Table of contents:
- Calories in should be the same as calories out
- Count the calories from every food you eat
- If it is difficult to count food calories?
You may often indulge yourself by eating a variety of foods junk food or foods high in calories and fat. Then you can simply say that "all these calories I will burn back by exercising". But do you know how long the intensity of exercise you have to do to burn all junk food have you eaten these?
Calories in should be the same as calories out
Maybe you've heard the principle 'calories in should be equal to calories expended'. This statement is closely related to people who want to maintain their weight or lose weight. However, this rule must actually be applied by everyone in order to avoid obesity or overweight.
For example, you might want to satisfy your appetite by eating a large sugar donut containing 350 calories. Then have you thought about how and how long it takes exercise to burn all these calories? The amount of time it takes for your body to burn calories depends on your weight and the type of exercise you are going to do. For example, half an hour of swimming can burn about 300 calories, walking for 30 minutes is equivalent to 200 calories, and doing half an hour of yoga will burn 180 calories. People who are heavier, will burn more calories if they do these activities, because they have a heavier "load". Meanwhile, people who are underweight will burn fewer calories. The intensity of exercise also determines how many calories you can burn over a period of time.
Count the calories from every food you eat
It is important to remember how many calories you consume throughout the day. That way, you can determine what sports or physical activity is suitable to burn the calories that have entered your body. Preferably, before you choose the food you will eat for lunch, you better think about sports that can burn calories equivalent to your lunch menu.
How often do you consume junk food like pizza and burgers? One slice of pizza contains 300 calories and is equivalent to swimming for an entire hour. Even the calories in burgers and fries are still a lot more than that. A single burger contains 325 to 900 calories, and if you eat the large size fries that are in a restaurant junk food so don't be surprised if you've just eaten as many as 450 calories in an instant. Of course, instead you have to do exercise to burn the calories you have eaten.
For both meals, at least you have to walk for hours to burn off those calories. Therefore, choose foods that are low in calories and low in fat but still delicious to eat, such as chicken sandwiches which contain about 230 calories. Or you can choose the breakfast menu with a bowl of oatmeal, low-fat milk, with pieces of fruit that only contains about 150 calories. Then you only have to walk for about half an hour to burn the 150 calories that you have previously consumed.
If it is difficult to count food calories?
If you find it difficult to count the calories you consume and determine what exercise is suitable for burning all these calories, then it's better to do regular exercise. Doing regular exercise will help you to regulate the calories that enter the body. The American Heart Association recommends that at least one week you should do about 150 minutes of moderate to moderate exercise, or about 30 minutes a day. In addition to burning calories that have entered the body, regular exercise can reduce the risk of various coronary heart diseases, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and can boost the immune system.