Food Math
I read this Marie Claire article today while step-step-stepping my way fit on the trusty step-mill. It rings true as we ring in the New Year that just making one pretty simple change in your diet and exercise habits (or lack there-or) can make a pretty dramatic difference. Check out these numbers!If you habitually drink soda with lunch and dinner, switch to sparkling water with lemon or lime. You'll save: 200 calories a day or 73,000 calories in 365 days. Weight-lost by December 31, 2010: 20.8 lbs.
If you eat yogurt with a quarter-cup of granola for breakfast every day, swap the granola for cereal flakes. You'll save: 107 calories a day or 39,055 calories in 365 days. Weight-lost by December 31st: 11.2 lbs.
If you order a Starbucks grande vanilla latte with the standard 2 persent milk every morning switch to a tall vanilla latte with skim. You'll save: 100 calories a day or 36,500 calories in 365 days. Weight lost by December 31st: 10.4 lbs.
If you have a "appointment" with two half-hour sitcoms every week, start doing sit-ups, push-ups, lunges, and squarts during the show with breaks (for water) during the commercials. You'll burn: An extra 100 calories a day or 36,500 calories a year (20 minutes of strength exercise twice a week ramps up the average women's resting metabolic rate). Weight lost by December 31st: 10.4 lbs.
Huh, that doesn't sound so bad right? Take a look at your daily routine, what you eat and drink, how much you sit versus how much you move. Now, what can you change? Choose something you know you can live with - you'll stick to it that way.
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