The premises: Eat to lose

Don’t accept the premises: 

Eat to lose. 

You can’t consume more expecting less of an output. That’s like saying you can increase the gas mileage of your car by putting more gas into it.

No. You need to fuel your body wisely with calories, fats, carbs, vitamins and minerals. If you are going to expend more energy, you need more of these calories. If you are going to do less, you need less.

Simple as that.

Now, a lot of foods you can eat in a great amount tend to be high in nutrition but low in calories - a bag of potato chips vs. 4 cups of spinach vary greatly in nutritional quality. This might be the only way to say, "eat more, lost weight." It would also require you replacing the potato chips with the spinach.

Look, people, don’t access the premises that eating more or eating certain foods at certain times without meaning make any difference to your body. If you don’t like to eat breakfast, don’t eat it. If you are hungry, make good choices with the foods you put in. If you want some junk food or a treat – ENJOY. If you want to do more – run, lift, bike, walk – then eat wisely to give your body what it needs.