With today's processed foods and home delivery, it is now extremely easy to eat far more calories per hour than you could ever dream of burning off through exercise. So, a lot of fitness goals involve some time to restructure your eating habits.
We can't tell you exactly what to eat - but we have three suggestions:
- This may seem odd, but the Brazilian food guide is receiving rave reviews from globally noted nutritionists. It can be downloaded here. A Google search will reveal several articles pointing-out the issues surrounding the Canadian and American food guides, plus the strengths of Brazils.
- Read the Canada Food Guide. There is a lot of information, but with some well-noted issues, on a variety of nutrition topics, available here. A summary of the issues surrounding this guide can be found here.
- For more information on nutrition see www.lesliebeck.com or Dr. Yoni Freedhoff's site at http://www.weightymatters.ca
Some basic facts about food and weight loss:
- You have to burn more calories than you eat to lose weight.
- One pound of fat-loss requires 3500 calories of exercise
- 1-hour on a treadmill = 700 calories
- 5-hours on a treadmill = 1 pound of fat
- You can eat a blueberry scone with a white-chocolate mocha and have consumed 850 calories in just 10 minutes.
So, you can spend all day on a treadmill and still not get ahead, or you can watch what you eat and spend less time at the gym.