How Do You Break Free From The Calorie Counter?
Are you a slave to the little number on your watch or treadmill that tells you how many calories you have burned? Do you force yourself to sweat and work until you reach a certain number? Do you feel guilty if you stop working out before you reach your calorie goal? Well fear no longer! Here are some reasons why that number has almost nothing to do with you ability to get in shape. First off, know that the number in that display is hardly accurate. If anything, I would say it’s more like an estimated guess than anything else. Did you actually burn 300 calories during that run? Who knows? The truth is that your ability to burn calories is determined on a whole host of factors that your little counter can’t account for. Even things such as your mood, diet and the fit of your shoes have an effect. You wouldn’t follow a speedometer that didn’t accurately show your speed, so why follow a calorie meter that doesn’t show you accurate calories. Another thing to consider is that your calorie me