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4 Ways to Lose Weight Without Counting Calories
You don’t have to track everything to get lean
If you ever find yourself in an awkward conversation, I’ve got a trick for you:
Mention that you’re using a food journal or tracking calories.
This will send the other person running away in the opposite direction as fast as possible.
Yep — people hate the idea of calorie counting.
Fitness gurus often advertise that their programs don’t involve counting calories to attract more people.
But here’s a small detail about calorie tracking:
It works.
Do you have to track calories to lose weight?
No.
But people conflate tracking calories with eating fewer calories than you burn.
The latter is the only way to lose weight. And the easiest way to accomplish this is to track calories.
But wait a minute — this post is supposed to be about not counting calories, right?
Yes. I’m defining calorie counting here as logging everything you eat. This strikes people as tedious and burns them out before they even start.
