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Get calorie counting out of your heads!

Author: Joslyn Thompson    Posted: 3 February 2010 11:55
Now I know that this might mean having to delete the code in your brain that you've had ever since you discovered that you might be carrying a little more junk in your trunk than you might like, that tells you, you need to watch your calories!! Boo hiss I say!!! So here's the thing. 1,000 calories worth of nutritious food, is better for you than 500 calories of diet drinks, low-fat microwave meals and fat-free muffins!! My darlings, there is always a trade off. And that trade-off us usually your health!! Incidentally, if you eat a diet of lean meat, fish, fruit and vegetables, your calories are going to be pretty low anyway. Does that mean your lips can never embrace a muffin again? Of course not!! The joy of packing most of your meals with the good stuff, is that you can treat yourself to the odd muffin here and there!!

I mentioned on Monday the 80/20 rule. That means eating well for 80% of the time, and then eating whatever it is you desire 20% of the time. Let's say you eat 3 main meals a day, and two snacks. That's 35 meals a week. Following the 80/20 rule that means that 7 of those meals, let's say 3 main meals, and 4 snacks, you can relax a little. All of a sudden, that seems like there's a lot less denial-of-self going on! Each treat if you like, counts as one of your seven cheat treats. Do you like the sound of that Betties!! Eating guilt-free!! 'Tis an amazing feeling I tell you. Sometimes you might even find yourself having just 4 of your 7 treats in a week! They don't carry over by the way, 7 per week is your limit!!

Anyway, for the rest of the week we are going to look at what a week of 7 relaxed meals might look like, just to give you a little Betty love. Valentines day looms after all!!

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Joslyn Thompson

Hi Betties! How lucky we are with this shiny new blog! I'm a trainer, sports therapist and fitness writer and manage to keep myself super busy with owning One Personal Training in the City of London, and blogging on my fitness site for women www.fitgirlabouttown.com. When I'm not barking at clients on the gym floor, or writing about healthy stuff, I like to keep my training varied with kettlebell lifting, running, weight training, the odd triathlon if I'm feeling frisky and yoga to keep me zen!  Always one to keep it holistic, I love educating on the benefits of eating right, and preventing excessive band-aid application with my healing sports therapy powers. Enjoy the ride Betties, we're excited!

 Joslyn
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