Sunday Story…100 Calories
It’s that time of year when many of us turn a
critical eye toward our nutrition. Let’s be honest, holidays are when it is too easy to self-indulge in all available food and drink. Normally you may not have a problem resisting temptation but often it’s too
much. Your willpower is like a muscle. If you keep overusing it, eventually it
will fail.
The other day we were talking about calories and
weight. It turns out that it takes 3500 calories to equal 1 pound of fat. So,
if you eat 100 calories more than you need, or less than you need for 30 days you will gain or lose 1 pound of fat. It’s simple when you
distill that down. Now you will need to be consistent over the 30 days. Most of
us do very well during the week and not so well during the weekend. The not-so-good will wreck all the good you did during the week.
The real problem? Where are these 100 calories to be
added or lost? If you don’t know, that is the problem. You don’t know because
you are not measuring and tracking your food and drink intake. How many calories
are in the chicken wings I just ate? How many are there in that beer? If you
don’t know there is no way you can eat more or less. It is that simple.
The bottom line is this: If you aren’t measuring it, you
can’t manage it. This is true of almost anything but especially food. Gain or
lose, you must track and measure your intake. Anything less is a recipe for
failure.
John Mariotti
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