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Why calorie counting doesn’t work

By Elliott | May 20, 2008

You may have noticed that my blog and forum were not working last week.

As much as a nightmare as it created, I had to move my sites to a new webhost company.
The last one had my sites running too slow.

So, we’re back and BETTER!

First, I want to thank you for the “Forum Moderator” applications. All of them were great, but one stood out BIG time!

Tanner Kolb and I have been teaming up and answering some of your toughest questions on the
Hulse Strength forum. http://www.hulsestrength.com/forum/

Tanner is not only super qualified to give great answers on the forum because of the long string of letters next to his name (Tanner Kolb BS MS CSCS USAW WTF;)) but he gets his hands dirty every day in-the-trenches, training dozens of high school athletes to get stronger and faster!

The Hulse Strength Forum is a place for you to ask myself and professionals like Tanner questions as they relate to Sports Training, Fitness, Nutrition, Motivation and Mental Toughness, you can also read my Strength Camp training log and learn more about what other members are doing to get great strength and fitness results.

Here is an answer to a question about calorie counting and fat loss that I gave one of our members yesterday:

“I’d be nice if human beings were as simple as a mathematical equation. But with all the hormones, emotions and stress that we deal with, 2+2 sometimes equals 16!!!

Your calorie intake and macro nutrient ratio may not be the issue, but if it is… you are not, not reaching your goals because of a lack of a sound program but because the program you are following may not be right for you “Metabolic Type”. (I go into great detail about this in http://www.UnleashYourPrimalEdge.com) but for the sake of this post…

Basically, we are all different (duh?) and based on our genetic heritage and other extrinsic and intrinsic factors we all may get different results from the same exact diet. For example, many people lose weight on the Atkins Diet while others get heart disease and smelly arm pits.

So the trick is to find out where along the “Macro Nutrient Ratio Spectrum” we lie. Basically the 2 extremes are:
1. Fast Oxidizers - who do well with 65-95% proteins and fats : 5-30% carbs
2. Slow Oxidizers - who do well with 40% fats and proteins : 60% carbs

Basically, you may want to find out what your MT is.

Other factors to consider:

1. Are you getting enough sleep, lack of sleep causes an increase in cortisol.
2. Are you drinking enough water?
3. Are you stressed out with family, work or other wise?

Not a commercial, but…. no shit, I cover all of this stuff in GREAT detail along with how to discover your Metabolic Type in http://www.UnleashYourPrimalEdge.com

Hope this helps!!!”

You can read the full question and answer here:
http://www.hulsestrength.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=13

Go join The Hulse Strength Forum today… its free too!

http://www.hulsestrength.com/forum/

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