Calories Do Count!

Because unfortunately, there’s really no such thing with possible exception of celery, at seven calories per stalk. Every other foods contributes to your calorie balance. Too many people believe that there is one big category of food that is non-fattening, another that is fattening, and as long as you don’t eat the “forbidden” foods, you’ll naturally lose weight. Thus, the dieter relieves himself of worrying about arithmetic or the size of the portions so long as he sticks to the first group; for instance, roast beef, yogurt, orange juice, while scrupulously avoiding foods in group two: bread, potatoes and bananas. This utterly disregards the plain facts: a three ounce slice of roast beef (barely enough to decently cover a slice of rye bread) contains 260 calories, plain yogurt(made with whole milk), 150 calories a cup, while white bread is a mere 60 calories a slice, a a medium slice baked potato or banana only 100. Calories do count! Those 3 little words should be recited prayerfully morning, noon and night by anyone who seriously wants to reduce.