Shannan’s Journey

In short….

Not one single nutrient or food has the power to make you fat…

** It is the sum of all the foods you eat (total calories) that results in gaining fat or not.

It does not matter if those calories come from chocolate, cookies, bread or fruit, chips, burgers, cake, or tuna.  Of course the nutritional values differ in terms of fiber, vitamins, minerals etc, and what the foods can do for your body differs, but the total CALORIES are still going to be your total daily CALORIES regardless of where it comes from.

If you have too many calories per day consistently, and I am talking about everyday or, many days a week, ESPECIALLY if your activity level is low, then you may have a slight to good chance of weight gain, but in total honesty, with all the activity a lot of us do, all the hard weight workouts we do, all the running or spin classes we do, it IS very unlikely that any of us gain just gain tons of fat weight from eating a normal set amount of calories with a better than normal activity level.

The one thing we all need to look at more closely is our activity level, our energy output and our calorie input.

We need to realize how much food we put into our mouths each day compared to the amount of activity we do…. how much do you do cardio and/or train compared to the amount of food you KNOW you put into your stomach…??? Normally there is a BIG disparity with the two. 

**You CAN afford to eat more than say the average person does if you are someone with an extremely high level of activity, (and everyone differs in the wht their total calories should be)…  But lets say for example a runner, someone who runs 6+ miles per day, 30+ miles a week or, someone who does a combo of that in duration and intensity plus weight training… that person will be able to eat a greater amount of calories than someone who does half the amount.

It seems simple and like something we all already know—  but then why are so many people confused and don’t get how to lose weight or fat weight..??  It then becomes about consistancy.  How constant do you follow a plan that you start on for nutrition and workouts…??  Most start and stop within 1 week !!!  Shocking, but clearly why there is a problem.

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