It only takes one meal to ruin a whole week’s worth of good nutrition and exercise. I’ll explain. It takes 3500 calories to gain or lose a pound. So, if you were good all week and you were at a 250 calorie deficit each day and you expended 350 calories each day in exercise, by Saturday you would have lost one pound! Congrats!! But, if on Sunday you didn’t exercise and you had 3 pieces of pizza for dinner and had a triple scoop ice cream cone for dessert along with all your other regular meals… you’ve blown it! You’ve taken that wonderful 3600 calorie deficit and reduced it by at least 1500 calories. That’s half a pound!! All that work you’ve donethroughout the week has been blown in one day. DON”T!!! If you are serious about losing weight, don’t do this to yourself. Ask yourself what is more important… pizza and ice cream, or your health along with that size four you want to fit into. If you have cravings for “bad” things, make healthy substitutions and plan for the calories they cost. Make your pizza at home with a whole wheat crust and reduced fat cheese and have fat free, sugar free yogurt or ice cream in a bowl, not a cone. You will satisfy your cravings by doing this and you will save your diet!
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