Fat 2 Fit #66 – Nutritional Labels
Written on June 3, 2009 – 6:00 am | by Russ Turley
How many times have you eaten what you thought was a portion of a food, only to find out it was actually more. Sometimes a lot more. Reading the nutritional label attached to all processed foods is extremely important, yet so many of us neglect to read exactly what we’re putting in our bodies. Hopefully after this show, that will stop. We demystify the nutritional label and let you know what to look for when making your food choices. While we’re at it, we also give a few tip on making food choices based on the ingredient list. Does that food contain added sugar or fat? Learn what to look for and bypass those foods with unhealthy ingredients added.
In the email and comments this week,we have a voice mail from Nicole. She is a vegetarian and wants to know about eating enough protein. Jeff and Russ are both out of their element here, so the author of Vegan Lunch Box, Jennifer McCann, was kind enough to send us a response to Nicole’s question. Tom also wrote in asking if Russ is going to share his daily diet with the Livestrong web site and the iPhone app he uses to track all that he’s eating.
The Web Report brings two articles. The first by Jeff is a great list from Zen Habits that gives 55 ways to get more energy. Jeff highlights 20 of the 55. Click the link below to the other 35. Russ spotted a news item from New Zealand about a woman that lost 100 lbs. in 8 months. Amazing amount of weight in a short period, right? But, she didn’t do it right and is now having medical problems.
Links Mentioned in the Show:
55 Ways to get more energy
Woman loses weight drinking Red Bull
Vegan Health
This is Why You’re Thin
Fat 2 Fit Radio BMR Calculator
Recipe of the Week:
El Pollo Loco Style Grilled Chicken
Homework:
One of my biggest beliefs is that you cannot improve what you cannot measure. If your goal is to lose fat there are many ways to measure that. You could see how your clothes fit, take circumference measurements various body parts, find out your body fat percentage, and of course you could weight yourself on a scale. The homework this week is to take your results of how you have progressed and make a graph to see how you have done over time. It doesn’t matter if you do it on paper, in an electronic spreadsheet, or find a place online. If you feel discouraged, you can always look back and see where you have come from. A week or two where it doesn’t seem that you have made any progress doesn’t seem so bad when you can see all of your progress at the same time.
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2 Responses to “Fat 2 Fit #66 – Nutritional Labels”
By Ani on Jun 3, 2009 | Reply
I work on the third floor of my building, and if I’m feeling tired, going up and down all 3 flights a couple timesreally helps, or I’ll walk into one of the health rooms (normally used for napping) and do a minute or two fo jumpking jacks, and I feel better! And AWAKE!
By Another Nicole on Jun 4, 2009 | Reply
I just had to point something out as it’s a sore spot for true vegetarians and Vegans. To Nicole: If you eat seafood, you are not a vegetarian. You are a pescatarian. If the food you are eating once had a pulse, you are not a vegetarian. If the food you are eating came from something that has/had a pulse, you are not a Vegan. Please don’t refer to yourself as a vegetarian and then eat a lobster or a salmon roll. The term you are looking for is pescatarian. Thank you.