eat average-healthy food (some fried, still vegetables and proteins but more sodium and sugars) and only have under 1200 calories daily?

Also, is a vegetarian diet better for weight loss? I'm considering one for both health and moral issues.

[Nuqood]

If you're becoming a vegetarian, do it for your moral issues.

This is top secret, level 5 clearance stuff, but the key to losing weight is this: Calories In < Calories Out.

What that means is eat less calories than you burn during the day. Pretend your maintenance intake is 1600 calories and you exercise for an hour, burning 900 calories that day; Your maintenance intake for that day will be 2500 calories to make up for the amount you burned. If you eat 1600 instead of 2500, you'll be in a caloric deficit (cals in < cals out) and will begin to enter a catabolic state. Every 3500 cals you're in deficit for, you'll lose a pound.

You can technically lose weight while eating McDonalds, but it doesn't mean your body is actually going to be healthy. A combination of real food + blood, sweat, and tears is what makes the body leaner and stronger. Eat less and workout harder.

[Mesonfielde]

Calorie counting is complete nonsense. Really. What primarily matters is the type of food. Do you REALLY think just by having the same calorie count in 6 cheese burgers; versus vegetables, fruit salad and chicken with avocados would provide the same nutrition for your body? Hell no!

So it's quite obviously "healthy food".
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../...t-food-differently.html
authoritynutrition.com/.../
drhyman.com/blog/2014/04/10/calories-dont-matter/

[Anonymous]

Healthy lifestyle!

[Klaatu51]

check here so u can see how many calories u can consume

https://www.calorieking.com/

[KidanisCortes]

Calorie deficit is the only way to lose weight if you eat 3000 calories in vegies its still 3000calories. Mind you not as bad as unhealthy food like burgers but weightwise it will have the same effect minus the arterie glogin

[areyaready4this]

You need to completely change your life, your diet, and habits

[NewUnicorn]

Eat fish, Lot of fish,. Fish is good :D

[Not_Helping]

Count those calories!