Chances are you’ve spent the last year eating banana bread while binge watchingBridgerton.Delicious?

Let’s just say the road to a summer beach body is paved with good intentions.

She explains, “A calorie is a unit of energy.

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The food we eat all has calories.”

Those calories translate into energy for our body to perform our daily tasks.

She explains, “This is the first rule of thermodynamics.

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It’s scientific law.

It’s like saying a pound of chicken feathers is different than a pound of cement.

A pound is a pound.

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And a calorie is a calorie.”

But like most things there’s a caveat.

This is still not accomplished through carb cycling.

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The same goes for carbohydrates.

She explains, “check that to avoid processed grains and refined sugars and you’ll be fine.”

If you want to be trendy that basically means eating clean.

Assortment of healthy grains and carbohydrates

Instead of instant mashed potatoes, for example, buy whole potatoes and bake them yourself.

Any lifestyle that promotes elimination as a mantra is always doomed to fail.

Don’t be overwhelmed.

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