What’s Calories In versus. Calories Out

I put on alot of lbs over the years. I started counting calories on mfp. I set it to lose 2 lbs a week. I eat out everyday twice. That’s the only food I eat. At a rsstaurant. Big hearty meals, but with no rolls buns or bread, and no sweet tea. Only water and diet drinks because there’s no calories. If i get a burger I only eat the meat and toppings. I started just walking for exercise each day for a hour or a hour and a half. In a month, I lost 15 lbs. That’s with eating burger meat and fried chicken mostly. I feel great. My energy is up and I don’t get hungry because I’m eating 700 to 1000 cals a meal, twice a day, lunch and dinner. I only take a few vitamins for breakfadt and dont care to wake early to eat breakfast. It might not sound healthy but I’m set at 1900 cals and am under many days. On days when I might go over I just walk a little extra to get more calories. It works for me so far. But like u guys talk about, I’m not getting leaner I don’t think. But I am shrinking and getting smaller which is all in worried about right now

16:05 What you showed is a bomb calorimeter. There are different types of calorimeters and they are used to measure an energy change in chemical reactions, including the very same reactions than in your body. https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-calorimeter-in-chemistry-604397 Sure, in your body the reactions are catalyzed by enzymes, but calorimetry can also be used to measure enzyme thermodynamics. For example isothermal titration calorimetry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isothermal_titration_calorimetry Ironically calorimetry is a method by which it could be calculated just how much did you “glow” when you ate your lunch. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7451/ You pretty much disprove yourself after 16:35 by explaining how everything you put in you comes out in one form or another. If you claimed anything else, you’d be violating the thermodynamics.

It is misleading because if you count calories according to the nutritional content labels then it won’t be correct.

If you define it the “opposite way” (caloric deficit = fat loss and not the numbers you read on labels) then of course it is true but it is basically unusable as you can not calculate what your deficit would be. The only way to find a caloric intake number would be trial and error and that would be based on what you eat and other things.
So what is the point?

25 minutes of absolute nonsense. You are exactly what is wrong with the fitness industry. Deluded beyond belief. Learn your craft or get out the industry.

Good stuff, fasting question…. does sugar free gum break the fast?

Guys this is easy. If you make more money than you spend, your bank account grows. If you spend more than you make, you go into debt. This is the same with calories and body weight.

Your diet affects your glandular system in different ways…in developed belly fat love handles or man boobs and subcutaneous fat!

Making a habit of eating “clean” healthy food day in and day out is the key.

First at all I want to thanks you 2 for the video.
I want to know if my brother whom has Cushing’s syndrome and osteoporosis can started with a ketogenic diet?
Do you have a particular advice for him?
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Thanks for discussing about this topic! 

It’s soooo confusing for the public as well, when there are ‘experts’ keeping saying CICO is not true:(((
https://medium.com/@drjasonfung/counting-calories-is-a-ridiculous-way-to-try-to-lose-weight-beae03cd1c46

I did freeze when I started Keto + OMAD the first and second week. Now (it can be that its summer) but the coldness is gone compleltly.

There are a lot of men in the comments attempting to tear down what she is saying, because it isnt how THEY do it despite the fact that she specifically addressed specifically bodybuilders, as exceptions to the advise she’s giving on calorie counting. You claim she’s an idiot and doesn’t know what she is talking about because she doesn’t have degrees, however nutritionists like Dariush Mozaffarian (Dean of Friedman school of nutrition science and policy at Tufts & Kelly LeVeque) both of whom have degrees in nutritionagree with her on this. No one said if you’re counting calories and it’s working for you, stop. The fact is that it’s not for everyone, it doesn’t foster a healthy relationship with food for everyone, she clearly states that this advice is for those people.

As always, excellent content Sean. we can always rely on you for the truth and a no B.S. approach for maximum results.

People who say it doesn’t matter don’t understand what’s being said. We lose fat, maintain, or gain depending on energy balance over time. The influences of each side of the equation is what is being misunderstood. Not all calories (food) is the same and “these guys” aren’t saying that.

Hello Shelley! Greg sent me to have a few words about thermodynamics…

Fuel in, fuel out, right? A vehicle can’t run on every type of fuel, some fuels are better for different vehicles. Try swapping diesel with gasoline, the vehicle WILL RUN like a turd. Humans are more complicated. Not all calorie sources are equal. Calories in, calories out is even more absurd.

Sooo many triggered and annoying people coming from Greg Doucette’s video… imagine wasting your time to spread hate in a comment section without even listening to what she’ s saying. Just because someone said that she’s wrong, that doesn’t mean you have to come here as a brainless animal that can only copy and paste. If you don’t agree, go and find a video that you agree with and stick with that channel. Nobody needs your opinion unless you have something original and interesting to say.
I know I’m late, but I needed to say this. Because she’s right, you shouldn’t be obsessed over calories counting, you should focus on eating healthy and providing your body with the nutrients it needs ��

When you say, “YOU DO WHAT EVER THE FUCK YOU WANT TO DO” it makes me feel like you don’t care about me.

It comes down to a persons habits though �� some think… Ah I’ll eat a few peanuts….. Ends up eating 200grams peanuts + “normal” meals…. Bread pasta, pizza, etc. And they’re quickly over 2500kcal �� it’s true when U throw away processed carbs it’s even hard to eat 1500kcal of normal food �� so I’d say yes in the beginning before u change your habits it makes sense to track and count until you figure it out…. Then when U know what are like caloric bombs…. U just avoid those.:)

Good point that’s why I notice this “net carbs” labels on many foods. They are trying to convince people they can eat more of it lol

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Wow best explanation I have ever heard on this topic, totally IMPRESSED!

