Is it okay to focus on nutrition instead of calories for weight loss?

[jennifer_bloom]

On Monday I had El Paso Organic Blue Corn Chips, home made mango guacamole dip and home made onion with salsa, as well as cabbage soup, and my calories from the blue corn chips and mango guacamole dip was sky high, but I considered my meal to be good for weight loss because my meal was highly nutritious and organic and the dips were home made.

I notice when I eat healthy food, I do not gain weight for long periods of time, if I am on vacation or at a party or at a buffet and my weight goes up 6 pounds but my diet there was healthy, it goes down 6 pounds within 2-4 days as well, because weight gain from eating healthy food is not permanent, it is only the weight that you gain you get from eating junk food that is permanent and almost impossible to lose.

[whosnumber_1]

Concentrate on proteins and healthy fats like avocados. Avoid avoid avoid simple carbs and sugar.

Get into making smoothies. Buy some decent protein powder as a base.

Don't focus on calories but rather avoid consuming high calorific foods.

Exercise, exercise, exercise. Focus on resistance training and some sort of endurance to get your body heart rate up. Swimming is great for your body

[In_Trance]

No. You need to focus on calories

[mothefriendly]

Well they are not mutually exclusive. You can do both at the same time and that would probably be optimal. If you dont care about health as such and just want to burn fat i would say focusing on calories and not nutrion would achive that goal. To do it most efficiently though it would probably be better to focus on both. You can have a treat every now and then as long as its underpinned by a nutrious foundation. Thats my rule.

[Micheal6918]

Both are important and it depends how fast you want to start seeing results