Know the nutritional value in what you eat; and once you learn how much energy and sweat it will take to burn off that treat, you'll have a much harder time eating it. After making lasagna this weekend for the family, I had to choose not to have seconds! It is all about choices: input vs. output!
Do you
ever wonder how much you’d need to exercise to burn off that dessert? Think
about it; a workout that requires
half an hour of your time to burn the 200 to 300 calories that took
less than a few minutes to eat!
Take a
look at a few examples
from Montgomerydiet.com site that will surprise:To burn off common, seemingly small treats, such as one chocolate chip cookie, one serving of potato chips, one candy bar, one soda, a bowl of ice cream or a couple of mozzarella sticks, you would have to do aerobics for thirty minutes. That's considered a good, average workout to burn off treats such as medium movie popcorn, the typical regular sized smoothie, most regular sized frozen chocolate drinks, a small Dairy Queen Blizzard, a small McDonald's McFlurry, or a medium order of fries or onion rings, (each of these items average up to 800 calories) you would need up to an hour and a half on the elliptical! Yikes! Think about it before you put it in your mouth…how much will this cost me in the gym?
“Knowledge is everything!” If you're interested in an appetizer such as a blooming onion, an order of cheesy fries, and cheesy bread from your favorite pizza place, or a southwest eggrolls, plan to walk briskly for 6 hours!!
Do you
know that the Wendy’s Apple Pecan Chicken Salad is 520 calories? Just because
it has the word “salad” you would assume it is healthy…
Remember,
the choice is yours!
To find out how many calories
you are burning, go to the following link and simply enter your
bodyweight and the average time you spend doing one of the exercises/activities
and click on Compute Calories Burned.
Nancy @ healthiswealth.1@netzero.com or
nlarson@co.delaware.in.us
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