Eat Less to Lose Weight? WRONG!

I think if someone eats more of healthy, high fiber, low-calorie foods (like eggs, leafy greens, nuts and whole grains), and not just junk food or ultra processed food, they often accidentally lose weight.

True!! my daughter is going to a nutritionist and I've been trying to piggyback on what she's learning. I've increased my protein so that as I lose a few pounds I'm not losing muscle as well.

Well, there is a science to this, though. The adverage diet should consist of a minium of 2,000 colories/day (idealy with health-ish) foods. But, each person is different and requires more or less. An athlite or very active person for example, or an expentant mother, might eat more, while a couch patatoah needs a little less. If you're obese for example, the general assumption is you're taking in more colories than your burning in a day, and therefore need to eat less. It's not a one size fits all, and when a doctor looks at the numbers on the scale, they rarely-if-ever consider you're not eating enough, when in reality, you can . Believe me, you can also go the other way, like my husband, and be as skinny as a pole and not eat enough, too.

Totally agree.

I am just fine as I am not fat, not skinny, just the old bat in the attic still on my own two feet,

Exactly. We need to eat to speed up our metabolism which in turn burns off fat. Eating less to lose weight is fine if you eat enough of the right stuff Bit people who try and starve.gge.weight off will put it back on again more quickly than they ever lose it