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I think "work out more" can be a trap sometimes. Personally, the thing that has consistently worked is portion control. It will always be easier to eat only th
by eertami 4y ago
I think "work out more" can be a trap sometimes.
Personally, the thing that has consistently worked is portion control. It will always be easier to eat only the calories you need, than to burn calories from over-eating.
People look at the "recommended serving" and cry foul that it suggests they eat only 30-40g of cereal in the morning, but it really is plenty. I keep a digital scale in the kitchen and weigh out most of my food before eating or cooking with it. Even things like rice and pasta are really easy to over-do when guesstimating and not measuring.
It can take a little bit of adjustment to get used to this, but your body quickly adapts to the portions you're being served. And then on days when you do more than your usual exercise, it's easier to add a snack or increase the portion slightly, than it is to be always trying to "reduce" the calories on days when you don't work out. It's a small mental trick that can work wonders once you've set a baseline.
- MrFantastic 4y agoCereal spikes your insulin and is a terrible way to start your day.
- cercatrova 4y agoAgreed, please don't eat cereal (at least the commercial ones) as they tend to be very high in sugar. It's like eating a tablespoon of sugar in the morning. Oatmeal and other non sugary breakfasts are fine.
- pbhjpbhj 4y agoDoesn't it rather depend on the particular cereal? I have wheat biscuits (a supermarket brand like Weetabix), 0 added sugar; almost any big brand cereal marketed at kids is extraordinarily sugary though. Weetos are quite good (compared to other child-targeted cereals), honeynut cornflakes very bad, etc., IME you need to read the label though because it can be hard to tell.
- eertami 4y agoTrue, "cereal" is a catch-all term here for many things. I usually make oatmeal/porridge with a little bit of fruit. But using just 40g of oats. Of course the Nestle-style cereals you're talking about are not ideal. But especially bad for you if you're eating 100g and not 40g.
- nradov 4y agoNuTrail Keto Nut granola is pretty good if you want to eat cereal without a lot of sugar. https://nutrail.com/ https://nutrail.com/
- watwut 4y ago>Personally, the thing that has consistently worked is portion control. It will always be easier to eat only the calories you need, than to burn calories from over-eating. The thing is, moderate amount of exercise has fairly proven track record of improving peoples health. Whether they loose weight or not in the process, the statistic result in blood pressure and what not are real. The same can not be said about weight loss based on portion size only. Which simultaneously make it easy to cut portion into malnutrition of some sort, despite still having many calories in it.