Clarification on the Eat All You Want post

A couple of days ago, I posted a blog entry from someone who pointed out that if you were trying to lose weight, you should eat more.

I've gotten a few questions about it, so let me clarify.

If you want to lose weight, you've got to burn more calories than you consume.

The best way to do this is to eat less than you currently eat and exercise more.

What you musn't do is try to starve yourself. It's unnecessary, unhealthy -  and will cause you to take longer to lose weight because your body will go into starvation mode and slow down your metabolism.

So you don't want to eat more than you're currently eating and just add in the weight training and the walk/jog/biking.

You can eat the same as you're currently eating and add in the weight training et al, but that will increase the time it takes you to lose weight...and if you miss a couple of days, all will go for nought.

By eating less - at least 300 calories less than you currently eat (achieved just by choosing smaller portions - you don't really have to count calories obsessively) and doing the work out and the aerobics, you will - after two weeks -lose weight steadily.

And if something happens such that you miss a weight training day or a jogging/biking day, it won't set back your caloric imbalance bt a couple of days.

Patience and all things in moderation.