| The effectiveness of whatever weight loss diet | | | | 5) Dinner Ground Beef - Regular (25% fat) - 236 |
| lies ultimately on calorie reduction. | | | | kcal |
| Diet plans generally impose rules on what you can | | | | This works out to a total of 1133 kcal. With a cup |
| eat and what you cannot, thus limiting you to a | | | | of coffee, a fruit helping here and there, this |
| certain number of calories you can consume per | | | | lady's food intake will hover around 1,250 to 1,300 |
| day. So, by following these weight loss diets, you'll | | | | which is pretty ideal. |
| naturally eat less than when you normally eat | | | | Note: The above calories are based on US Food |
| freely. | | | | & Drug Administration (FDA)'s Consumer |
| Sure, there are other nutrients like fat content | | | | Magazine, May - Jun 2005 issue. |
| that you must watch out for when you eat, but | | | | You can easily search for listings of all the |
| that's a topic for discussion another day. For now, | | | | common foods and their calories but here's my |
| suffice to know how many calories you consume | | | | list I compiled for you so you're more conscious |
| on a daily basis and that will give you a good | | | | of the common foods and calories when you |
| indication if you're overeating or not. | | | | choose your foods: |
| There's really no general guideline about how | | | | 1) Hamburger 120 g - 300 kcal |
| many calories you should consume due to many | | | | 2) Fish and chips 250 g - 800 kcal |
| factors based your current physical condition, age, | | | | 3) Soft drink (Coke) can (285 ml) - 120 kcal |
| sex but from U.S. National Weight Control | | | | 4) Fries 200 g - 600 kcal |
| Registry's findings, individuals who were successful | | | | 5) Coffee/tea with sugar cup (200 ml) - 40 to 50 |
| in weight loss consume around 1,700 kcal for men | | | | kcal |
| and around 1,300 kcal for women. | | | | 6) Coffee/tea with milk cup (200 ml) - 70 to 120 |
| Counting calories may seem to be tedious and | | | | kcal |
| unnatural but nevertheless helps you to be aware | | | | 7) Beer can (350 ml) - 150 kcal |
| of how much food intake you're actually | | | | 8) Fried fish 200 g - 450 kcal |
| consuming. Even if you don't count, by knowing | | | | 9) Broiled fish 200 g - 300 to 400 kcal |
| the calories of common foods will help you make | | | | 10) Steak 200 g - 500 kcal |
| an informed and better decision for your diet. | | | | 11) Fried rice 400 g - 500 kcal |
| Here's an example of a fictitious female who eats | | | | 12) Noodles, dry or soup 300 to 500 g - 400 to |
| an extremely healthy diet for the sake of | | | | 500 kcal |
| discussion: | | | | 13) Noodles, fried 300 to 500 g - 500 to 800 kcal |
| 1) Breakfast Croissant (medium) bread and | | | | 14) Cookies 5 to 10 small pieces - 200 to 300 kcal |
| Low-fat milk (1%) - 333 kcal | | | | The above list is NOT a recommended list of |
| 2) Morning snack Regular ice cream (1/2 cup) - | | | | foods to eat. Rather, you now know that eating a |
| 145 kcal | | | | packet of fries at a fast food restaurant will give |
| 3) Lunch Fried fish (3 oz) and Regular cheddar | | | | you 600 calories and you can now decide if you |
| cheese (1 oz) - 309 kcal | | | | want to eat all of that, half of that or don't touch |
| 4) Morning snack Frozen yogurt, low-fat (1/2 cup) | | | | that at all. |
| - 110 kcal | | | | |