So if I’m aloud 2,300 calories a day which is my macros for weight loss but I don’t burn that will that lead to weight gain?

Let’s see, I eat more calories and fewer carbs and have lost 40 lbs. only 10 more to go

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Incredibly well explained, many thanks for your exceptional content.

i think thee will be some nutritions problems,like vitamns in junkfood.but u can still loss weight,in deficit

Im fat and I certainly dont get cold when I fast. I fast daily, OMAD, eat within a 1-2 hour window, usually 1 hour. Matter of fact I used to sweat way to much for nearly no reason until I started taking D3 (plus K2 and mag and my other supplements).

i started going by the atkins induction stage i eat between 8001,000 calories daily and 20 carbs i eat alot of meat (protein) i lost 12.6 lbs in 14 days( today is the 14th day) and im on phentermine….i like your videos very informative

I’m going to show this video to my mom. She tries so many different diets and never losers more than a couple of pounds that is just gained back. I always tell her you have to burn more than you consume but you explain it so much better.

Wow you need a reality check
Also you called yourself an idiot lool

I thought you were good until I saw this video. CICO is the only one true rule in weight/fat loss. I lost over 40kgs on it. How is it WRONG? All those negative effects you described, it’s only when people do it on an unreasonably big deficit. Your body needs fuel, food = fuel. But you still need to consume less than you expend to LOSE stuffs. Eat enough to continue function normally but eat lesser to lose. That’s why it’s sustainable. There are other factors that helps but CICO is not wrong looooool. Even if it’s clickbait much, it’s ugh.

I lost brain cells when you bought up that guy’s IG post holy fuck

I have partially disagree. Of course it matters the amount of calories you take in vs the ones you burn. That´s just undeniable. But 100% agree that the types of calories you eat makes efect on the body and helps you eat a lot more or eat proper and less.

deficit will only go so far…fat gain is due to hormones (i.e., cortisol, insulin, test, etc.)….get these in check with a slight deceit and IF….you should be good…its not really just cals in vs cals out….body doesn’t really work that way

So whats your opinion of this?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550413112001891

Shit! I don’t know who to believe! Jason Fung says blah blah insulin because calories aren’t all equal etc. Now this! Back to Joe Rogan because keto is the answer right? Nope, guess again…��

I’m overweight and I freeze a lot more when I fast, I’m 60 pounds over my BMI. I also get cold often on a normal basis but worse when fasting ����‍♀️

Calories in calories out is great for people with great metabolisms. It does not apply to those who do not. Ive seen it waaay to many times with my own eyes.

Thermodynamics means shit to you?! Ancestors didn’t have cars and didn’t have to sit on their ass all day long. Is this too much for your small brain to comprehend…..

Very educational with some comic relief. I have been struggling with a tummy tire. I do like to eat fruit with a handle full of nuts once a day. Are grains a no no? Any suggestions on healthy snacks would be appreciated. Your videos are a real eye-opener. Thank you!

If you are looking to burn fat, you should look up on google Skinnimaker System. That can help you get the body you deserve.

doesn’t calories in vs calories out take into account sleep, hormones etc after you find you maintenance calories after some time experimenting? i think the approach of calories in vs out keeps things simple and is the foundation of losing weight. Also calories in vs out understands that the body adapts thats why we start calories high and slowly cut down… its like everything you say in ur video does not dismiss the calories in vs out topic it is still the driving factor of weight loss regardless.

I think what Sean, is trying to say is eat clean, eat how how much your body needs to function in normal conditions and increase quality food if your are into some sort of physical training, to keep your body in shape. Once again thank-you, Sean.

Always great work you put in, I truly enjoy listening what you post & very clear & realistic….that’s why so far I like your channel only! I have a question & wondering whats your opinion in this, if on calorie deficit do you count green vegetable like broccoli etc or you dont have to count? Is it limitless to eat greens only without counting.

Thanks

Several Waitrose products in the video. Sean do you live in the UK?

Lol loved the Star Trek usage ������ and thank you for the warm words at the end so encouraging!!

You helped me so much with this video! Keto left me skinny fat and I’m trying to correct it by going to a CICO protocol. Thank you for bringing much needed clarity!!!

This video is so great! Just discovered you on youtube yesterday and have already watched 10+ videos. Love your science-based channel! Keep it up!

Thanks Sean. The big question is how much the body’s metabolism ie how efficiently energy is extracted from food can vary according to hormones, energy demands, etc. There can be unmetabolized calories in the bodies waste products, which can completely change energy balance. Or energy can be metabolized into a higher body temperature. so there are a bunch of variables in play.
I saw an interesting study recently. Mice that were fed a fixed amount of calories once a day lost weight compared with mice that were fed the same amount of calories but over 3 times a day.

Thank you!! This video is awesome. There is so much bullshit information out there. I appreciate you explaining this. I’m saving this one!!

If a person starts exercising and still maintains a neutral calorie balance, what would happen to the composition of mass over time depending on the exercise protocol? Say 6 months, 1 year, 2 years.

You can’t thwart the law of thermodynamics. I don’t care what diet you’re on.

How do you only have 147k subs? Do you have another channel or are people retarded?

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Cico has some major flaws when trying to preach weight loss to people. I’ve lost 150 pounds over 2.5 years. This discussion is incomplete.

