I really don't have anything fancy to sell you. No green pill, pink drink, or pretty box. All I have is the bare bone facts. I have no need or intention to try to package the truth and facts about weight loss into a billion different forms that will make me money and leave you once again trying and doing something that in the long run is just not maintainable or realistic.
So here it is... the secret to weight loss... ready for it... drum roll...
CALORIE DEFICIT
Oh, sorry maybe you missed it. I'll tell you the secret one more time.
CALORIE DEFICIT
Yep, that's it. It's that simple. The weight problems you have been struggling with for years or decades really come down to a simple math problem.
The amount of calories you consume to the number of calories you use really is what all the fuse is about. You can package it as Paleo, Clean Eating, Keto, HIIT, Orange Theory, whatever you would like, but it's a calorie deficit when you strip away all the bull shit.
We can break food down into 3 macronutrients carbohydrates, protein, and fat. These 3 macronutrients provide us calories and calories are the energy provided to us by food. Any excess energy consumed is stored as fat. 3,500 calories is equal to about a pound of fat. So if you want to lose a pound of fat, you need a 3,500 calorie deficit.