What is the best weight loss diet?
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2025 12:31 pm
A simple statistic that 7000 calories equal a kilo of weight loss/gain can help you. I understand that many people argue that the calorie model is faulty, but to control an action/behavior you have to be able to measure it first, even with some error if required. Also, a calorie is the easiest measurable factor as most of the food calories can be easily googled and these errors in calories model cancel out in a long time. If you eat extra 7000 calories than what you were able to burn you will gain an extra kilo and vice versa.
Even though this equation is very simple but it is very challenging if we examine human behaviors and consistency. Imagine just eating 200 calories a day can increase a person's weight by approx 10 kgs a year, which is very easy as having an extra doughnut. Perhaps this is the reason why many people are surprised that after a few years in their best shape they are 30, 40 kilos overweight, it is just a curse of time which is often overlooked. The good thing is that these effects can be reversed back in the same way.
Even though this equation is very simple but it is very challenging if we examine human behaviors and consistency. Imagine just eating 200 calories a day can increase a person's weight by approx 10 kgs a year, which is very easy as having an extra doughnut. Perhaps this is the reason why many people are surprised that after a few years in their best shape they are 30, 40 kilos overweight, it is just a curse of time which is often overlooked. The good thing is that these effects can be reversed back in the same way.