Quickhow many calories did you eat today? I mean, exactly. Apparently food packaging can be off as much as 20%. So for a 2000 calorie day, you don’t know if you ate 1600 or 2400. Then what exactly is your bmr. I mean, exactly. Which formula did you use? Do you possibly have a slower metabolism than other people? So you think your bmr is 2200 when it might actually be 1800. All of those biggest loser candidates had this problem. Many of us who have dieted a lot on our lives may have this damaged.

Quick, go ahead and eat a diet high in carbs. 60-65 percent. Watch the energy levels plummet after meals. Watch the hunger spiral out of control. Take the food scales everywhere

The big problem with cico is both sides of that equation cannot be known with precise accuracy. Therefore, on any weight loss plan where you try and create a math deficit, it is prone to significant error. So many times in my life a might have had 1200 calories in a day at 300 pounds and would run and run. You initially take off weight for a month, then the energy disappears and injury happens. Then weight comes back on. The entire time you are fighting significant hunger.

The solution is to change the quality of your food which will automatically change the quantity of your food. No calorie counting in the last 6 months. Down 40 pounds in that time and barely hungry. How?

Start with 40/30/30 for awhile. Get off the processed garbage. Calorie count and portion control to start understanding what is in your food. Slowly move away from cheat meals.

Watch Jonathan bailor in ‘the calorie myth’. It is life changing

Switch to a keto/low carb/paleo lifestyle. Use intermittent fasting, omad, etc. low carb regulates your insulin. This prevents those low carb energy moments after meals. It gives you control of your hunger back. Eat massive salads with tons of greens and.6 g of carbs per pound of lean body mass. I had started calorie counting on this and after a few months it was no longer necessary.

After 40 years of half starving myself and exercising myself to death to get to nearly 400 pounds I have just done the above to get to 225.

Cico is a silly discussion to tell overweight people alone. Attention must be paid to carb levels, processed foods, insulin, and creating reasonable deficits. Would you advise a 350 pound man to eat 1200 calories of 65% carbs and have him workout in the gym 1-2 hours a day? That was me dieting for years. 6 small meals. Whole grains. Oats. Orange juice. Cereals. Why not? I’d mathematically create a 2000-3000 calorie a day deficit on the white board. What percentage am I losing that was fat or muscle.

The problem with cico has been that it is only 1/2 of the discussion and it has been used for years to make fat people feel like idiot failures. If you can’t lose weight, obviously the problem is you can’t put down the donuts and you don’t exercise enough.

Love the white board. But to just put up cico is part of the problem.

How does insulin block fat burning? How does cortisol hold fat when we are stressed. Where did our ancestors 15000 years ago get 6-11 servings of carbs per day?

I feel you have a lot of good information here from 50,000 ft view and this is a big part of the equation. But 100% incomplete. This video will be used by bro science newbie trainers to ‘educate’ fat people coming into the gym seeking answers only to be left with math that no one knows the exact numbers to both sides of the equation on.

It’s worse than one trainer (Jillian Michaels) giving really bad advice. The last 100 years we have been cattle fed (with grains). Carbohydrate toxicity is the #1 source of disease.

Do calories matter at what time you eat? For example if throughout the whole day untill i get home for dinner, lets say I was at 1000 calories…if I eat a big dinner of 700-800 cal but do no physical activity at till next morning, is it bad even if it totals a cal deficit at 1800?

Calories in, Calories outis an antiquated system. It doesn’t account for allergies, gut health, micro nutrients-or other variability’s, such as one cut of meat having much more fat content than the next-which changes the calorie value all together and macro/micro profile. The laws of thermodynamics apply to how fast a type of food is burned up in a cold scientific way, but that’s such a weird way of determining calories when their’s a whole list of complexities that occur once ingested. Layne seems to love equations because they are neat and tidy, but the body is so much more complex than that. Your level of testosterone has a massive effect on how food is absorbed and stored/burned, for instance. Also he tends to think that nutrient free fibers are somehow useful to the body even though the basic gut reaction is to get rid of it a fuckin sap. This is why guys like Paul Saladino or Shawn Baker can make easy work of this sort of obtuse paradigm. Also Layne hangs so much value on scientific studies-they’re good for certain measures, but generally they’re extremely inaccurate because our technology for taking measurements are still super primitive and rely on human honesty.

Often when I do intermittent fasting I am really cold and my gym trainer measured my fat and he said I’m a little high so I don’t understand if there’s any correlation I may be 5 pounds overweight no more and I do have hypo thyroid

So third degree burns are a good fat burning solution? Are butane torches a good method? Does it matter where you burn?

It’s about Insulin, Dr Jason Fung has already disposed of the calories in vs calories out model.

Get u big time! It’s so frustrating to see peps arguing freely stuff they have no clue what they’re sayin whereas we study decades all nuances of such subject…and simply be quiet. Let’s not confuse a mere athelete with someone who’s besides it is a phd in physiology, protein metabolism…and so on…. I feel ya pal!! It’s hard to bump into so much bs over instagram “Fitness expert”! Great work layne!

Great info! Is it feasible that on a specific diet, the wasted calories can amount to say 7000 kcals per day, that without really trying or restricting intake or upping exercise, that one can effectively burn an extra 1kg of fat daily?

What a delicious discussion; a perfect balance of science, integrated hypotheses and frank personal ideas. How refreshing. Thanks, you two.

