Hi Reader,

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"How many calories should I eat?"

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That's a question I get regularly.

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Here's my answer:

1) I don't know. I can give you a ballpark starting point based on your goals, your activity level, your current health status, your quality of sleep etc...

2) What if it doesn't matter. What if NOT counting calories was the only way to actually lose weight.

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Seriously, if I said to you...

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the only way you're going to lose weight permanently is if you stop counting calories or looking at the calorie count on a nutrition label.

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Read that again and believe it as if it's something you just saw in the news as the newest nutrition revelation - FACT. How do you feel?

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Everyone reading that statement will have different thoughts about it. Some will create a positive vibration in your body and some will create a negative vibration in your body.

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Just for a second try to go with the positive. How would NOT counting or obsessing about calories be a good thing for you?

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TRUTH

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I'm not big on calories. They are not the first or even the second, actually they're not even the third thing that I look at when evaluating a food or meal.

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I don't want my clients to obsess about calories. They came to me to get results. They come to me to learn how to lose weight differently than what hasn't worked in the past.

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Pretty much EVERYONE tries to manage calories in an attempt to lose weight and pretty much everyone lives with yo-yo weight not permanent loss.

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I want you to create PERMANENT weight loss.

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I want you to believe that 'dieting' is a thing in your past.

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CALORIES

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Calories are a thing but they are not the first thing, only thing or even the best thing to focus on if you truly want to stop 'dieting' and enjoy permanent weight loss.

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When you put calories first you'll find that hunger, cravings and a sense of deprivation can be very quick to follow.

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Instead, when you focus on eating food that calms your appetite, kills your sugar cravings, increases your energy and settles your anxiety you eat less calories without counting and obsessing.

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You create a deficit without making it feel like work.

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So, yes, when you have a weight loss/fat loss goal you do need to create a calorie deficit BUT the way you create that deficit is the difference between living on a 'dieting' rollercoaster or creating permanent weight loss.

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WEIGHT LOSS

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It's a rare client that loves the data - calories, macros, scale weight, all the things. I, personally, LOVE the data but most people don't.

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Most people don't want to track and weigh their food.

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I get it, you're busy. Micro-managing food can feel like a whole extra job and no one wants that.

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My clients lose weight and improve how they feel in so many ways without micro-managing their food.

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Instead of just eating, they learn HOW TO eat for the life and body they want.

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That's it. That's the big difference.

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And it IS a big difference.

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Knowing how to support the needs of your body is very different than just 'thinking' you're a 'healthy' eater.

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BODY TRUTH

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What is your body telling you about your current 'diet'? How would you rate the following (0 bad - 10 awesome):

• Know-how - what will work to lose weight permanently
• Quality of Sleep
• Appetite (often hungry vs. hungry a few times a day)
• Cravings (sugar, carbs, snacks)
• Day-Time Energy
• Amount of Daily Exercise/Movement
• Anxiety/Stress

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With a quick check-in, HOW DO YOU FEEL?

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Do you get a positive or negative overall response?

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What comes up for you?

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If you want to share, please reply to this email.

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P.S.

I am currently accepting private clients. If you would like to learn to eat for the health and body you want so that you can lose weight permanently CLICK HERE to set up a free body transformation consult.

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