The idea behind the CICO (calories in, calories out) weight-loss strategy is that in order to lose weight, you can eat anything you like as long as you take in fewer calories than you burn every day. In other words, it doesn’t matter what you eat, but rather how much of it you eat.
Calories do have a bearing on weight loss, but it’s not as simple as a direct relationship. Most nutritionists agree that CICO has more to do with shedding kilos fast than it does with shifting your attitude towards food, and as such is unsustainable in the long term. A CICO strategy may help you lose weight, but it won’t necessarily help you create a better relationship with food, or create healthy food habits to ensure that you keep the weight off once you’ve lost it.
