Tuesday 19 January 2016

Without Context...


... things make absolutely no sense.

This is another example of Jenny copying and pasting something without properly understanding what it means. To a casual observer with no understanding of calories and how a person's daily intake varies due to height and weight, this doesn't really say much.

It's true that you don't have to severely limit your daily intake of food to lose weight. To think otherwise requires the intelligence of a slug and leads to anorexia.

It doesn't mean, however, that you can pile your plate with mountains of food, even if it is vegetables like the picture. The fact is in order to gain, lose or maintain weight, you need to calculate your total daily energy expenditure (TDEE) and eat accordingly. For example, for me to maintain my bodyweight requires me to eat 2,500 calories a day. I therefore know that eating less leads to weight lose, and vice versa, while eating around that figure will keep me the same. That means plate portions have to match those requirements.

Has Jenny heard of TDEE? Probably not. But hey, again, she's the expert selling magic pills and shakes so what do I know about weight loss.

No comments:

Post a Comment