Tracking what you eat is a lot like budgeting: you have a certain amount of calories or nutrients to “spend” throughout the day. Planning is key, which can be a little nerve-wracking: what if I spent ...

One popular technique for creating a calorie deficit is carb cycling, which entails alternating your carbohydrate intake on a daily or weekly basis. Essentially, you set a baseline level of protein ...

Weight loss revolves around the concept of calories. Simply put, a calorie is a unit of energy. You expend calories as you go about your daily life doing everything from exercising to simply breathing ...

Calorie counting apps are a blessing in this day and age. We use these apps to track our calorie intake at each meal and count our calories to reach our goals to achieve our desired body goals. These ...

Calories weren’t always about food. The term started out as a measurement of energy in the 1800s, and it was several decades before it was used in conjunction with human nutrition, according to the ...

There’s been a lot of debate over recent years about the fact a calorie isn’t always a calorie. So just because you cut down your calorie intake it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t focus on the quality of ...

Let’s face facts, sticking to a nutritious diet–whether it’s to manage weight or just to be healthier–isn’t easy. The one thing that all experts agree can be a big help is to write down what you eat ...

One of the most effective ways to lose weight is to create a calorie deficit- so you eat less and burn more. No matter what diet you are following or what kind of workout you are performing, creating ...

Registered dietitian Anna Smith on eating within a calorie deficit for weight loss, and how much flexibility you really have from one day to the next.

One of my goals is to lose the belly fat I've accumulated and get myself back into shape. This has been an ongoing battle, I make a change in diet but I never exercised and my weight would fluctuate ...