Sunday, August 30, 2009

Lose Belly Fat!

How? Stop eating the wrong stuff. Let's take a look at the little things that can really add up around your midsection and what they will actually cost you in cardio minutes.

Breakfast:

My favorite coffee shop! And probably yours too!
Blueberry Muffin:
420 Calories / 20 Whopping Grams of FAT / 49 Grams of Carbohydrates / 28 of which come straight from sugar!
Cardio = Almost 1 full hour on the elliptical! For one silly little muffin that won't even tide you over till lunch!

Add a Cafe Mocha (Just a Grande though!):
330 Calories / 15 Freakin' Grams of FAT / 43 Carbohydrates / 33 of Which come from SUGAR!
Cardio = 3 miles of running (pretty fast) - about 30-40 minutes - of RUNNING!

TOTAL = A WHOPPING 750 CALORIES / 35 GRAMS OF FAT! / 92 GRAMS OF CARBS!
CARDIO = 1 AND 1/2 HOURS OF CARDIO

Are you willing to spend an EXTRA hour and 1/2 for a Blueberry Muffin and a calorie packed coffee?

Instead....from home....:
Grab an english muffin - 120 calories / 2.5 grams fat / 25 grams of carbohydrates and pair it with a fried egg (with Pam) 91 calories / 6.2 grams fat / 0 carbohydrates

Coffee from home - Add 1/2 Cup Light Creamer - 83 tiny little calories / 4.2 grams of fat / 11 grams carbohydrates

TOTAL = 294 CALORIES / 6.7 GRAMS OF FAT / 11 TINY LITTLE CARBOHYDRATES
CARDIO = 30-35 SHORT MINUTES OF CARDIO

......Choose wisely! Is it really worth it to spend an extra hour and a half and not even create a caloric deficit? Not for me!

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