Counting your calorie intake is the most important thing that you could do to help yourself while losing weight. The reason for this is simple, the more calories you take when you eat, the more weight you will put on.

Upon committing yourself to start losing weight and living a healthier lifestyle, you must start counting your calorie intake immediately in order to successfully lose weight. By counting your calories, you’re keeping track of not only your calories but also what your body’s needs are. Some weight loss programs will give you a chart but it is better if you find out on your own which of your favourite foods will be appropriate or not, depending on how many calories you allow yourself per day.

There are many ways that you can make counting your calories a lot easier on yourself. First is by controlling your intake. If you do have trouble with self control when eating, a good alternative is using diet pills as they do suppress your hunger limiting your want to eat more and results in a lower calorie intake.

You must be aware that calories give you energy, so when you’re losing weight, you have to exercise to be able to use that energy given to you by those calories in order to lose them. Now you might be asking yourself if burning more calories than what you’re getting from your food is a bad thing since you will have less "energy" to be able to exercise. That is not the case since the whole point of losing weight is to burn more calories in a day than you keep.

In the end, it is really up to you to follow through with your commitment to losing weight. Counting your calorie intake and the amount of calories you burn while exercising is up to you to keep track of since it’s your body and your health. Losing weight is not easy, so keep your head up, count those calories and get the body that you’ve always wanted.