Quote Originally Posted by Dogmama
I used to think it was calories in/calories out and I believe that is still a big part of the weight equation. But, the type of calories seem to be an issue for me.
Doesn't Dr. Andrew Weil talk about this? If the body is presented with something it can use easily for fuel, like glucose, it will convert that to it's usable components with less energy expediture than it would, say, a bowl of oats. And any fuel left over is converted to fat if it's not used. So if you ate an equivalent caloric amount of sugar or broccoli, the broccoli is going to cost your body more calorie expenditure to make it useful than the sugar does. Have I got this right? That's why those gels and goos make us feel good so fast - beans and broccoli take too long to get the fuel where it needs to go in our muscles to prevent a bonk.