Diets, from the simplest to the exotic, are no longer surprising to anyone in our time. But to this day, the calculation of the calorie content of dishes, tested by generations, remains the most effective and affordable. You only need to know a few simple rules.
The question of how to lose weight and "squeeze" into the strict standards of beauty is asked today equally by representatives of both sexes. The most optimal and effective way to get rid of the hated kilograms is to change the calorie content of the daily diet. It would seem that everything is quite simple, but, as practice shows, not everyone can correctly calculate calories.
Any product has its own individual calorie content. In fact, this is nothing more than the amount of energy that enters the human body with the use of a certain food. When the diet in terms of energy indicators is higher than the expenditure of real human forces, the unused "fuel" is deposited on the body and internal organs. To prevent this, you should carefully monitor the calorie content of your own diet. Often tedious counting and weighing each tidbit allows you not only to become slimmer, but also significantly improve your health.
The value of a product is measured in kilocalories. One hundred grams of the product is taken as the average.
The first step is to determine the calorie content of the total diet. It is individual for each person: it depends not only on weight and age, but also on the sphere in which a person works. So, for a representative of the weak half of humanity, earning mental activity, about 2000 kcal is required. The younger a person is, the fewer calories he can consume without compromising well-being and health. For adolescents or people whose work is related to physical activity, the calorie limit ranges from 2500 to 3000 kcal.
Then you can start calculating the calorie content of your own diet per day. There are a lot of useful, simple and convenient resources on the Internet now: you just need to choose the name of the ingredient and the weight of the portion.
It should also be remembered that all such tables give the raw energy value of the product. Any food should be weighed before cooking, especially if it is cereals or meat: an increase or decrease in the mass of the product after heat treatment is a property of the product itself, and this does not affect the calorie content.
The first time it is worth keeping a food diary. This is only at first glance a useless thing. In fact, by writing down what you eat, you can use a real example to see where you overdo it and what should be added to the diet. Gradually, this will enter the system, and the need for constant counting will disappear.
