Spokane Fitness Tips: Do You Know How Much You Eat?

There was a recent report on ABC news about how people grossly
overestimate how many calories they burn. This is also true for
people underestimating how many calories they eat.

Let’s See…
Less calories burned from exercise
+ More calories from food
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More calories that stay with you (around your body)

A quick example, this month being National Oatmeal Month, let’s use
that. When most people eat oatmeal they have a nice generous bowl,
which can add up to 400-500+ calories if you not watching.

Then add, orange juice, toast and butter and you’re nearly at 1,000.

Even if you measure out the oatmeal your likely to make a mistake.
1 serving size is 150 calories 1/2 cup. Most people I know scoop out
a heaping size which is actually nearly 1.5 times the serving size.

Even if you level out the cup to perfectly even that is still about
1.15 times the serving. You have to be about .5 inches below the actual
serving cup line.

Peanut butter is another example. I won’t even get into that one, 1
serving size is about 180 calories, you can easily double that without
thinking, just put more onto that table spoon and count it as 1 serving
size.

Okay, here’s my point, make sure you track your food and know how much
you actually eat. If you need to for the first week or two, figure out
how many calories and grams of each macronutrient are in the typical
foods that you eat.

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