Fantastic Sean. I’m literally roll my eyes and want to jump off a bridge every time I hear this. Especially from people who would be considered “experts”. This is purely speculation but I wonder if this mindset began from people who just didn’t lose weight on a diet and were sick of tracking. It almost takes away the responsibility and onus from someone if just eating less doesn’t bring about weight loss. I love your thoughts on this and I totally agree. I also know that I have definitely run into many people who espouse this mindset that just mean that you don’t have to TRACK calories to lose weight. Although as you have pointed out in a previous video that can only get you so far. Anyways as always thanks for the great video!

Meh. I rather count to 20 (grams of carbs) than 2,000 (calories). It’s just easier if nothing else. Also, CICO doesn’t take GI & GU into account. Certain food and ingredients w/ a high GI will stop your body from losing weight no matter how many actual calories they are or wether your in a deficit or not. I’m sure I’m in a calorie deficit on Keto half the time, but I haven’t felt the need to keep track, I’m too busy loosing body fat to give a shit.Hit the gym twice a week. CICO and hitting the gym 14 times a week??? Ha! Good luck with all that. The old saying”Work smarter, not harder” rings a bell.

Only thing I’ve ever seen that works to lose weight is reducing daily calories.

Very helpful video that to be fair if people actually watched it and took note it has the potential to really help turn someone’s life around in terms of their food consumptions quandaries… Top man!!

Sorry Sean but humans are not herbivores. Calories are an artificial construct that is not known to the human body. We are designed to eat meats and fats predominantly. Protein is a CELLULAR BUILDING BLOCK and the body does not prefer to use it as a FUEL. TO convert to fuel it has to work an inefficient bio-process to break it down (30-40% net loss in so called calories) and that waste is what is called “the thermal effect of food”. It is MUCH better to err on too much protein since the body would rather just DUMP/WASTE excess protein (urine) rather than spend energy converting it to glucose then to fat (two levels of conversion). But the whole CICO model is BOGUS. NO FOOD is proximate identical to any other food caloric content varies enormously by size of fruits, where it grew (solar energy converters), how much sugar, starch it contains etc. Animal meats and fish also vary radically in caloric content basted on what season it was harvested in and what the animals grazed on fat content can be highly marbled or quite lean even within same cuts of meats. At best CICO model is only a very rough guesstimate of what the energy content of food potentially is (but if one can’t digest it to begin with its just poorly absorbed to begin with). The whole preoccupation with calories is a waste of time if one is eating naturally by natural appetite sensing. Just eat whole foods that have good nutrients and it will be impossible to over eat. Our bodies sense NUTRIENTS NOT CALORIES. Most people are carb sugar addicted and are literal drug addicts. Most hunger arises from the sugar crash that never satisfies. Salt deficiency is also what is driving most people’s taste demands and the food marketers are brilliantly programming everyone to grab a bag of salty chips or crap food to get their salt fix that their brains are programmed to grab. Humans are 85% carnivores and if eating natural meats/fish/eggs and good natural fats and only seasonal small portions of fruits (not the super GMOd/hybrid extra large and sweet kind) then it will be impossible to over eat. At the bottom it is IMPOSSIBLE TO BURN OWN BODY FAT in a high insulin context above fasting insulin levels. If we eat 3 meals a day of sugars and starch laced foods (and not even snack) the only time one will burn body fat is for a couple hours into their evening sleep when insulin moderates. It takes 6+ hrs for insulin to drop from a high carb eating binge before one can burn body fat again.

I lost 70 pounds by counting calories. Then I yo-yo’d between 40 pounds for years. Then gained it all back plus 50 pounds eventually. If calorie counting works for you, great. But for me it’s not at all sustainable and it just feeds into obsessive behavior. Focusing on nutritionally dense food and working out in ways that I enjoy is something I can maintain.

FANTASTIC information! So wonderful to hear from two people who are passionate about the science. Great stuff. Need more, more, more!

Only recently discovered you, really like your approach, now wading through your videos, relevant to me or not..thank you..

Awesome Breakdown! Thanks for the truth and also being realistic and it’s nice to see someone that is not bullshitting the process. Thanks for the way you explained! Very very helpful!

I think I get it. You should count your carbs, if you’re diabetic, and also count your overall calories to lose wight, right?

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A gram of protein is 4 calories. That protein can be used only once. If it used for muscle or any other necessary process, which it will be preferentially, then it cannot also be used for energy. The problem with CICO has nothing to do with the “quality” of the food or the way the body metabolizes energy sources, but that some of the calories that you count won’t ever be in the energy cycle to begin with.

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I like your video In my case, after pregnancy I gained a lot of weight and could not get away with anything, until I started counting the calories, the first week I lost 6 pounds and then I started losing 2 pounds per week, since then I lost 18 pounds in total so far. So, for me it works. But everything depends on each person.

But what if you’re a newbie and you get newbie gains and the first 3 months you gain 5 lbs muscle and lose 2 lbs fat at the same time, for a net +3 lbs mass gain. Would it be safe to say you lost fat while in a calorie surplus? That’s just what the instagram guy was trying to say.

Can anyone provide a link to the article by Dr. Phillips on dairy that Layne mentioned around the 11:00 mark?

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Sean you are very articulate in giving every possible angle of the facts or misconceptions of an everyday layman has, an average gym goer or results of medical research. why they might be or think they’re right etc…. kudos to you.

