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Originally Posted by willravel
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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The rebuttal of course is this... 2200 calories of Mcy D's food is going to keep you full for... Oh, and hour or two? That is not all you're going to eat. I acknowledged the fact that there are other influencing factors.
Mostly my post was discouraging the myth that there are "differant kinds of calories". How those other things effect your bady varies from person to person, but a balanced LIFESTYLE, is going to be the answer to the problem. That includes balanced nutritious diet, so your body can do its job. A balance of calories in vs calories out, and a balance of sleep to waking time. It's all interconnected.
Just because there are other factors doesn't mean any given person should throw the calorie balance out the window, was all I was saying.