Individuals who believe they are eating a low-calorie diet but cannot lose weight are often consuming significantly more calories than they realize, and tracking can reveal this discrepancy.

“I've done this so many times with people who have said the following you know like I'm eating 500 calories can't lose fat and I've said listen I don't expect to do this forever but for one week just one week everything you put in your mouth weigh it on a scale and track it okay and then come back to me and let's talk one of two things happen they go oh my God uh I was actually eating 2 800 calories okay I go well welcome to freedom because now now you know that you're not broken right like you're you're actually like you can modify right”