Fitness Blogger Shares Food Comparisons To Change The Way You Think About Food And The Internet Loves It

#1 This is Lucy Mountain. She has come up with a wonderfully innovative way of getting us to think about calories...

Her simple photos get you thinking about snacks that are marketed as "healthy"...

#2 You'll never look at almonds in the same way again...

The stunning blonde 25-year-old, from London, has built up a following of 65,000 people with her self-dubbed 'no BS' approach which aims to prove that no food in of itself will help you to lose or make you put on weight.

Her aim is to teach people that they can eat what they want - whether it's a handful of Fruit Pastilles or a handful of almonds - and still get the body they desire if they put their food choices into the context of a mostly healthy lifestyle and pay attention to portion sizes.

#3

Each of these bowls contain 1 bag (40g) of crisps. The bowl on the left are salt and vinegar, the bowl on the right are mixed root vegetable. Both contain similar numbers of calories, so Lucy encourages her followers to eat the bowl they fancy most as she says you should look at your diet in the context of a whole day rather than tracking every time you consume calories

#4

“These ‘Touch of Fruit’ guys totally got me a couple of months ago when I was focusing on trying to get a little bit leaner. I just didn’t expect my water to have calories, I felt so betrayed lol.”

#5 What Twix consider one serving vs. real life

#6 White americano vs. flat white

#7 Mountain says there's no need to cut foods like ice cream completely out of your diet

Mountain doesn't believe in restriction, and she doesn't think it's necessary for maintaining a "healthy diet." Instead, she believes in moderation.

#8

There are several 'healthy' breakfast biscuits on the market but Lucy says that often normal biscuits contain virtually the same number of calories. She says just choose the one you like to eat best - but if you're eating the 'healthy' biscuits to lose weight, she says there are better and more nutritious option

#9 Fatloss food vs. fattening food

#10 100g milk chocolate vs. 100g gluten-free, wheat-free, milk-free chocolate

#11 Toast and butter vs. toast and butter

#12

Dark chocolate is often considered healthier than milk chocolate as it is more nutritious but Lucy reveals dark has more calories. She uses this example to prove that you shouldn't always calorie count - and that she always opts for milk because she gets her vitamins and minerals from other sources

#13 Both are the same size, both come with avocado, cheese, croutons and dressing

Mountain's comparisons also show that small changes to a meal's ingredients can make a big difference in calories.

The salad bowl on the right has Parmesan cheese instead of light cheese, sunflower seeds instead of toasted oats, croutons instead of sliced toast, and Caesar dressing instead of homemade dressing.

#14 All three of these are smoothies

The smoothie on the left has protein powder and almond milk, the smoothie in the middle has almond milk, protein powder, a banana, and honey, and the smoothie on the right has all of those ingredients plus peanut butter and flaxseed.

#15 You can eat many more regular strawberries than dried strawberries for the same number of calories

"Many companies will use buzz words like 'low sugar,' 'high protein,' 'fat-free' — however these labels don't necessarily mean they're going to be less caloric than the 'normal' version, or any more conducive to your goal," Mountain said.

#16

Lucy believes that no single food will cause weight gain, or weight loss, and that restricting yourself from eating a particular food may cause you to binge. Her motto is 'everything in moderation'