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<blockquote data-quote="jcizzle" data-source="post: 1576008" data-attributes="member: 18220"><p>I have to disagree with this. On the surface it seems right, however, where those calories come from matters too. For instance, if you put in 2000 calories and 50% come from carbs, your blood sugar will rise causing you to store some of those calories and your body to feed on the easier to burn proteins in your muscles. If you though were to only take in 20% of those 2000 calories in carbs and the majority in protein rich foods, along with some resistance training, you'd feed and grow your muscles. By simply counting carbs, you'll be tempted to move toward "carby" foods since you can eat more volume with less calories. This will cause you to trade muscle for fat. The fat weighs less so your weight drops though you don't look or feel any better or lose any size. When you take in those same calories in protein rich foods and grow the muscle mass you'll burn fat. Muscle is living and not just a storage unit so you burn more calories just breathing when your body feeds the muscle.</p><p></p><p>It's not just number of calories. Sure you have to take in less calories but also have to be careful of how you get those calories. If calories in vs. calories out was all that mattered, I' could eat about 7 snickers bars per day and noting else and be healthy as a horse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jcizzle, post: 1576008, member: 18220"] I have to disagree with this. On the surface it seems right, however, where those calories come from matters too. For instance, if you put in 2000 calories and 50% come from carbs, your blood sugar will rise causing you to store some of those calories and your body to feed on the easier to burn proteins in your muscles. If you though were to only take in 20% of those 2000 calories in carbs and the majority in protein rich foods, along with some resistance training, you'd feed and grow your muscles. By simply counting carbs, you'll be tempted to move toward "carby" foods since you can eat more volume with less calories. This will cause you to trade muscle for fat. The fat weighs less so your weight drops though you don't look or feel any better or lose any size. When you take in those same calories in protein rich foods and grow the muscle mass you'll burn fat. Muscle is living and not just a storage unit so you burn more calories just breathing when your body feeds the muscle. It's not just number of calories. Sure you have to take in less calories but also have to be careful of how you get those calories. If calories in vs. calories out was all that mattered, I' could eat about 7 snickers bars per day and noting else and be healthy as a horse. [/QUOTE]
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