The Real Cause of Weight Gain (It's NOT Willpower)

The big problem is that obsessive focus on calories.

Calories in, calories out.

That's completely false.

It's not willpower.

It's not because they're lazy or stupid.

It is the case that you're eating not real food.

The diet has changed significantly.

When you eat a food, your body responds with hormones.

Depending on those hormones, it will decide, should I store those calories or should I burn those calories? Say you eat beef in the morning or in the afternoon with a nice salad or something.

You might have a thousand calories or you compare that to taking a thousand calories of frappuccino.

you feel completely different.

It's a completely different experience.

So don't pretend that they're the same thing.

Imagine you eat 500 calories of cookies.

Your insulin spikes way up.

You tell your body, hey, take these calories and put it into storage, which is body fat.

The big problem is that obsessive focus on calories.

Calories in, calories out.

That's completely false.

It's not willpower.

It's not because they're lazy or stupid.

It is the case that you're eating not real food.

The diet has changed significantly.

When you eat a food, your body responds with hormones.

Depending on those hormones, it will decide, should I store those calories or should I burn those calories? Say you eat beef in the morning or in the afternoon with a nice salad or something.

You might have a thousand calories or you compare that to taking a thousand calories of frappuccino.

you feel completely different.

It's a completely different experience.

So don't pretend that they're the same thing.

Imagine you eat 500 calories of cookies.

Your insulin spikes way up.

You tell your body, hey, take these calories and put it into storage, which is body fat.