I am cutting down my calories at the moment to lose a bit of weight. I had an apple last night for a snack and when I tracked it on my calorie tracker app I realised it was pretty much the same amount of calories as a small chocolate bar. Does this mean that if I’m trying to lose weight I might as well be having the chocolate bar instead?
Obviously there is more fat in a chocolate bar but when I Googled it it said you should focus on calories more than fat
In: Other
for weightloss it really does not matter where exactly you get your calories from.
For health it matters a lot.
The problem with eating junk food on a weight loss diet is that it is very very difficult to keep yourself within your calorie goals. Junk/unhealthy food just has a lot of calories and doesn’t fill you up that much, so you will end up being very hungry if you just eat unhealthy and stick to a calorie goal. Therefore it is much easier to eat food that is very filling for its calories, which is typically healthy foods like fruits veggies, salads but also some other things like lowfat high protein dairy products and lean protein sources like chicken breast.
Latest Answers