{"id":10274,"date":"2025-02-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/?p=10274"},"modified":"2026-02-03T01:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T07:12:11","slug":"counting-calories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/counting-calories\/","title":{"rendered":"Calories: are you counting? You need to read this."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The key to your weight loss success with Personal Trainer Food lies in one powerful concept about calories.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pinit aligncenter size-full wp-image-10279\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/shutterstock_76980760.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Can counting calories work to help you lose weight or is there more to it?\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/shutterstock_76980760.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/shutterstock_76980760.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.personaltrainerfood.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/shutterstock_76980760.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>All calories are NOT created equal.<\/h2>\n<p>If you drink 1,000 calories of soda, for example, you would spike your blood sugar and skyrocket insulin production \u2014 triggering your body to store fat and making you feel even hungrier than before.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand\u2026 if you eat a 1,000-calorie meal of chicken and broccoli, you will balance your blood sugar\u2026 feel full and satisfied\u2026 decrease your appetite\u2026 and rev up fat burning.<\/p>\n<p>Same amount of calories\u2026 completely different result.<\/p>\n<h2>What scientists say about calories<\/h2>\n<p>Scientists agree that counting calories can sabotage your weight loss efforts \u2014 and keeps you from getting the body of your dreams.<\/p>\n<p>In an animal study published in the medical journal Lancet, researchers fed lab rats either a low-fat or low-carb diet. 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