Introduction

• Weight Loss Philosophy
• Eating Disorders
• The Need to Count Calories

How Many More Diets Do You Want to Go On?

• Selecting a Diet Plan
• The Low Calorie Diet
• The Low Fat Diet
• The Low Carb Diet

Understanding Calories

• Calories and Kilojoules
• What It Takes to Lose a Pound
• What It Takes to Lose It All

Making Calculations

• Calculating BMI
• Calculating Ideal Weight
• Calculating Body Composition
• Calculating Daily Calorie Needs
• Calculating BMR and RMR
• Calculating Calories Burned

Where Calories Come From

• The Three Macronutrients
• Calories in Protein, Fat and Carbohydrates
• Macronutrient Ratios
• The Thermic Effect of Food

Healthy Food and Weight Loss

• Why Healthy Food Makes You Slim
• How Fiber Helps You Lose Weight
• How Blood Sugar Levels Affect Weight Loss
• How Salt Affects Your Weight

Understanding Fat

• Good Fats and Bad Fats
• How Much Fat Is There in 2% Milk?
• "All You Can Eat" Fat-Free Food

Understanding Your Body

• Why Exercise Is Important for Weight Loss
• Raise Your Metabolism and Burn More Calories
• "I Can't Help It, It's My Genes"
• Men and Women are Different
• Spot Reducing for Your Waist, Hips and Thighs
• Cellulite

Diet and Weight Loss Aids

• Using Hypnosis to Keep On Track
• Diet Pills
• Surgery as a Last Resort

Water, Vitamins and Smoking

• Why Drinking Water Is Important for Weight Loss
• Daily Vitamin and Mineral Supplements
• Smoking and Weight Loss

The Need to Count Calories

Diet and Weight Loss Tutorial

Hopefully you will always be interested in the nutritional value of the food you eat, and perhaps from time to time you will be curious about the calories burned by an activity you perform or are considering making a part of your routine. But counting the calories you eat and the calories you burn on a daily basis is quite a different matter.

This website was not created with the intention that you visit it daily for the rest of your life, but rather to help you learn to make healthy choices about the foods you eat and the activities in which you participate.

Today you may need to count calories in order to better understand your eating and exercise habits, make improvements, and reach your weight loss goals. Or perhaps you find counting calories necessary to help keep things under control. But our lives are always changing, and your needs in this area will change too.

The greater value of counting calories today is what you will learn from the experience. As you learn to eat highly nutritious, low calorie foods and exercise on a regular basis, you will likely find that counting calories is not necessary at all.