Everyday you're bound to hear about some sort of a diet fad that people swear by. There's the Atkins diet, Jenny Craig, becoming vegan, the lap-band surgery, and the no sugar eating diet, just to name a few. Any type of way you can think of losing weight in or outside of your Brampton condos, be it limiting carbs or counting calories, there's probably a diet out there practicing such weight loss ideals.

We mentioned a few different types of diets but one we're going to single out for the remainder of this article is the one that involves counting calories. There are many people out there that believe counting calories is the way to go when it comes to losing weight. We're not talking about counting sheep to help you fall asleep or counting the number of wall art pictures in a museum to make sure every piece is accounted for.

Counting calories is all about the number of calories you eat and that your body consumes compared to the number of calories you burn off through exercise such as walking up and down the stairs in your photography art work building during your lunch break or running on the treadmill at your gym. Each body type is designated a number of calories they're supposed to consume throughout the day and factors that go into that number include age, weight, height and sex.

If you were to eat more calories than you burn off you'll gain weight but if you were to burn off more calories than you eat then you'll lose weight. Of course, it's all a wash if you eat just as many calories as you burn off. Talk to any knowledgeable nutritionist in Richmond Hill or New York and they'll tell you how complicated the process of counting calories can be. Fat, protein, carbs and sweets all play a role in the process of counting calories and if you're not sure of what you're doing it could end in disaster.

Before you start counting calories and basing your diet on the principles that make up such a diet it's best to talk to your doctor, a nutritionist, dietician or personal trainer, preferably all of the above, to come up with a diet plan that will best utilize the counting calories diet. The one thing you need to make sure you do is not dip below your calorie intake level. Losing weight is one thing but losing it at the expense of your health is another and there are many side effects that may result in consuming fewer calories than you're supposed to such as fatigue and dizziness. You don't want to feint during your catering Waterloo job would you because you decided to skip a meal in order to miss out on the calorie intake? Probably not so just keep track of your calorie intake, eat normal portion sizes and be active! Those factors will play a large part in your calorie counting diet.