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When I lived in Norway we almost never ate fast food. When we moved back to the U.S I was thrilled to discover the dollar menu at fast food restaurants. Fast, cheap, and easy! I ordered the chicken sandwich for the girls and for me…we were good to go. One year later my weight was up by 15 lbs. During a nutrition class I discovered that my healthy chicken sandwich contained 376 calories. I am not proud to say I could eat one is about three bites. The Truth: In order to lose weight you need to create a calorie deficit. This is achieved either by consuming fewer calories or exercising to wear off more calories or a combination of both. Let’s keep it simple…every bite counts. I’ve added these additional tweaks to my eating plan and have lost about 13 pounds in the past few months. Woo Hoo!
Words of Wisdom
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go for that. Because what the world needs is people whohave come alive.” Harold Whitman Thurman Portion Distortion: 5 simple Tips to Portion Control and healthier eatingI sensed the waitress groan as she set the loaded oversized dinner plate in front of me. My plate was piled high with at least four adult servings of pasta. We’d already eaten salad and breadsticks. Noticing all the other overweight customers surrounding me, the truth..hit me between the eyes. I am overweight because I eat too much. T ‘ain’t my metabolism or my sluggish thyroid. The nasty fat fairy didn’t cast a spell on me while I slept. Pure and simple, I eat too much. The great power of recognizing my responsibility in a problem is the realization that I have the power to change or fix it. Five Quick and Easy Weight Loss Tips:With thousand of weight loss tips and secrets hitting the web daily, you’d think we’d all be thin as rails. Not so, according to continuing reports that obesity is on the rise in the United States. My bookshelves contain 23 diet books, including: Atkins, South Beach, Weight Watchers, Fat Flush, The Rice Diet, to name a few. But nutrition classes and nursing school reinforced this basic fact 3,500 calories make up a pound and losing weight requires a balance between food intake and exercise. These are five healthy, practical, and easy tips to losing weight. They may not be flashy but I promise you that they will work! |
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