However, if you combine your caloric deficit with a portion control based on your body’s macro and micronutrient requirements such as 50 percent of your allotted 1500 calories per day are proteins, with 30 percent fats and only 20 percent carbohydrates not only will you be eating healthier options, you’d be fulfilling your nourishment requirements and losing weight. While exercise can expedite your weight loss process by adding to the caloric deficit created by restricting the amount of food consumed on a per day basis, it is your diet and the foods you consume and the quantity you consume it in which dictates approximately 70 percent of your entire weight loss journey. We’ll talk more about exercise and the importance of physical activity as we proceed further in the book, but for now, lets’ talk more about selecting healthier food options in the next section, shall we?
You Really Are What You Eat
You know we just established that a majority of the weight loss is influenced by the amount and quality of the food that we eat. And that’s true. Most people completely focus their energies on incorporating physical activity within their regular routines, entirely disregarding the how much they’re eating and what. That’s not a healthy diet though – something which is absolutely crucial for effectively losing weight. But what is a healthy diet? How do we define it and how do we categorize it?
