Eating Healthy But Can't Lose Weight

4 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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In this short video, the presenter addresses a common frustration: eating seemingly healthy foods and limiting portion size yet still failing to lose weight. He demonstrates the point with a visual comparison of 150 calories of avocado versus 150 calories of Rice Krispies cereal, highlighting that the cereal occupies more volume despite being less nutritious. The core message is that weight loss is governed by total caloric intake and the creation of a calorie deficit, not by the perceived healthiness of foods or the amount of food volume consumed.

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If you're somebody who feels like you eat pretty healthy, and you don't even eat a lot of food, but you still can't lose weight, then watch the rest of this video because I'm going to tell you why. This is 150 calories of an avocado, and this is 150 calories of Rice Krispies cereal, the best cereal. And if you say otherwise, you're wrong. Even though the avocado is healthier than the Rice Krispies cereal, you can see the Rice Krispies has more food volume than the avocado. So you can eat healthy and not eat a lot of food but still eat a lot of calories. Losing weight doesn't come down to how healthy you eat or how much food you eat. Losing weight comes down to how many calories you eat and making sure that you are in a calorie deficit.