Remember Jane and Lisa from “Not all calories are created equal” Part 1: Background Let’s take a quick look at how Jane and Lisa are doing on their diets. From Part 1 of this post. Lisa is a client of mine and her friend Jane lives out of town! Jane began working with her nutritionist at the same time Lisa started working with myself. Now after that quick refresher lets see how they’re doing 2 months later. Both Jane and Lisa started in January with the goal of losing 30 pounds!! Results Lisa: By mid-March Lisa was down to 125lbs from 150lbs. She lost 25 pounds! Jane: Only lost 8 pounds. …
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Not all calories are created equal.
*The real names in this article have been changed to protect privacy* Calorie: “Heat output. The fuel or energy output of the food” Over the past two decades we have used the word “calorie” as a label for everything related to food. In fact we use it even when it has no relevance. The keep this past short and to the point I am going to focus on a conversation I had yesterday. It was with someone who has claimed herself to be a “yo-yo” dieter. She is a friend of one of my clients. (For this post lets call her “Jane”). Jane Recently, Jane was in town and saw…