No, you don’t have to count every calorie to lose fat. But you do need to consume fewer calories than your body burns over time.
Calorie tracking helps you understand how much you’re actually eating instead of relying on guesswork. Eyeballing portions and estimating calories can be surprisingly inaccurate.
Tracking your food for a few weeks can help you understand portion sizes, your calorie intake, and where you might be going wrong. Cooking oil, snacks, drinks, and larger portions can add more calories than you realise.
You can lose fat without tracking if you manage your portions, eat filling foods, and follow a consistent eating routine. But if your progress stalls, tracking your food for a couple of weeks can help you identify the problem.
You don’t have to count calories forever, but understanding your calorie intake can make fat loss much easier.
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