Estimating portion size is difficult for all of us, but developing rules of thumb will be handy. Because we have got used to larger portions in restaurants, our estimate of calorie content of a meal gets confused.
Research by Brian Wansink and colleagues has shown that everyone (normal weight, underweight and overweight, men and women) has difficulty in estimating the calorie content of a large plate of food, whereas they accurately assess the calories in a more normal portion.
If we are overweight, we tend to have larger portions. That means that those of us who are overweight are making these wrong estimates frequently. As a result, we are underestimating the calorie content of most of our meals and so we put on weight. What to do?
These researchers suggest that you should estimate the calories and then double them. A normal meal might be 500 calories. If you are overweight and you know that you are eating a large portion, then advise yourself that this meal probably contains 1,000 calories - half your day's allowance.
Counting calories is dull, but having a fair idea of the calorie content of your meals is handy. It allows you to develop useful rules of thumb when you are seriously trying to control your eating.
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Wednesday, 2 September 2009
Help with getting some exercise
Exercise is important for general health, reducing the risk of osteoporosis, and keeping your joints supple.
It is not necessary to do masses unless you like it, but fitting a bit more exercise into your daily routine will make a difference to your weight. On this blog, I am trying to encourage you to make a few small changes every week, so that over the long term, you will find that your weight has settled down to a healthy, easy to maintain level.
Changing from a sedentary to a moderately active lifestyle or from moderate to highly active helps you burn calories faster. Have a look at this website to give you an idea of how this change affects your weight.
Walk jog run helps you plan a walking route, measures it out for you and tells you whether you are slow or fast! Not only that, but you can see the routes that other people have taken, so you can explore Glasgow a bit wider.
www.carolinebrowntherapy.com
It is not necessary to do masses unless you like it, but fitting a bit more exercise into your daily routine will make a difference to your weight. On this blog, I am trying to encourage you to make a few small changes every week, so that over the long term, you will find that your weight has settled down to a healthy, easy to maintain level.
Changing from a sedentary to a moderately active lifestyle or from moderate to highly active helps you burn calories faster. Have a look at this website to give you an idea of how this change affects your weight.
Walk jog run helps you plan a walking route, measures it out for you and tells you whether you are slow or fast! Not only that, but you can see the routes that other people have taken, so you can explore Glasgow a bit wider.
www.carolinebrowntherapy.com
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