1、You Can Eat After 8 P.M. 晚上八點后也能吃東西
It doesn't matter what time of day you eat. It is what and how much you eat and how much physical activity you do during the whole day that determines whether you gain, lose, or maintain your weight. No matter when you eat, your body will store extra calories as fat. If you want a snack before bedtime, think first about how many calories you've eaten that day.
一天中什么時候吃并不重要，重要的是你吃了什么、吃了多少、一整天的運動量如何。這些才能導致你的體重或增、或減，或保持不變。不管你什么時候吃，你的身體都會儲存多余的脂肪做能量儲備。如果你想在睡前吃些點心，先想想你一天總共吃了多少吧。
2、There Are No Negative-Calorie Foods 沒有所謂的負熱量食品
You may have heard that some foods, because they are difficult to digest, will make you lose weight. Dubbed "negative-calorie foods," citrus fruits and celery have both basked in this flattering light in fad diets over the years. The problem is that it's not true. The calories your body burns in fueling the digestive cycle are minuscule compared with the calories in the food itself. Although chewing celery might seem like a strenuous activity, it burns about the same amount of calories as watching grass grow.
你或許聽說過一些食物可以幫助減肥，但那是因為它們不易消化。柑橘類水果和芹菜被冠以“負熱量食物”的綽號，近年來在減肥時尚中享有美譽。問題是負熱量食物根本不錯在。你消化食物消耗的熱量與食物本身提供的熱量相比太小了。盡管咀嚼芹菜貌似一項激烈的活動，它消耗的熱量只如同你看著草生長消耗的熱量。
3、Liquid Calories Count 飲品也有熱量
If and when you tally up your calories at the end of a meal or a day, do your calculations take into account what you drank? Do you remember to include that can of soda, smoothie, cup of latte, or cocktail? People tend to guzzle their calories and it really adds up, often more than they realize. For example, that can of soda you drink each morning is the calorie equivalent of a piece of fruit and a slice of toast, about 150 calories. A smoothie can run up to an extra 500 to 1,000 calories despite all the good stuff added in, and a 16-ounce latte with whole milk packs 260 calories. The average margarita — my favorite — has more than 500 calories. What's more, the brain doesn't seem to register liquid calories as accurately as calories that are chewed, and it doesn't send stop-eating signals to keep you from eating more food. If you're taking in only 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day, save those calories for food. Liquid calories add up quickly, so stick with water and calorie-free beverages, and you could lose a pound or more a week. I lost 5 pounds last month because I decided not to have a cocktail periodically with friends.
如果你有吃飯一餐或一天結束時計算熱量的習慣，你會不會把飲品的熱量算進去？蘇打水、思慕雪、拿鐵咖啡、雞尾酒，這些你有沒有算進去？人們常常會吃進去超乎他們想象的熱量。比如說，你早上喝掉的一聽蘇打水的熱量相當于一片水果或一片土司，大約為150卡。一杯思慕雪的熱量比它所有的原料要高出500- 1000卡路里，而一杯16盎司的全脂牛奶拿鐵咖啡含有260卡路里。我最喜歡的一般瑪格麗塔雞尾酒一杯含有500多卡路里。比起固體食物來，大腦好像不怎么在意飲料提供的熱量，不會在你喝東西的時候給你發送不要再喝了的信號。如果你一天只打算吸收1200-1500卡路里的熱量，還是省些留給食物吧。飲品的熱量很容易就被吸收了，所以你要堅持只喝水或無熱量飲料。這樣，你一周可以減一磅以上體重。上個月我減重5磅，就是得益于我不再時不時和朋友們喝上一杯了。 |
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