Food Quality vs Food Quantity In The Context Of Fat Loss

When it comes to *fat loss*, the type of food is secondary to the amount of food (and thus the amount of calories consumed at the end of the day).

Many restrained eaters (ie. those with very tight dietary boundaries; good vs bad food lists, etc.) often actually underestimate the amount of calories in their “good foods” list and run the risk of overconsuming them, and thus overconsuming calories in the context of a fat-loss goal.

This tends to be where the “clean eating” dogma comes in; they’re inside their good food/bad food dietary boundaries and thus well, that should be enough for fat loss – eating clean.

Unfortunately it doesn’t work this way. You need to eat the right AMOUNT of food for YOUR body if you’re after fat loss. Ignoring this is akin to ignoring dietary energy/calories and the fact that more in than out equals weight gain.

The QUANTITY of food you consume relative to YOUR body’s requirements will always sit atop the “Fat-Loss Priority Pyramid”.