Q. I have been using Nutrition Data for that past 30 days and have been
focusing on calories, nutrition content, and the fullness factor of foods.
Because I’m eating healthier foods and drinking plenty of water and green
tea, I am feeling full and satisfied even though I’m eating about 500 fewer calories a day than I would need to maintain my weight. But could eating fewer calories slow down my metabolism? A. Assuming that your goal is to lose weight, I think you’re going about it exactly the right way!  By creating a 500 calories/day deficit, you should lose about one pound a week, which is a nice, sustainable pace.  And by choosing nutritious foods with a high fullness factor, it sounds as if your diet isn’t causing any deprivation. Nice work! It is possible that, over time…