The math is pretty easy. One pound of extra fat equals 3500 calories. Want to drop a pound each week? Then you have to consume 3500 calories less a week than you use. That’s aproximatelly 500 calories a day. By cutting out 500 calories 1 day from the regular alpilean diet plan of yours, while keeping your activity level the exact same, you are able to lose around one pound a week.
All right – that does not sound like much, particularly if you’re more than 25 pounds overweight. Study after study has shown, even thought, that those individuals that lose weight gradually – at a speed of 1-2 pounds a week are a lot more prone to maintain the fat off and keep a regular weight for a lifetime.
So just how much just IS 500 calories? If you’re going to lower your daily intake by 500 calories, it helps you to know what you have to cut away, correct? Here is how easy it is losing 500 calories a day:
* Use milk rather than cream in your coffee. Savings?
50 calories a cup.
* Skip the butter on the baked potato of yours. Savings? 100 calories
* Drink fruit flavored water instead of a sixteen ounce soda. Savings? 200 calories
* Skip the Big Mac and have a salad instead. A major Mac weighs in at a whopping 460 calories. A fresh salad with a mild dressing? Under 100!
Savings? 360 calories
* Pass by the bag of potato chips. An normal snack size bag of chips has more than 300 calories. Savings? 300 calories