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Description: Calories In VS Calories Out... It's the secret to weight loss right? - The only problem is Counting Calories isn't accurate! Did you know that nutrition labels are legally allowed to be off by 20% ? For example, if you see a food item listed as 100 calories - it could be 80 calories, or it could be 120 calories, and that's what's "legally" allowed... But how many food items are outside of this 20% legal range? ...it's not like there's a patrol of Food Police giving out tickets for exceeding the calorie counts on a nutrition label. When it comes to restaurant meals - it's even worse... The FDA gives restaurants A LOT of leeway: There's no regulation on how much the calories listed on a menu can vary from what's actually in the dish - their rule is they only have to be "reasonable" (what ever that means)... Most of the restaurants say they calculate calorie counts based on an average meals. but averages can vary A LOT. Susan Roberts, director of the Energy Metabolism Laboratory of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center at Tufts University, reports that while most restaurants often average the amount of calories over several different plates of the same meal, so there's no guarantee of exactly how many calories you're consuming with any one serving. She said that: "We found huge discrepancies, our statistician gave me this analogy: let's say you sell 10-lb. bags of sugar, and you sell 15-lb. bags to your friends and 5-lb. bags to your enemies, and you call them all 10 pounds. The average would be accurate but it wouldn’t be fair to individual buyers. We found that's what may be happening in restaurants. To give you some real examples, here were some popular restaurant dishes that far exceeded their stated calorie counts: Olive Gardens chicken and gnocchi soup had nearly double the listed 250 calories, and the minestrone soup more than doubled its 100-calorie claim, totalling 265. Bob Evans cranberry-pecan chicken salad with dressing, listed at 672 calories, had 315 and 551 extra calories in two tests. P.F. Changs healthy-sounding brown rice measured 477 calories, more than double the menu number of 190. Four tests of On the Borders chips and salsa found more than triple the claimed 430 calories, up to 1,511 actual calories. The Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act allows for "human error" in nutritional calculations like calorie counts or vitamin and mineral information, meaning your business won't face legal action if your nutrition information isn’t 100% accurate. Since preparation can be slightly different depending on who prepares a meal, it would be unfair to expect that the information be completely on point all the time. Basically there's a built in loop hole where they can BS the calorie numbers without any consequences... And they know that "lower calorie" meals will sell more because people feel less guilty in eating them. Bottom Line - you can't always trust the calorie counts - especially at restaurants. So, if you are crunching the numbers in My Fitness Pal and think you're in a calorie deficit, but you're still not losing weight - then I'm sorry to tell you this, but you are NOT in a calorie deficit! Either your calories consumed is too high, or your calorie expenditure is too low, or a combination of both. If you would like to a simple strategy for how you can reliably lose fat and get in shape - without being slave to calorie counting - then make sure to download a copy of my "Ripped After 40 - PDF" ebook at: leehayward.com/blog/ripped-after-40-ebook This explains in detail how I and my Muscle After 40 Coaching Students go about losing fat without counting calories. =============== If you would like some personal help with planning out a realistic action plan to get in your best shape, just click on the link below and sign up for a Free One-On-One Strategy Session Coaching Call with me at: leehayward.com/blog/free-10-minute-strategy-session During our call we'll do a "Fitness & Nutrition Audit" of your current program and brainstorm some ideas and action steps for how you can maximize your results and reach your health, fitness, muscle building & fat loss goals faster and easier than what you're currently doing right now! If I honestly feel that I can help you, then I'll let you know. And if I can't, then I won't BS you, but I will offer some suggestions to experts or resources that can help you. Either way, at the end of our short 10-minute strategy session call you'll walk away with more clarity about what you need to do next in order to move in the right direction towards building the body you want. ====================== If you have questions, you can email me: lee@leehayward.com Follow me on facebook at: facebook.com/lee.hayward​ #countcalories #fatloss #leehayward