The most basic building block of any diet is the calories that you consume.  Our body weight goals can be reached by regulating the calories we consume daily. Calories obviously are needed to make our bodies function.  Every body type and person vary in the quantity of calories they need to consume daily.  Calorie consumption is imperative when attempting to maintain, gain or lose weight.  In fact, there is not a single one of you that does not fit one of those three categories. The three ways we ingest calories are from protein, carbohydrates, and fats.  Proteins and carbohydrates each provide 4...

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According to my dad, my grandparents walked uphill, both ways, through twelve feet of snow, with only one pant leg and no shoes.  This was only their journey to school each day.  No wonder they were also able to inhale a pound of bacon and never worry about calories. I am certain my sweet grandmother never chased Native Americans from her land with a rifle.  I do believe older generations needed to work harder to get anything done.  They washed clothes in a washtub and scrubbed each article by hand.  Lawnmowers weren't motorized.  My dad remembers shoveling snow from the street because...

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