People get a app that counts your calories, know your BMR then take 500-800 off that…if 2,000 calories to maintain weight(BMR) then subtract 500 = 1,500 Cals…..then get a app or fit bit that tracks your calories burn throughout exercise and walking ect throughout the day……if your Fitbit says you burn 400 calories…..then hey 1500(Cals to lose)+400(cals burn)= 1900 you can eat now

counting calories is tedious at best. it makes you hungrier doing it. i tried it and knowing how many calories does not equate to curbing your craving for food. for most fat people who like to eat. whats detailed here does not work..

James want’s to cross his fingers and hope he’s in a caloric deficit because apparently he does not count caloties and he’s not aware that when he’s losing weight He actually is in a caloric deficit whether he knows it or not. James does’nt count calories BUT his body does so what he thinks is happening when he loses weight is irrelevent.

Then how come all know someone who eats allot but doesn gain weight?

I log every day in food diary cal, protein, fat, carbs
I’m staying around 1,160 cal and 57g protein and 20g carbs and about 70 g healthy fat like MCT oil and cold press coconut oil.
And 30-40 min exercise daily sliming down its working nice!

Bahahaha I freaking died at the “calorie deficit controls mass loss not fat loss” and you’re like “…alrighty then…”������������

wow praying on obese women while saying all sorts of BS and twisting science to make it seem you are right. Praying on the stupidity of all of your subs. Treat them like idiots and they will stay idiots.

Does she know that the activity levels were much higher then and fast food chains were not the predominant source of a quick run chow down back then

If i hear one more person say that calorie in calorie out does not work, I’m going to lose my mind. It’s common sense. We try to make everything so complicated.

Can you please do a “what I eat in a day/week” video? Those are so helpful

It was nice to actually be able to hear Keith forming coherent sentences without a million interruptions. Kevin’s sentences too

you are so right! I can eat pretty much what i want, as long that i have a defecit in calories vs my bmr, i lost 25 pounds in 3 months! And i was diabetic, now i’m off of all my med, and my blood pressure normalised too, so off this med too!!!! When you are loosing weight, indepedently of what kind of food you eat, everything normalizes!!!!! Biolayne, you’ve said the Truth!!!! you are the man!!!!

Also, happy to share that I have just reached 1 year on the ketogenic way of eating and have lost/kept off 30 pounds!

I’ve seen this video the first time about a year ago. It was interesting but I forgot about it and thought you are saying weird stuff. A year later I was tired of counting calories. It was stressing, I had to plan everything. And I’ve watched your video again. I’m doing it for the last month, vegan version. It is amazing! I’m losing weight and still can enjoy food. It’s quite funny reading all those comments that you are not right, while I know you are. Thank you! You made my life easy again! ❤️

Is this a click bait title? This video is so wrong. Where did you get all your logic and reasoning?

There are so many calorie counters out there nowadays and they all give different information, so WTF! And the calorie counts on the back of most package labels are wildly inaccurate, so I do the math myself on some scrap of paper. Sometimes they are more or less on track, but more often than not I have no idea how they came up with those numbers, even if I allow for them assuming fat grams only have 4 calories each. I have come to realize that the best way I can tell if I am gaining or losing weight is to look in a mirror and by how my clothes are fitting.

On point Sean! Cleen eating and hitting plateaus are beated only with calories in/out count, all else remaining equal

Counting cals for 5 months, started at 3000 cals at 260lbs body weight now I’m 235lbs taking in 2350 cals. You eat too much you get fat, you eat to little you starve and die. It really is that simple why complicate it.

yes I’d like more info. like this…I so many question via I had gastric bypass and am 50yrs old and went into menopo. last year having one ovary vis hystorectemy and a now low thyroid count. I am now putting on weight greatly throughout our winter, when I would loss a few pounds yet I got so sleepy and was in pain via years of accidents, 3 kids, 29 surgeries, which most were due to ovarian cyst issue. galbladder, appendix, etc. I want my life back.

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People really take tape worms? I thought that was a joke from Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

He should’ve been my Physical Education and Life orientation teacher, maybe I would’ve known why I’m fat. Thanks for the video.

We live in a modern world where we sit down a lot more than ever before, have more processed food than ever before and food available at all times. This is why many people count calories, because we are unwilling to change the things that shaped us to live this sort of life. As long as you don’t exercise, eat processed food and eat to often you will indeed need to count calories to lose weight.

But as she is trying to say: How will you feel about living that way? Will you be healthy/happy? You can exercise, stop eating “bad” calories and eat larger meals less often (when you are really hungry). Then you do not need to count calories whatsoever.

Many people criticize this video, but i find this sort of message important in a modern world. Maybe we shouldn’t always be so modern if such a basic thing as eating is a problematic equation and obsession. Thank you Shelley.

macros for life and calorie deficit and one day healthy refeed of doubling carbs to fuel workouts for the week has been a game-changer for me.

I have hypothyroidism and on medication. What is your opinion on what will happen and what action should I take while doing keto?

I just cut off both of my legs and ate 5 big Mac’s today. So jokes on you, I was in a calorie surplus and lost weight doing so.

12:45, that’s why you’re looking at your daily intake, not your intake every hour or minute wtf

Doctors used to tell women to smoke to stay slim, doesn’t mean it’s healthy… I try but I just can’t buy that keto diet….

There are people (I’ve never met them) who have messed up metabolism. But I’ve never met an overweight person who didn’t consume more calories than others. I’ve never met a person with a six-pack that ate as much as me.

just giving you a heads up. you should consider watching Dr. Ken Berry’s recent calorie video. i think it might change your stance on this topic

It would be a shame for you not to get ripped when normal people do it  easily using Muscle Maker Method (Google it).

