Check out Tara Parker-Pope's New York Times March 1st column "In Obesity Epidemic, What's One Cookie?"
Basically, the idea is that if you reduce food intake very moderately, it is not likely to produce significant weight loss (Conversely, very small increases in food intake will produce only a small increase in body weight and weight gain will level off).
Therefore, small changes in eating are not the answer if you are looking to lose a good amount of the weight. For that you'll need to go on a dieting regimen that reduces calorie intake more significantly.
But: do small changes ever add up to weight loss?
Yes, indeed they do. Small changes can reap weight-loss success without a doubt. This happens not in the realm of food, but in the realm of behavior.
Your thoughts, feelings and established habits regarding food and weight can be altered, and you can start small. Sometimes the very slightest change can cause waves throughout your daily life. If you can show yourself that you can change one small thing, it can give you the courage to change another small thing--and then another. Small change-of-behavior steps and small change-of-thinking steps do add up. And changes in thinking and behavior are most important in achieving a good weight-loss outcome.
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