{"id":3636,"date":"2012-01-03T14:27:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T04:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=3636"},"modified":"2012-01-03T14:27:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T04:27:51","slug":"weight-loss-tip-8-think-quality-of-calories-not-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=3636","title":{"rendered":"Weight Loss Tip 8 &#8211; Think Quality of Calories, Not Number"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, yet another person has the same philosophy as yours truly! Just maybe there&#8217;s some truth in it.<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s face it, counting calories or grams of this and that is impractical. It is not very useful when trying to lose weight because not all calories are created equal. A 300-calorie candy bar is not equivalent to a 300-calorie turkey wrap. Your body responds differently to these foods. The sugary candy bar is likely to feed your fat cells, whereas the high-protein wrap will feed muscle, fostering a chain of events that result in a higher metabolism, preserved lean muscle mass, and blood sugar balance.  <a href=\"http:\/\/fitness.mercola.com\/sites\/fitness\/archive\/2011\/12\/30\/kathy-smith-laws-lean-living.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/fitness.mercola.com\/sites\/fitness\/archive\/2011\/12\/30\/kathy-smith-laws-lean-living.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, yet another person has the same philosophy as yours truly! Just maybe there&#8217;s some truth in it. Let&#8217;s face it, counting calories or grams of this and that is impractical. It is not very useful when trying to lose weight because not all calories are created equal. A 300-calorie candy bar is not equivalent &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=3636\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weight Loss Tip 8 &#8211; Think Quality of Calories, Not Number&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}