4:45 thats wrong. Fasted activity in a small caloric surplus can also lead to weight loss because the fasted training goes straight to your fat storage.

your not gonna tell me a 150 kcal can of coke has the same effect as a 150 kcal scoop of some fresh coconut oil. Completely different hormonal effects. The QUALITY of your kcal is far more important than the QUANTITY of your kcal.

This is the exact reason why I had to lead all the carnivore message boards because people were claiming was absurd.

Some people are saying they’re taking 6000 calories and still losing weight

I’m strict keto and IF everyday for 18-20 hours; and with low BMI. I had a procedure done at the hospital and the doctors and nurses were concerned my body temp was so low, but I didn’t feel cold. I think it was 35 degrees. They kept throwing blankets on me.

You ARE AWESOME!!! Very clear and concise! Keep up the good work!! I wish you were in NJ!:)

Hey so, I’m intermitting fasting rn and I wanna gain or at least keep the Muscle I have rn, should I eat a surplus in the window, or a deficit. I’m trying to lose fat to see my abs and I wouldn’t mind having some guidance

I have an issue. I weigh 235 pounds. I’ve lost 75 pounds over the past 2 years. I started off eating around 1800 calories, then I hit a plateau. I count calories using MyFitnessPal and MyFitnessPal said I needed to lower my calories. As I lost weight I’ve had to lower my calories more. Right now MyFitnessPal is recommending I eat 1,420 calories. That feels really low and I am always hungry. But when I eat even 100 calories over that on a regular basis, I gain weight. 

I have 80 more pounds I want to lose. I feel like if I continue down this path my calories will end up REALLY low for maintenance. I am not ok with that. I don’t know what to do. 

The interesting thing is when I hit a plateau I first do a reFeed and that seems to recharge my weight loss. So occasionally eating high calories IS helpful for me in losing weight.

Oh Yea, I do not work out. I do go for a 1 hour walk about 6 days per week. Other than that my life is VERY sedentary.

Also I am vegetarian (because animals are our friends not our food) and this year I cut desserts and alcohol out of my diet. I don’t eat dairy except for cheese. I only eat cheese because I am addicted to it, but I do not eat butter, eggs, seafood, yogurt, cottage cheese, milk, etc..

I don’t do low carb or low fat or super high protein. I don’t follow structured diets.

I don’t cook. I eat mostly frozen vegetarian meals and then always a big fresh salad for dinner. I enjoy the foods I eat and I don’t feel deprived. I just feel hungry.

A normal day for me my macros are about:

Fat: 50

Carbohydrate: 180

Protein: 55

Also:

Sugar: 60 g

Sodium: 3000 mg

I take vitamins, specifically B vitamins and Calcium/magnesium/potassium, vitamin D and iron.

Any advice for how I can stop cutting calories but still lose 80 more pounds?

Man, I really wish the calories in/out thing was true in all cases but I’ve seen it with my own eyes that it’s not always the case. My sister in-law was doing about 800 Kcals a day and plateaued and didn’t see any further losses until she increased to 1100. My Mrs struggles to get enough calories in her, her daily intake for a deficit should be around 1500 minimum and she has a small appetite and struggles to get passed around 1250, but struggles to lose so much as a pound. I used to be a PT so my understanding of exercise science and nutrition isn’t nothing.
Also, my maintenance is around 2000 kcals and I eat about 1500 max per day for the last, what, decade? and so by now, I should weigh about minus 100 pounds.

all of the CICO experts seem to ignore the calories excreted. dried dung is (or was) commonly used for fires in many parts of the world.

I started counting my calories 2 weeks ago, and did a 5 day water fast last week. I lost 6 pounds last week doing the water fast and can see a significant difference since starting to count calories. I have been eating less than 900 calories per day for the past 2 weeks. Most days I end the day a bit over 600 calories consumed. I’m a writer so weekends I’m getting no exercise because I’m in the house in front of my PC all weekend. During the week I work in an office and I use the Samsung health app to make sure that I’m walking and reaching at least 6k steps per day. My question is, is it realistic for me to think that I can keep up the 6 pound per week weight loss while calorie counting and only walking 5 days per week?

Is that a micro wave oven behind you,,, on your right? Big No No,,,,Thanks for all of your info,,I enjoy your videos,,,

You look like Julian from Trailer Park Boys if he put down the booze

“It may be your opinion, but you’re a dumbass for that opinion”:-)

Counting calories is stupid. Not all calories are equal. Lowering the calories will slow the metabolism. If you eat more calories, the body will simply burn more. Obviously this only works within a moderate window

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My body fat is pretty high (25-30%) and I get cold on prolonged fasts

Came here because of the master Greg couchette. Was hoping to see more tittys and ass but that’s ok.

Someone help please! I been cutting for the last 4 months and still can lose weight. I used to eat 325g carbs and now I’m at 180g carbs and still same weight.
Any idea?

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Wow. Too many people are misinterpreting Sean’s point. He’s not saying to count calories. He’s saying calories MATTER, and they do. I even found one comment advocating for Ken Berry’s advice. Ken Berry literally wrote a poem about the merits of eating bacon, cheese, and butter. He’s a Keto guy with a paunch belly, and Americans love him because so many are very willing to “sustain” a diet as long as it includes fatty meat and cheese along vegetables soaked in butter. As far as the science, Ken and Sean are actually saying the same thing about calories but in a very different way. But people should listen to Sean because he’s an advocate for LONG TERM HEALTH by way of a sustainable, well rounded, whole food diet combined with physical fitness. Ken is making money by pandering to Americans (should I say duping?) that love their steaks, bacon, and butter-slathered greens to clear their conscience.

