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Viewing Losing Weight does not Require Big, Drastic Eating Changes!Losing Weight does not Require Big, Drastic Eating Changes!
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One of the biggest weight loss myths is that you have to make huge changes in what you eat to get to your target weight. Nothing can be further from the truth! Losing weight is about eating less than your current daily calorie requirements. By Brian Abraham One of the biggest weight loss myths is that you have to make huge changes in what you eat to get to your target weight. Nothing can be further from the weight management truth! Losing weight is about eating less than your current daily calorie requirements. Consequently, if you need 2500 calories right now, you lose weight when you eat 2000 calories instead. All this requires is small, acceptable, everyday changes - nothing drastic. To prove this, we will use a few real life examples. In each of these examples, we will start with an everyday food item and replace it with a substitute that makes sense, so none of that: 'Want ice cream - eat carrots instead' stuff. We hope that these examples will show you how simple successful weight management really is. All it requires is a little bit of knowledge of what you are eating: 1. Fast Food: A large Double Quarter Pounder Meal at McDonald's will equal 1600 calories. Change this to a medium Coke and small fries and you are down to 1200 calories. Take it a step further and get an iced tea with your Double Quarter Pounder and small fries and you are down to 800 calories! Now think about this: Is going from a large Quarter Pounder Meal to a custom meal of iced tea, small fries, and a Quarter Pounder a huge change? No - yet it is actually saving you 800 calories per meal! You can also try a combination of a Subway Club Sandwich (at 320 calories) and a Subway Mustard Ham and Egg Sandwich (at 310 calories). This delicious alternative will total 630 calories per meal. 2. Ice Cream: Three cups of ice cream = 850 calories. Replace one cup with one container of Jell-O and you are down to 700 calories. Replace another cup with a banana, and you are down to 525! One cup of ice cream + Jell-O + a banana is still a delicious dessert (maybe better than the original), and yet it makes a huge difference. 3. Coke: One can of Coke = 150 calories. One can of Diet Coke + lime = 0 calories. Adding lime makes it taste great and gets rid of that aftertaste as well. Alternatively, add lots of ice in your beverage, and you end up drinking half the amount in calories. 4. Donuts: One chocolate donut = 250 calories, one cream-filled donut = 350 calories. There is nothing wrong with eating donuts when managing your weight, simply make a better donut choice. 5. Pizza: The average slice of a large pizza equals 225 calories. Simply go for the 'thin crust' option, (and this is offered in just about every large pizza franchise) and you are decreasing 75-100 calories per slice! We Hope We have Made a Point! We simply cannot go from a Large Big Mac Meal to a diet of apples, broccoli, and spinach to lose weight. It makes no real-life, practical sense, and it is simply not going to be sustainable. Not to mention that, it is unnecessary as well. Getting to your ideal weight is all about making small changes that do not burden or completely change your everyday routine. We hope our examples have given you a few ideas for your daily life as well. About the Author: Brian Abraham runs http://www.zlimmer.com, a website dedicated to simplifying weight management and keeping it completely free. Currently featured on Zlimmer!: '50 Fantastic Holiday Gifts That Make Exercise Fun'. Article Source: 1st Rate Articles - http://1stRateArticles.com |
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