Should You Count Calories or Carbs?
November 21, 2008 by mrogers · Leave a Comment
There are many weight loss diets available, and you may be wondering if you should count calories or carbs? It depends on what would be easiest for you! Changing habits and taking on a healthier lifestyle may be a big change for you, and choosing a plan that is difficult for you to follow can make it harder than necessary.
When you’re deciding whether to count calories or carbs, consider how you will track the food that you eat. Keeping a food diary is a wonderful tool to help you watch what you eat, and keep yourself honest. It’s hard to eat 3 candy bars when you have to write them down and look at them written down for the rest of the day.
You may count calories when you first start losing weight, and then switch to counting carbs after some time. You may realize after looking at your food diary that you eat mostly carbs, and your weight isn’t dropping as quickly as you like. That is a great time to switch from counting calories to carbs. The most important thing is to have a good balance of all foods in your diet.
Whether you count calories or carbs is a personal decision, and you should be willing to count either or both to help your weight loss.