Damn I miss the hell out of this intro. Fuck whoever complained about the intro being to long that made them stop.

This was very helpful! Can you make a video on how much calories people should take? Depending on their gender age and height?

Sean, I think you really underestimate the role of hormones like insulin on fat storage and burn. In fact you don’t mention it at all.

Calories matter but calories in calories out idea is absolute bullshit.

Converting protein to glucose is very expensive and makes a lot of nasty byproducts. If you ate 2-3 pounds of meat and your body converted it all to glucose, you would literally die from eating just one meal. That is how rabbit starvation works. Thankfully your body is smart enough to not KILL you most of the time: it only converts protein to glucose when it NEEDS more. So you can effectively eat all the protein you want and the calories in it literally do not matter at all for weight loss.

In one study they gave participants who did no exercise one of three supplements to take with each meal. One was pure carbs, one was soy protein, the last was whey protein. The ones eating the carbs got fatter. The ones eating the soy had zero effect. The ones eating the whey protein gained lean muscle mass and reduced their body fat percentage slightly.

Ok, well, that’s all fine, clear as mud. So, you professionals talk about counting this and that. You must be using some formula of some kind to calculate carbs. Other videos say carbs is the key, your says calories is key to loose weight. It seems to me there must be a ratio from one to another to give a value you can say is true or the correct value. My V.A. heart surgeon says no carb diet is the key…??? What. You say calories. There is a book out called PROTIEN POWER. So, what gives here.

I have a glucose meter that I am sure most people have. That meter uses some calculation to give me a number I am suppose to follow. But you can give me that calculation for anything. I am starting to belive here that diabetes is like chasing a ghost on a foggy day wear I can’t see my nose in a mirror. So, again…what the deal here. Thanks.

Don’t forget the most important hormone is insulin. Insulin affects both hunger and the metabolism.

Funny dudes, but calories in Vs. calories out is too simplistic. Hormones regulate the metabolism. Leptin, insulin, ghrelin, triiodothyronine……, all work together.

You are exactly right,the best diet is a low carb calories restriction

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I am 38 and ‘5 9..194lbs…sometime i eat 800 cal and sometime less or more but never go over 2000cal. I eat mosly oat mill grits veggies beans meats..will I get sick and get me deficient in vitamins and immune system.

Anyone have the facts on CICO non fasting how much it lowers your metabolic rate?

Shelley, I just want to thank you for all of your hard work and all of your videos, because you truly are brilliant at giving out information in an interesting and charming way.:-) You are also very down to earth, well informed and experienced I can tell, from having studied nutrition and health for about 20 years now. I really enjoy watching your videos and agree with everything you’re saying in them.:-)

I think I’m pretty lean, and I get super cold when fasting. Usually starts around 20hrs in

Love your videos. This week I have been working on eating better and I have been using the Fitness app. I’m doing well with the calories and carbs right now but was a little confused. These video answered one of my questions. Thanks!

In my teenage years my best friend and I’ve had eaten a lot of junk foods, and I mean a lot. Pizzas, chocolates etc. Never cared about calories. I’ve always been skinny, but my friend on the other hand has always been fat. Given that we were spending most of the time together and eating the similar amount of foods, sometimes I even had eaten more as I didn’t have any weight problems, we could never explain why he was gaining weight and I’ve never did, but I do know that it would have been just irresponsible for me to say that he was just over eating and that he didn’t understand calories.

So calories cause diabetes? Lol. Doctors don’t know jack shit about eating.

Thank God you are muscular and good looking and some people will give merit to what you are saying based on that because unfortunately people don’t judge with their head any more. Can’t believe that tool is influencing almost 1M people

This girl is the perfect example of someone stupid trying to act smart. She is doing harm to people watching this and taking it for granted.

Spot on, exactly what I experienced over 30 years of dieting strategies.

I’m still 50lbs overweight and about 35% bodyfat (AFTER losing over 100lbs already) and I still get cold when I fast. At first when I had only lost about 20lbs of the 100 I’ve lost I wasn’t cold during fasting. I should have paid more attention to when I first noticed it and what my weight was at the time. But one things for sure, I’m still really fat and I do get cold fasting all the time. I do dry and wet fasts and that doesn’t seem to matter; I get just as cold dry fasting as I do wet fasting. It’s pretty noticeable too. I find that I have to raise the temperature about 8-10 degrees F to compensate. So this has nothing to do with winter vs summer etc, I’m going strictly by temperature. Just my personal observations.

wow yall arr so annoying and corny as fck cant watch one video. n this has never happened with anyone else, but you both.

How many calories should a female 5 foot 1 should eat a day?

Really good. I would just add that for me, high fat high protein diet has led to maintaining CI. When high carb and sugar burning I eat more and struggle maintaining CI.

Look at this way calories are measured in a lab. No cell in the body uses a calorie. The body uses nutrients to make atp not calories. Calories is just an external tool to give us an idea of how much energy we are using.

Awesome video cleared up so much confusion about this subject thanks for the explanation

one of the best youtube channel who gives true knowledge… thanks a lot

Would you make a video on Bread and Why Allot people Say It’s bad for your health.

.. calories are literally a unit of energy… so you’re saying energy in vs energy out doesn’t work?.. so if you burn more energy than you intake you won’t lose weight?..

