Calories - Are We Obsessed With Them?

Calories - Are We Obsessed With Them?

Calories - Are We Obsessed With Them?

How innocent does a Doughnut(Donut) look? Small, harmless, inviting -and gone in three bites.

I`m using a doughnut as an example, but we could be talking about any number of foods that we use as "fillers" and "treats".

The point is, it`s SO easy to gobble up 200 calories without even thinking about it, especially if you`re on a tight schedule or feeling in need of cheering up (hello to all the emotional eaters). And twenty seconds later, it`s all gone apart from the crumbs, the memoriesand the guilt.

It was a wiser person than me who first said, "Success is a few small disciplines practised every day and failure is a few disciplines repeated every day".

Because on its own, that doughnut wouldn`t amount to very much. But add it to the cappuccino and candy bar you`ve already eaten and you`ve used up a quarter of your daily calorie allowance without taking in much nutrition at all(not that we count calories, but you get the idea). Repeat this routine every day and you`re wasting thousands of calories each month that could have been put to far better use and taken a lot longer to eat--therefore prolonging the pleasure.

It`s not just food that weeat with little thought--what about soda, energy drinks and..alcohol! They`re all packed with sugar--and sometimes even worse, artificial sweetener--and yet we pour them down our throats as though they were going out of fashion.

Yes it`s nice to relax with a nice bit of something tasty, but not several times every day. If you had to use the exact same amount of calories by exercising that you had consumed with "empty" foods, you would probably think twice about what you choose to eat and drink.

For instance you would need to walk at a fair pace for about 28 minutes to burn the calories in 1 plain donut.

Some foods such as oatmeal take a while to digest and therefore fire up our metabolism, while some, such as all of the above, have the exact opposite effect.By the way, have you ever noticed how most of the "older generation" don`t have a weight problem. Think about their eating habits -that are probably similar to when they were youths - and you will notice that there was no such thing as fast foods and takeaways. Makes you think!

In this case "you are what you eat" makes sense. You make your choice and whatever the result, it`s all down to you.

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