Do you often feel like you are eating as healthy as possible, but are still gaining weight? Are you fed up and frustrated with dieting because nothing seems to help you achieve the weight you want? “If so, it is understandable that you are frustrated. Eating healthy takes work, and when you’re fighting food cravings, you want to know you’re getting something out of it.

Here’s what you should know about this issue…

1. Healthy foods still contain calories. First of all, keep in mind that healthy foods still contain calories, and that is why it is possible to gain weight by eating them. If you eat too many healthy foods, you may still have the problem of consuming more energy than you burn throughout the day and that is what causes you to gain weight.

To lose weight, you must do one thing: burn more calories than you consume. It has nothing to do with eating healthy or not. Generally speaking, it’s easier to lose weight if you eat healthy because those foods tend to be more satisfying, but that’s not always the case.

2. Calorie-dense healthy foods should not be eliminated. Next, keep in mind that calorie-dense foods should not be eliminated from your diet plan. Sure, you should restrict high-calorie ones like nuts, oils, avocados, etc. Eat smaller portions of these items, but still include them because they provide plenty of proper nutrition.

3. The use of volumetry is key. Finally, also keep in mind that bulking is key if you want to lose weight while eating healthy without counting calories. Volumetry has been proposed as an innovative way to control appetite.

It’s mostly about eating foods that are low in calories for the amount of food you can eat. For example, take popcorn. You can load up and eat five cups of plain popped popcorn for about 100 calories. Eat the same amount of fries, however, it will easily be over 750 calories. And remember that food, for example, fruit or soup, contains a lot of water and has little density. That is, it has few calories per pound.

If you focus on this while trying to lose weight, you’ll find your journey more comfortable and fulfilling.

So keep these points in mind. You should definitely eat healthy, but there’s more to losing weight than just this.