108: The SHOCKING truth about calories and how to stop counting them
Heart Led Wellness - A podcast by Ashlyn Burnett - Martedì

If you track your calories, you will never see it the same after this episode. Holy moly we are going DEEP today down the calorie rabbit hole. I’m sharing why tracking calories is such a waste of your time (hint: it’s extremely inaccurate) and what to do instead. You can feel in control around food and live in a lean body, without tracking calories, when you learn this one secret thing…
I discuss…
- My rock bottom moment with tracking calories
- Why tracking calories to make sure you’re “eating enough” is silly
- The insane history of how calories were discovered
- Why apps like MyFitness Pal have horribly inaccurate databases
- How combining foods impacts the calories that are absorbed
- How cooking and processing food impacts the calories
- How your digestion and microbiome impacts calories
- How packaged foods can be extremely off with calories
- How whole foods can differ in calories
- How to stop tracking calories and what to do instead
- How to have food freedom AND a lean body without tracking calories
- How to read your body’s built in calorie calculator
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