All Calories are not Created Equal

Can you imagine consuming a thousand calories of chips in a day? How about broccoli?

1,000 calories of chips • 1,000 calories of broccoli
Vastly different metabolic processes take place in your body as a result of which 1,000 calorie serving you consume. And apparently, those differing metabolic processes have everything to do with obesity.

It’s all about sugar. And whether we know it or not, we’re addicted to it.
This part isn’t really new news to me. Being a chubby family, I rarely bring overtly sugar-ridden food into the house. Cookies, soda, candy, Fruit Loops… oh no, we don’t do that. Instead, cereal bars, Crystal Light, pretzels, diet soda, you know, healthier foods fill my cart. What a joke. Well folks, the sugar haze I’ve been in is starting to clear, and I am beginning to see the light. Sugar (in all of its refined forms) is poison to me. Over the years, I’ve done best on low carb diets. Whenever I did Atkins, the fat melted off of me. It’s as if I’m allergic to carbs.

It occurs to me that each time I diet it’s like an addict going to rehab. I learn the truth about the foods I eat, figure out a plan, and follow it–follow it until I don’t, and I return to my old eating ways. I’d really like it if I could find my way to a healthier life. I think it’s time to kick sugar out of the house once and for all.

If you want to read more about this, I have only just begun to explore Dr. Hyman’s site. Check it out here. And have you seen the new documentary, Fed Up? I’d love to know what you think. It looks really interesting. I can’t seem to find a theater close to me, or anywhere online to see it. I suppose I’ll have to wait until it’s released on dvd.

Finally, even though I registered zero pounds lost yesterday, my boy lost 5lbs!
Exercise and whole foods. That’s it.

Be well.

2 thoughts on “All Calories are not Created Equal”

Kim Jacobs says:

July 9, 2014 at 2:14 pm

Amanda, I saw Fed Up? last weekend, it’s very true and a sad, disappointing accounting of how government and commerce isn’t really supportive of human beings, but nothing new there. I did Dr. Hyman’s “Ultrametabolism” program about 7 years ago, lost 30 lbs and worked wonders for puffiness and inflammation. Having been down a long road of “how to get healthy and be “real” with my choices, I’ve learned what’s worked for many, which is why I now coach for a healthy life, and it all boils down to: it starts and finishes between your ears.

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