Lol I feel like not everyone saw your video till the end with all the comments regarding the calories counting… I need to count mine, approximately, and it works. But it mainly works cause I get really conscious about my mindless snacking. Nice video, I get what you mean, thanks a lot!

It has been proven many times and in any articles that weight gain and weight loss is fundamentally a hormonal question, not a calorie question.
You can still say it’s a calories problem, but when calories IN influence calories OUT, and you readjust your calories IN everytime to create this deficit, you fail to understand the link between the 2: hormones.
Any person with a diabetes problem, hormonal problem, thyroid problem will tell you the same thing.
What you eat, and when you eat, will have an impact on your calories out. So you can still say that in the end, it’s calories in vs calories out, but without looking at the overall picture, strategies to create this deficit, it’s useless. In other words, depending on food and meal time choices, you will have a easier or harder time creating this deficit, and maintain it on the long run. Thus, it’s not just calories in vs calories out.

Omg Shelley yes that’s me! Hi fat since childbirth. Curvy and “big boned” ever since. That would be the last 20 years. I would lose then gain more and no matter what I do I would never lose the weight permanently. I’m done with all that! And I love food.

So I follow you and Elle Ip. You’re my 2 gurus. Chloe Tings workouts are pretty good too. But I’m still studying her. Anyway tq for your constant reminders that life happens and we can overcome this battle of the bulge by using common sense and consistency to get permanent results. Love u gurl!

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Great content Sean. I’ve been witnessing the same for 1 year.

Insulin and hormones play a role so type matters…high insulin will not let ur body release fat stores…so losing FAT is not just about ci co but hormonal environment in the body

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Are you on drugs or just an idiot? Ignorance can be fixed, please get help

Thank you so much for your video bro. Great one. This is why I’ve been doing Intermittent fasting, in my channel I talk almost daily about that. The best thing you can do is fasting in order to lose weight and become healthier. Too much food in your body is harmful.

I think it’s true, it’s all calories in vs. calories out, but the caveat is protein. If you want to make gains/lose fat, you gotta have the adequate amount of protein, and the rest of your caloric intake can come from carbs/fats, doesn’t matter that much. Imagine 3 cases, each with 2,000 calorie intake.

Case 1: 2,000 calories of cake, cornbread, bacon grease and buttermilk biscuits. No gains because no protein just a bunch of fat and bullshit carbs. You’d probably just gain fat or lose muscle like this (depending if 2000 calories is a caloric deficit or surplus for you) You’ll probably feel like shit all the time too.

Case 2: 2,000 calories of bro foods, including 30% of that coming from good protein sources, the rest complex carbs and healthy fats like coconut/olive oil.  You gonna make gains or lose fat (again depending on surplus/deficit). You’ll feel great in the gym, but you’ll probably fucking hate eating.

Case 3: 2,000 calories of a mix of the above. 30% of calories coming from protein. The other 70% can be any kinds of carbs or fats that you want, as long as you don ‘t go over your caloric intake. You could eat ribs & mac&cheese as long as you could measure that shit accurately. You’ll make gains because you’re getting protein and the proper amount of calories. Common IIFYM approach.

Case 3 seems to be the best of both worlds, but the hardest part about that is measuring your foods right. You can’t measure shit when eating out. Or if you just cook up some ribs and mac and cheese you probably have no accurate idea of how many calories are in that shit. So in theory, case 3 seems great, but in practice it’s hard as hell to follow. Most likely you’ll end up over or underestimating the calories, which is why it’s hard to make gains on a diet like that.

At the end of the day it comes down to accurate measure of calories & protein day after day. The best way to do that is Case 2.

It should also be noted that the types of carbs/fats that you consume make a difference in your hormonal and energetic states. So even if you could follow Case 3 accurately, completely replacing sweet potatoes with table sugar, or replacing olive oil with bacon grease will affect your hormones and energy.

That’s the way I think about it. Agree?

This has literally made me feel better on how I eat!! Thank you!!

Hey, you guys are identical twins, right? Have you experimented with nutrition (one person eats junks, and the other eats healthy stuff) while keeping exercise constant and identical for the both of you? I’m sure a lot of us would be interested in seeing the results. 

I believe not the only way to count carbs. I think more important to calculate kalories. If its lower than I need, then I loose weight. If i eat more then I need, then i fatter.

Calories in calories out is physics. Hormones, metabolism and all that is part of calories out. This could’ve been a 1 minute video.

Completely ignorant and dangerous rubbish from start to finish. Please don’t listen to this person, she is foolish and irresponsible.
She actually defines herself as an idiot in the video, the only accurate thing in the whole video.

WTF happened? I came here looking for one of the best channels on here for losing weight? I thought was expecting it to be good. Real good….

Been working KETO for a few months technically obese. I’M ALWAYS COLD! Exception during and after exercise. I was hopeful a better metabolism would change my comfort temp. Thank you for all your helpful info. I’m learning hard core.
julie

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Thomas, at 245pd when I fast I get cold at hour 16+ but 80+ pounds ago I was hot…. thanks for having this Chanel it’s saving my life right now. ))))))))) I have A question that maybe you may should be able to answer. I was in an accident along time ago I have been off and on pain pills alcohol and it’s lowered my testosterone and giving me a chest that I can’t seem to work off is there any things that I can do whether it’s changing in my diet some or chest exercises that I am not aware of ( that won’t hurt my back anymore than it is) it would be awesome if you could cover a topic about this and if you already have please send me a link because I have not found it!!!!!! Thanks