Something I have done recently is planning my meals. This means writing everything you’re going to eat down on paper, typed or other ways you could write this down so you have a physical form of what you’re going to eat. This has really helped me get healthier because it’s something I can look at for my meals like dinner to know and not end up eating a frozen pizza or frozen dinner, which seems to happen too often.
In The teen
eating manifesto, Stollman includes a section about meal planning and
provides templates for the reader to see. The section also includes around how
many calories should be eaten for genders which showed for females about 1500
calories and for men about 1800 calories (Stollman 178). For the meal plans, it
even planned snacks along with the 3 major meals.
Not only does it show examples of “menus” but it also
said how often you should be eating, “Try to eat every three to five hours. If
you don’t eat regularly, you may find that you get excessively hungry and then
eat too much at the next meal” (Stollman 177). I hope some of you consider meal
planning and try out being a healthier you! Thanks for checking out my blog
posts.
Do
you believe in calorie counting when trying to eat healthier/ lose weight?
MLA: Stollman, Lisa, MA, RD, CDE, CDN. The
Teen Eating Manifesto: The Ten Essential Steps to Losing Weight, Looking Great
and Getting Healthy. Northport, NY: Nirvana, 2012. Print.
I believe that calorie counting may work when you try to lose weight but if you are calorie counting to be healthier it may not work depending on what kind of foods your eating. I've calorie counted before and I usually lose weight but I don't think that it made me any healthier.
ReplyDeleteYeah that's a good point. I think counting calories can also help lose weight but sometimes doesn't necessarily mean that you're eating healthy foods.
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