Why you're not losing weight: Understanding how Calorie count influences your weight loss

Food contains energy, and our body needs certain amount of energy to function, every cell in our body does, so I can say CALORIES are energy intake through food.
               "Calories are nothing but stored energy"  
When trying to lose weight, calories are the name of the game. Forget everything you've heard, proteins, carbs, fat and all that, weight control is about calorie control, whether you're trying to lose weight, gain weight, or maintain your weight, it all starts and end in your ability to control your calorie intake, and in order to achieve that you have to understand your  calorie count, you have to understand the importance of measuring the calorie content in your daily food intake. 
From your rice, to white bread, chips, candy, soda, cookies to the more healthy food like wheat bread, grilled chicken, fruit and vegetables... They all contain calories.

Calories are everything... Let me say that again CALORIES ARE EVERYTHING.
  Everything we do e.g from exercise, to taking a stroll, climbing the stairs, or even just standing burn calories and every food you take in contains calories, so weight control is a constant battle between the calories you take in and the calories you send out. 

Your weight could stay the same but if one is higher than the other your weight will change...

   Lets make this in plain words, if  you consume more calories than you burn you will add weight and vise versa, and if your intake equals output your weight remains...

     So judging from what I've stated so far, if you are trying to loose weight, its obvious what your body requires, the calories you burn daily must be more than your daily calorie intake, for example , if your body burn 2000 calories per day and you eat only 1700, you would be able to able to create a calorie deficit of 300 calories, that way you will loose weight.

You can loose weight either by 
 1. Reducing your calorie intake
 2. Exercising
 3. Combining both option 1 & 2  for achieving maximum result

The amount of calories our body requires daily depends on our Gender, Age and Height, you can contact (acaloriecounter.com) to understand what daily intake your body requires based on the above mentioned factors or consult the table below for a slight insight.

Gender	Age (years)	Sedentaryb	Moderately Activec	Actived
Child	2-3	1,000	1,000-1,400	1,000-1,400
Female	4-8 9-13 14-18 19-30 31-50 51+	1,200 1,600 1,800 2,000 1,800 1,600	1,400-1,600 1,600-2,000 2,000 2,000-2,200 2,000 1,800	1,400-1,800 1,800-2,200 2,400 2,400 2,200 2,000-2,200
Male	4-8 9-13 14-18 19-30 31-50 51+	1,400 1,800 2,200 2,400 2,200 2,000	1,400-1,600 1,800-2,200 2,400-2,800 2,600-2,800 2,400-2,600 2,200-2,400	1,600-2,000 2,000-2,600 2,800-3,200 3,000 2,800-3,000 2,400-2,800

But what ever the case, remember the general rule: Ladies shouldn't go below 1200  calories and guys 1800 calories daily, personally if I go below 1400 calories I get weak, our  body uses up this energy during daily survival even when we are asleep!
  To track your daily calorie intake you can get an online calorie tracker, just input the food you eat and the quantity, the counter will add up for u.
        Tracking your calorie intake can be a real eye opener, because some people really have no idea how much they over eat.

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