| It depends what you are eating more of. If you | | | | mean some pretty skimpy eating for the rest of |
| are eating more fresh vegetables and less | | | | the day if a person wanted to not go over their |
| chocolate brownies and nachos, then yes; you | | | | calorie limit for the day. |
| certainly can eat more and weigh less. | | | | On the other hand, a person could have a whole |
| You may have seen article titles such as "Have | | | | wheat bagel with peanut butter and reduced |
| More Food and Lose Weight," or Eat More and | | | | calorie yogurt for breakfast; an apple for a |
| Weigh Less" and thought, "Yeah, sure." I've | | | | mid-morning snack; a lunch of salad greens with |
| thought that because I never thought I could eat | | | | vinaigrette and a non cream based soup; some |
| more and lose weight. But that's because I always | | | | air-popped popcorn for a mid-afternoon snack; a |
| thought in terms of calories rather than in terms | | | | supper of broiled fish; steamed veggies, and a |
| of volume of food. | | | | small baked potato; and still have an evening |
| A diet that is rich in fruits and vegetables along | | | | snack of frozen yogurt without going over |
| with whole grains, lean protein (think seafood, | | | | 1,500-1,800 calories. And if you are hungry at any |
| poultry, beef, and pork that is not processed), | | | | time during the day, crunchy raw veggies are |
| and low fat dairy will allow you eat much larger | | | | filling without being fattening. |
| amounts of food the calories than a diet that's | | | | I'm not trying to oversimplify things; but the idea |
| primarily fast food or processed foods. For | | | | of eating more and weighing less is to eat more |
| example, a super sized fast food meal can easily | | | | naturally low calorie foods and to eat much less |
| take up nearly your entire daily allotment of | | | | of the high calorie foods. And I'm putting the |
| calories. I'm not trying to pick on McDonalds, but | | | | emphasis on naturally low calorie foods because |
| my favorite meal there is a Big Mac, large French | | | | processed diet foods that are low in calories |
| fries, and a large Coke. That meal is over 1,400 | | | | aren't necessarily nutritious or filling. Incorporating |
| calories. Most people who are dieting and trying to | | | | lots of fruits and vegetables in your diet is not |
| lose weight don't eat more than 1,500 to 1,800 | | | | only helpful for weight loss efforts but also |
| calories a day so that meal at McDonalds would | | | | healthy and good for a person's body. |