What is meant by negative calories?

[XzavierDavies]

When I was searching diet tips for the weight loss, so many times I have gone through the word “negative calories”. Simply they are suggesting consuming negative calories; but before taking negative calories I would like to know what exactly negative calories means and what is role of negative calories in weight loss.
Please let me know, Thank you.

[XzavierDavies]

Hello Courteny....
I used to take 5 or 6 sodas in a week, since 4 months I am not taking any soda but some times I have gone through sugars. I used to consume 2500 calories per a day, since  1 week I am consuming 2000 to 2200 calories. I am thinking about to take maximum 2000 calories in day.
Breakfast:
Milk, starch, meat, 1 banana
Snack:
Melon juice and starch
Lunch:
Lean meat, carrots, fruits
Snack:
Noodles, milk and an apple
Dinner:
2 eggs, ground beaf, veggies
Snack:
Milk and cookies

[courtney48]

What a lively discussion!  On the subject of pop, while I agree with you that they are filling, zero calorie and tasty, they are non-nutritive.  If you drink one on occasion, likely no harm done, but if you are drinking them instead of consuming foods and nutrients, well, for me, that is opting for a starvation diet.  Is that the approach you want to take?  How are you getting daily values for protein/carbs/fats/nutrients?  

[XzavierDavies]

First of all I am very thank full to this site for providing this facility to share and improving knowledge what we knew and I am very glad to meet you Aadia, you have done a lot to me. Definitely I’ll be going through your tips and suggestions. Thank you so much..

[aadia789]

If you want to.

The "diet" or "zero" carbonated drinks have no calories, and they do fill people up, and to me, they taste nice, and as they taste nice, they encourage me to stay hydrated. when they are in the house i will drink up to 4 glasses worth a day, but without them in the house i drink one glass of water each day...
but it is up to you if you like flavor of them, or not.

Diets are tough, you have to stop a lot of what you enjoy. You don't need to stop drinking diet fizzy, so if you do enjoy them, then that is one less thing you'll be missing, and a little bit less suffering to go through.

It is good that you are getting a body fat monitor, anyone who does exercise should have one.

[XzavierDavies]

Hi Aadia… I am just trying to lose 3 pounds in a week. For some weeks I am succeeding my goals and for some weeks I am not. As you suggested I just try to get a body fat monitor. As you said with Barb “There is no reason why someone on a diet should avoid something without sugar. Carbonated drinks have no calories, and they fill people up, and they taste nice.” shall I start taking of soda?

[aadia789]

The only way something mathematically can be measured as heavier than another is if you were to get a square block, say 5cm squared, of each material and weigh them.... =the muscle block would weigh more.

The % fat of the diet sausages are 2.6% fat (the leading brand are a bit higher)

For physical measurements to be accurate way of measuring rate of progress, there would need to be so many measurements made each time it was time to check progress, even then it is not accurate,.. like if someone starts going running, how do they know how much of their leg fat has been swapped for muscle? Body fat monitors ARE more accurate.