My Continuing Education 5 year Cycle for my old "day job" (a.k.a. R.D.) ends on May 31st. I am happy to say that I was able to get all my credits in and earned and passed off BEFORE the deadline...this is huge - really huge. What's also huge is the difference in cost between attending conferences and doing them online. Needless to say I racked up the final 2/3rds credits in the first 2 weeks of May.
Since I've been in a dietetic deluge I felt it only fair that I share some of this oh-so-insightful knowledge with the public. Chances are its stuff you already know but it never hurts to be reminded - and its good for me to reference it as well - so here we go the first of many "Mindful Eating" posts - on how you eat - everyone already knows what they should be eating - and if it's not leafy green vegetables then you're probably already up ** creek without a paddle (I never get tired of using that metaphor).
(I will point out that this blog does refer to all things FOOD & fotos & family etc...)
#1 EAT SLOW = SAVE CALORIES
If you're like me than wolfing through a meal to move on to your next task is commonplace. I loved the mathematical approach that accompanies this idea. Let's assume that each bite in the following meal example has about 10 calories:
2,ooo-calorie Meal #1, eaten at 10 bites per minute:
In 1 minute, 10 bites are eaten = 100 calories.
In 10 minutes, that's 100 bites = 1,000 calories. Person is still hungry.
In 15 minutes, that's 150 bites = 1,500 calories. Person is still hungry.
In 20 minutes, that's 200 bites. all the food is gone. Only now does the person begin to feel full.
Total time: 20 minutes
Calories consumed: 2,000
2,000-calorie Meal #2, eaten at 4 bites per minute.
In (woops! child accidentally posted without me knowing :) 1 minute, 4 bites are eaten = 40 calories.
In 10 minutes, that's 40 bites = 400 calories. Person is still hungry.
In 15 minutes, that's 60 bites = 600 calories. Person is still hungry.
In 20 minutes, that's 80 bites = 800 calories. Now the person begins to feel full AND STOPS EATING!
Total time: 20 minutes
Calories consumed: 800
Calories saved over Meal #1: 1,200
Duh. Eating Slower Can Save Calories.
**Please note that unless you're a major Olympian/Elite Athlete then a 2,000 calorie meal is ill-advised :) we're just rounding out the numbers for mathematical ease here...
**My family members are not allowed to comment at all on these Mindful Eating posts - unless positive - as demonstrated by Tia. I am well aware that I am the resident nut-case/granola freak of the family - even if my husband failed to catch on to this detail.
