Web MD is my new friend that helps me keep on track my weight loss goals.
Its weight loss tool tells me exactly how many calories a day I must consume and the amount of calories I need to burn off that week to reduce 1 lb. Pretty cool huh? Its a website I can trust. I cannot go on some crazy diet....Got to take care of myself. Other than that they have low calorie recipes and exercises to boost metabolic rate. This tool gives me incentives to find food and recipes that have a high nutritional value and a low calorific value, and to continue exercising.
Have fun exercising! ....I just joined Zumba fitness. You never know how the hour passes by. Its like a party:-) Hope to stay on track.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/food-fitness-planner/
Its weight loss tool tells me exactly how many calories a day I must consume and the amount of calories I need to burn off that week to reduce 1 lb. Pretty cool huh? Its a website I can trust. I cannot go on some crazy diet....Got to take care of myself. Other than that they have low calorie recipes and exercises to boost metabolic rate. This tool gives me incentives to find food and recipes that have a high nutritional value and a low calorific value, and to continue exercising.
Have fun exercising! ....I just joined Zumba fitness. You never know how the hour passes by. Its like a party:-) Hope to stay on track.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/food-fitness-planner/
Yep WebMD is neat. One word on calories though, don't go by calorie numbers, one cookie of 100 cals does not compare to a slice of whole wheat bread(with say, peanut butter)also of 100 cals. The glycemic and nutritive value of the foods are far more important. The sooner what you eat breaks down into simple sugar in the body, the sooner it places a demand on a large quantity of insulin and that plays havoc with metabolism and fat burning.I have deluded myself a long time with just thinking calories in - calories out = fat storage. Unfortunately not!
ReplyDeleteI agree we have to keep both nutritive value and caloric value in mind. A handful of nuts may have the same calories as a cookie but definitely are more nutritious. Its a very fine balance. "Self control" is the word. Being able to stop yourself at 1 cookie, 1 samosa ( occasionally), eating on time, right amount of rice, exercising regularly, everything counts.
ReplyDeleteCalories in -calories out = fat storage is the truth .But a person's metabolic rate has to be taken into consideration too. If your metabolic rate is low no amount of dieting will help you. Only exercising increases your basal metabolic rate....helping you keep off the weight after you lose it. ( My trainer at YMCa says).
And weight is not the only criteria of your fitness. Working out regularly may make you gain weight but lose dress sizes ...area a muscle occupies for the same weight is 1/10th the size of fat of the same weight.