If you wish to drop a few kilos, eating less to lose weight has never been the answer (and we hate to break that to you).
Another famous tip we swear by is to take down the number of calories in every kilo off your diet chart. For instance, taking off food worth 8000 calories from your weekly diet to lose a kilo is what most people treat as a solution.
Well, there are a few more factors to consider when it comes to calorie counting in order to shrink your waistline. For one thing, not all calories are created equal.
"Calories matter when it comes to weight loss and maintenance, and in order to lose weight, you must take in less energy than you expend," says Erin Palinski-Wade, RD, CDE, author of Belly Fat Diet for Dummies. "And how much energy you burn each day is dependent on your metabolic rate, as well as your physical activity."