Calories In - Calories Out: Have We Been Lied To This Whole Time?
Why “eat less, move more” is misleading Have we been lied to about exercise? Calories...
Written by: Pippa Thackeray
Written on: September 11, 2025
Pippa is a content writer and qualified Nutritional Therapist (DipNT) creating research-based content with a passion for many areas of wellbeing, including hormonal health, mental health and digestive health.
As a contributor to The Healf Source, she regularly attends seminars and programmes on a plethora of contemporary health issues and modern research insights with a drive to never stop learning. In addition, interviewing experts and specialists across The Four Pillars: EAT, MOVE, MIND, SLEEP.
In her spare time, she is an avid swimmer, mindfulness and yoga lover, occasionally bringing a raw, honest approach to the topics she faces. You may also discover some personal accounts of eye-opening wellbeing experiences amidst the reality of a disorientating, and often conflicting, modern wellbeing space.
- 1. Why “eat less, move more” is misleading
- 2. How the formula is still hanging on
- 3. Why “eat less, move more” is too simple
- 4. Not all calories are the same
- 5. The body fights back
- 6. The problem of set point weight
- 7. When calorie counting becomes a real chore
- 8. So what’s actually meaningful when it comes to metabolism?
- 9. 5 simple ways to reset your approach to weight management
- 10. What to remember
