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How many calories should I eat a day?
How many calories a day?
One of the most popular questions I get daily
I say every human needs to consume around 1800-2200 calories a day to live. If you are a smaller person you can eat less, if you are a bigger person eat more, if you are highly active person eat more as well.
A quick and easy way to estimate this daily caloric need is to divide your weight in kilograms (bodyweight/2.2) multiply by 35 and minus 550
I weigh about 165lbs/2.2 = 75kg *35 = 2625calories -550 = 2075 daily calories
My calorie goal is 2075
You have to move to burn calories, you have to eat well to burn body fat, then rest and repeat
Hostess Twinkie’s going out of business – one giant leap for mankind
English: Hostess Twinkies. Yellow snack cake with cream filling. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
After 82 yrs of making Twinkies cupcakes, moon pie’s and wonder bread, Hostess is closing its doors.
The company cites changing “consumer taste” along with labor disputes and high production costs as the culprit.
I remember Dad always putting Twinkies in his lunch bucket for work and if he came home early from a rain out I would get to eat it for him.
82 yrs is a long time but I actually celebrate this small victory for mankind and more importantly the children of the future because know I feel like there is opportunity for something else to step up and takes its place. Whatever product it is will start in the schools first and if the kids like it, then it will pass on to everyday people
English: A Hostess CupCake, shown whole. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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GT Food Challenge – the Last 3 Days
I wish that I could help people who struggle with Obesity more efficiently than telling them to eat more fruits and vegetables, but that’s all I did to lose -5lbs in 8days – this is not a diet, this is life
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GT Get Fit Tip: 10 Healthy Snacks for Summer
The Laughing Cow (Photo credit: -l.i.l.l.i.a.n-)
Summer is near and I was thinking of some things that we can eat for snacks that are easy and tasty
here’s short list, feel free to add or suggest your own
- banana popsicle (peel and freeze over night)
- ants on a log (celery with peanut butter and raisins)
- Cashews (personal favorite)
- Laughing Cow cheese
- Peaches and cottage cheese
- Strawberry Salad (1 cup raw spinach, ½ cup sliced strawberries and 1 tablespoon balsamic)
- dehydrated apple chips
- Blackberries mixed with yogurt
- Mangos (worth the effort)
- Watermelon (mmm mm good)
What would you do for Muffin?
Here is a workout we did last week to combat the calories found in 640 calorie Choc Chip Pumpkin Muffin
SHE ate her half – she BURNED her half
45 mins and 6400m – both records at the studio
Jessie’s Story
She’s back!
Jessie just returned with Mission Team Haiti visiting Christian orphanages and doing good work.
They took the kids and did fun things, some kids she said had never tasted ice cream before!!
She has a great story about what she did and saw, I can only imagine what it would be like to be born in a place other than my own.
When you stop by to to workout today ask her about it
If your not training and working out with her, visit her blog,
She would love to tell her story
GT Get Fit tips: Do you like BLT’s?
Image via Wikipedia
Not bacon, lettuce, tomato sandwiches, I’m talking
bites
licks
&
taste
All these little extra BLT’s add up through out the day to over 350kcals – Thats 30mins of a GT workout!!
The average late night snacker piles on an extra 500kcals eating after supper.
Be mindful of what your eating and WRITE it down if you’re trying to burn fat, every bit helps
Related Articles
- Are BLTs Really That Bad For You? (fitsugar.com)
Five Spice Beef Lettuce Wraps: Robin Shea
This post taken from Southern Fried Fitness
Robin Shea is for real and I appreciate her cooking bc she wants to #gettoned2011 and has proven it!! Check out her video link bottom of post
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2011
80% Dinner Idea! Five Spice Beef Lettuce Wraps
Absolutely delicious and falls perfectly into your 80% healthy food choice! Enjoy and share your thoughts!
¼ cup rice vinegar
¼ cup fresh lime juice
2 T. sugar
1 T. fresh ginger, minced
1 T. chili garlic sauce
Prepare condiments (keep separate):
½ cup fresh cilantro leaves
½ cup cucumber, seeded, thinly sliced
½ cup dry roasted peanuts, chopped
½ cup carrot, cut into thin strips
¼ cup torn fresh mint leaves
1 lime, cut into small wedges
8 Boston or Bibb lettuce leaves
Combine:
1/3 cup dry sherry
¼ cup shallots, thinly sliced
2 T. sugar
1 T. chili garlic sauce
Toss; saute in 1 T. vegetable oil:
1 lb. flank steak or top sirloin, trimmed, and diced
½ t. kosher salt
½ t. Chinese five spice powder
½ t. toasted sesame oil
Off heat, stir in:
½ cup canned water chestnuts, drained, chopped
1/3 cup scallions, sliced
Simmer first 5 ingredients in a sauce pan until thickened, about 5 minutes.
Prepare cilantro, cucumbers, peanuts, carrot, mint, lime, and lettuce; chill.
Combine sherry, shallots, sugar, and garlic sauce in a small bowl; set aside.
Toss beef, seasonings, and sesame oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat until seared, 3 minutes. Add sherry mixture and simmer 5 minutes.
Off heat, stir in water chestnuts and scallions. Assemble with ¼ cup beef mixture in each lettuce leaf. Top with condiments; serve with dipping sauce.
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10 Fast Food Lunches Under 500 Calories in Bowling Green, Ky
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Here are some choices you can grab on the go here in Bowling Green.
Check out the list on IVilliage Health
10 Fast Food Lunches Under 500 Calories
TACO BELL
Chicken Gordita Supreme
Total: 490 calories and 21 grams protein is my favorite
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Uncle Jeffy’s afternoon – his Fruit Basket
This is what my Uncle Jeff did this afternoon instead of being down at the studio helping me train. Hey I’m not really complaining, we have a 1.75lbs Rib-Eye steak for dinner too!!
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