wouldn’t we slowly see the obesity rates fall, instead of watching them continue to rise?
Design Your Own Diet
A more reasonable approach of choosing foods you love, estimating how many calories would be reasonable for your body size and designed body weight, and then getting started is usually greeted with sneers and jeers. I’ve heard, “2,000 calories a day? I’ll blow up like a balloon!” No you won’t. You’ll lose weight, although slower than the other more drastic diets, wouldn’t you prefer to lose it permanently this time?
How can you lose weight eating 2,000 calories a day? Think about it. The typical adult female eats about 3,500 calories a day, whether you believe it or not. Our typical lady, Carol, eats at McDonalds every day for lunch, grabs a StarBucks Latte every morning on the way to work, drinks four cups of coffee with cream during the day, pops two donuts at breaks, and stops for take-out chicken for dinner. She “treats” herself to ice cream and half a package of Oreo’s for dessert. Let’s see how many calories that might be:
Typical Adult American Meal Plan:
Breakfast: Skipped, we’re watching our figure
Snack: StarBucks on way to work; Caffe Mocha with whole milk and whipped cream, venti (20 Oz) = 530 calories
Total Morning: 530
Lunch: McDonald’s Big-n-Tasty with Cheese; 540 calories
Super Sized Fries 610 calories
Super Sized Coke (20 Oz) 250 calories
Apple Pie – 265 calories
Total Lunch: 1665
Snack: Sugar free gum – 0
Daytime: 4 Cups Coffee with half-n-half – 160 calories (from the half-n-half)
Break: Donuts – glazed, two Krispy Kreme – 424
Snacks & Breaks: 512
Dinner: Kentucky Fried Chicken Dinner
3-piece meal: Extra Crispy Drumstick, two Extra Crispy Thighs, Potato Wedges and Biscuit: 1,420 calories
Large Soft Drink (20 Oz): 250 calories
Small Dish Ice Cream (1 Cup): 260 calories
Total Dinner: 1930
Evening Watching TV:
Oreos – 10 cookies (about 1/3 a package): 530 calories
Evening Snacks: 530
Grand Total: 5,167
You may think that’s ridiculous but I think it’s conservative.
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