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Using Your Hands as a Visual Tool Makes it Easy to Watch What You Eat

May 15, 2016 by mschimmel Leave a Comment

handsThey say that the only way to lose weight is to eat less, and move more.

A pound of fat is 3500 calories. If you eat 500 calories less than you burn every day, then after a week (7 * 500 = 3500) you will have lost a pound of fat.

As a fitness professional and a health and wellness coach, I know that calories matter. Fundamentally, human body weight is controlled by energy balance—calories in vs. calories out.

It is hard to to keep up on a daily calorie count. There are easier ways to watch what you eat without using a calorie counter. Using your hand to visually understand how much of each food group you should eat will work just as well if not better.

  • Your palm determines your protein portions – both in thickness and area size
  • Your fist determines your veggie portions
  • Your cupped hand determines your carb portions
  • Your thumb determines your fat portions

I recently stumbled upon this great article published by IDEA that I would like to share. Read more…


Source: http://www.ideafit.com/fitness-library/a-better-way-to-control-calories

 

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