Consuming a huge amount of calories on a daily basis can be one of the causes of your overweight condition. How can you possibly lose weight when you are taking in far more calories on a daily basis than what you are burning off with activity.
In order to lose weight you will have to become more aware of what you are eating daily and try to eat smaller portions than normal. Counting calories and weighing your food on food scales can be frustrating, but unless you are going to make the effort to reduce your portions, this is what you will have to do in order to lose weight.
However there is a real difference between counting calories and knowing the calorie counts for the foods you are eating. Not being aware of what you are eating and the amount of calories you consume on a daily basis, is just asking for trouble. Most of us are overweight because we had no idea of the extremely high calorie intake we were consuming each day. Not being aware of the calories in the foods we eat each day is like setting ourselves up for failure no matter what weight loss plan we are following.
A banana has 105 calories approximately, an apple has 71 calories approximately, and an orange has 61 calories approximately. Even though fruits don't have a huge calorie count you would not want to eat a banana daily, when you could choose something with less calories.
Losing weight is all about calories...even fruits and vegetables in the lower calorie food group have different calorie values. Did you know that a medium banana is approximately 105 calories, a medium apple is approximately 71 calories and a medium orange is approximately 61 calories? I know your thinking, big deal.
Being aware of calories, is a big deal, if you want to lose weight you have to take in less calories than what you normally do. I know for myself I would rather have a banana split than a flavored yogurt for dessert, but just look at the difference in calories. I could have had 2 nutritious meals for the same amount of calories I ate in the banana split.
Learning to eat sensibly doesn't have to mean that you are deprived of anything. It simply means making better food choices for your body and when you find yourself not being able to make a healthy choice calorie wise, you will need to adjust your diet the next day few days to compensate for it.
I have never had to deprive myself of eating anything during my weight loss program Eating sensibly has worked wonders for me. - 16004
In order to lose weight you will have to become more aware of what you are eating daily and try to eat smaller portions than normal. Counting calories and weighing your food on food scales can be frustrating, but unless you are going to make the effort to reduce your portions, this is what you will have to do in order to lose weight.
However there is a real difference between counting calories and knowing the calorie counts for the foods you are eating. Not being aware of what you are eating and the amount of calories you consume on a daily basis, is just asking for trouble. Most of us are overweight because we had no idea of the extremely high calorie intake we were consuming each day. Not being aware of the calories in the foods we eat each day is like setting ourselves up for failure no matter what weight loss plan we are following.
A banana has 105 calories approximately, an apple has 71 calories approximately, and an orange has 61 calories approximately. Even though fruits don't have a huge calorie count you would not want to eat a banana daily, when you could choose something with less calories.
Losing weight is all about calories...even fruits and vegetables in the lower calorie food group have different calorie values. Did you know that a medium banana is approximately 105 calories, a medium apple is approximately 71 calories and a medium orange is approximately 61 calories? I know your thinking, big deal.
Being aware of calories, is a big deal, if you want to lose weight you have to take in less calories than what you normally do. I know for myself I would rather have a banana split than a flavored yogurt for dessert, but just look at the difference in calories. I could have had 2 nutritious meals for the same amount of calories I ate in the banana split.
Learning to eat sensibly doesn't have to mean that you are deprived of anything. It simply means making better food choices for your body and when you find yourself not being able to make a healthy choice calorie wise, you will need to adjust your diet the next day few days to compensate for it.
I have never had to deprive myself of eating anything during my weight loss program Eating sensibly has worked wonders for me. - 16004
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Shana Leslie is a freelance writer who has a passion to help people lose weight. She has now become successful in losing her weight and offers some of her tips, tricks and smart ways to lose weight with her blog readers. More of her articles can be found here. Please post in the comments section of each article, any tips, tricks and ways you might know of to help others at Get Rid of Fat.org.
