BeckyEatsBeckyMovesWhy You Should Track Your Food Intake: Jacket Potato Edition๐ฅ
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Inspired by Secret Eaters (stay tuned for further commentary on my new favourite evening hobby).โฃ
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One woman self-reported that she has a healthy lunch every day - just a jacket potato, with some beans and cheese.โฃ
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A good choice right?โฃ
Chuck on a side salad too = even better.โฃ
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So how had this contributed to her 8stone weight gain?โฃ
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Because her healthy jacket potato with beans and cheese actually included a metric f*ck ton of cheese, and half a tub of coleslaw.โฃ
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In her head:โฃ
Medium potato = approx 140kcalsโฃ
1/2 tin of baked beans = 162kcalsโฃ
Grated Babybel light = 42kcalsโฃ
50g reduced fat coleslaw = 52kcalsโฃ
Side salad no dressing โฃ
๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น = ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐โฃ
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In reality:โฃ
Large potato = approx 200kcalsโฃ
Tin of baked beans = 324kcals (19.4g p)โฃ
60g cheddar cheese = 250kcalsโฃ
1/2 tub coleslaw = 310kcalsโฃ
๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น = ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ โฃ
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Thatโs a big difference - 686kcals difference. โฃ
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Letโs say for arguments sake her maintenance calories (what she would eat to not gain or lose) were 1,800kcals a day.โฃ
After her lunch sheโs left with 800kcals to spread across breakfast, dinner, snacks, and drinks.โฃ
Itโs not much.โฃ
And you can soon start to see how her weight gain had occurred. โฃ
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