Calorie myth debuking time:
Let's say that tomorrow I eat: 1 bowle of Total in organic skim milk, 1 banana, 1 lean turkey sandwich with tomato, cucumber, and lettuce, and a cod fillet with steamed rice...all totalling to about 2200 calories. I exercise the exact amount nexessary to burn off 2200 calories (including sleep). Let's say that the day after tomorrow, I eat 2 McDonalds breakfast meals, Doritos, a few doughnuts, a Snickers bar, and Cheetos, totalling to about 2200 calories. Again, I exercise the exact amount nexessary to burn off 2200 calories (including sleep). Yes, calories are all the same because they are a base unit of measurement (in this case, energy). The problem is that's not the whole equasion. There are a million other factors, many of which are substantial, in how your body metabolizes food and liquids. Calories are an important part of the equasion, but they are not the only variables.
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