I thought I'd post something about eating right. This was taken from slim-fast.com Hopefully it's helpful for someone.
Sometimes you eat without thinking much about it, right? And the next thing you know, the whole bag of popcorn is gone, or you've eaten three pieces of bread instead of one. It's easier to take control when you know exactly what you're consuming. You'll want to focus on essential information such as serving size, calories and nutritional content.
Decoding Food Labels
1.First check the serving size, and then the number of calories per serving. You'll put on pounds if you consume more calories than you need! Knowing how many servings the product contains is key to avoid overeating.
2.Select products that contain dietary fiber, the non-digestible carbohydrate that is loaded with health benefits. Youll stay satisfied longer-perfect for your pound-shedding efforts.
3.The total fat in a product includes saturated fat, trans fat, polyunsaturated fat and monounsaturated fat. You should limit saturated fat and trans fat in your diet, as they have been linked to cardiovascular disease. Try not to get more than 10% of your total daily calories from saturated fat and keep total fat to about 30%.
4.Check out total carbohydrates, and keep in mind that all carbohydrates-except for fiber-break down into simple sugars.Sugars include both naturally occurring and added sugars. Naturally occurring sugars include lactose (found in milk and dairy products and fructose and sucrose (found in fruits and vegetables).Try to limit your intake of foods with added sugars-like soft drinks and candy-in favor of more nutrient-dense foods.
5.Percentages are everywhere on food labels. They represent how much of each nutrient is provided in one serving of the product (percent Daily Value) as part of a 2,000-calorie diet.
For more information about food labels from the Food and Drug Administration or the USDA, go to
www.fda.gov or
www.usda.gov.
un because i was so thin and didn't even know it and when i hit middle school i packed on the pounds and lost alot of my confidence.
