John Goldman

Because it takes some level of discipline.

But the general concept of energy in, energy out is indisputable.

It is proven fact.

If you eat less than you burn, you will lose body weight.

There's just no question about it.

And if you have never counted calories before...

I urge you to spend a week counting your calories with fidelity and you will be amazed at how much more you're eating than you think you're eating.

You will notice the snacks that you grab that you don't even register.

You know, I'm guilty of it too, man.

I'll walk by the refrigerator on my way down to the basement to my studio and I'll just grab something out of there.

Or I walk by the cabinet, I grab something out of there.

Or you go out to dinner and you just, you eat this big dinner and it's delicious, but you don't realize that it's all cooked with, you know, 10 sticks of butter and heavy cream and olive oil through the gills, plus all kinds of sugar in there.

You have to understand how much you're taking in and then also calculate how much you're burning.

If your life involves waking up in the morning, getting in the car, driving to work, working, driving home, sitting at home, watching Netflix all day, you are a sedentary person and you are not burning any calories.

Even general weightlifting is not going to burn too many calories.

Now, there's other benefits from it.

Running is going to burn calories for you.

There are other things.

You just have to move, man.

That's why people talk about 10,000 steps a day.