1.average 200ml pure juice contains approximately six fruits. The human body copes well with small amounts of fructose and glucose from eating single servings of fresh fruit, where the pulp slows down rapid absorption of these simple sugars. Juices place a burden on the body to produce insulin in an effort to cope with large amounts of quickly absorbable sugars. In other words, eat your fruit, don’t drink it.
2. Fat free is the only way to dietHealth authorities have recommended “low fat” or “fat free” diets for almost four decades. The reasoning was that fat contains more kilojoules (38 kJ) as opposed to carbohydrates and protein, containing 17 kJ per gram.
It makes mathematical sense that if you eat equal quantities of these nutrients, fat will be most fattening. This equation discounts several important facts: fat offers the highest satiety value, and severely restricting it from your diet will lead to incessant hunger, and also make it a lot more difficult to stick to any diet.
The second discounted point is the GI-lowering effect of fat with meals, and thirdly, the life-saving anti-inflammatory properties of omega-3 fats. By restricting all fats, we have probably increased our exposure to inflammatory conditions such as heart disease, abdominal obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and certain cancers.
3. Base your meals on cereals and starchesThe Food Guide Pyramid has indeed become our tombstone. Many years of starchy eating (6 – 11 portions per day, as recommended) have fuelled our abdominal fat stores. This could lead to an increased production of insulin in response to chronic, large amounts of blood sugar release from starches.
Fresh fruit and vegetables are a healthier alternative to starchy eating, since their biochemistry call for less insulin release. Fresh fruit and vegetables should be used to substitute half of our starches. No diet based on starch will promote or sustain weight loss.
4. Jelly babies and marshmallows are fat free, and not fatteningThe food industry knows you confuse fats and sugars, and exploits this. If you think you can regularly, safely indulge in a packet of “fat free” jelly babies while you’re trying to lose weight, you have fallen in the trap. These products might be fat free, but contain concentrated sugar, with a high insulin-stimulating action. High insulin release is exactly what you want to avoid if you want lasting success with weight loss.
5. Eat at least five fruits dailyThis recommendation assumes that these five fruits will substitute extras in your diet, such as starches or desserts. It’s no use eating your daily junk diet, plus five fruits to soothe your conscience. Then even fruit is fattening.
6. Avocado pear is fatteningThis healthy fruit has been unfairly blamed as fattening for too long. Fruit is generally fat free, and the fat in avocado is not “high fat”, “bad fat” or even fattening. Also – it has no effect on your cholesterol or blood sugar levels.
7. It’s what you eat – when is not importantWe often skimp on our food intake during the day, and then by 5 p.m. our natural drive for blood sugar replenishment overrides all reason. One of the main purposes of breakfast is to get a solid, slow supply of blood sugar going. Topped up by a sensible lunch and late-afternoon snack, your supper should be smallest of your meals.
Breakfast has 16 – 18 hours to metabolise, lunch has 10 – 12 hours, and supper usually has two or three hours before we expect our sleeping bodies to cope with the digestion of the largest meal of the day. “Breakfast like a king and supper like a pauper” are indeed words of wisdom for typical western eating.
8. Apple cider vinegar breaks down fatsThe only thing apple cider vinegar breaks down is the lining of your stomach. It will not make you thin, and what’s more, it could cause stomach ulcers if the vinegar is taken on a regular basis.
9. Breakfast cereal and breakfast bars will make you thinIf you want to kick-start your insulin production to put your body in effective fat storage mode, try doing this. Having high-GI starch as your meals, plus bars loaded with sugars, harmful fats and more refined starch in between, will make sure that you become a yo-yo dieter. Be prepared to be a lot worse off than you were when you started this ridiculous diet.
10. Cream crackers, rice cakes and popcorn are ‘free foods’Firstly, the need for free foods means that your diet has little satiety value, or you are stimulating glucose and insulin spikes in a self-perpetuating cycle by means of bad eating habits.
Secondly, no refined starch-based foods are ‘free’. The term ‘free’ refers to the low-kilojoule content of these foods, but by frequently eating ‘free’ starches, you are stimulating insulin production, and again, putting your body in good fat-storage mode. This has little to do with kilojoules.
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Sunday, September 30, 2007
1 Step Back, 2 Steps Forward
-- By Mike Kramer, Staff Writer
"Fall seven times, get up eight." - Japanese Proverb"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish." - John Quincy Adams"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." - Chinese Proverb"Never give in. Never. Never. Never. Never." - Winston Churchill"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance." - Samuel JohnsonThese quotes all say the same thing. No matter how many obstacles you run into, what matters is that you’re able to overcome each of them, one at a time."Two steps forward, one step back" is usually a negative term to describe someone who is having trouble making progress. But switched around, "1 Step Back, 2 Steps Forward" means that instead of grousing or feeling guilty about a misstep, you can still come out ahead if you put your head down and push forward.Steps back can take many forms: a family vacation, breaks in your routine, personal tragedies, injuries, or that lost weekend in front of the tube. A big mistake people make when trying to get healthier is that when they fall off a bit or something happens, they think they "have to start over". Wrong! When missteps do happen, a better strategy is to simply take two steps forward. You’re still ahead of where you were before, far beyond the starting line.
In tennis, losing one point isn’t the end of the world. It happens to the best of them. In fact, if you can consistently win a few more points that you lose, you may end up in the hall of fame. With healthy eating and exercising, as long as you’re consistently out-stepping your steps back, you’re ahead of the game. If you expect perfection (and many of us do), you’re setting yourself up for disappointment and guilt.Guilt can be debilitating to your healthy habits. When you mess up (or even when things are messed up for you), it’s natural to feel guilty. At that point, you have a choice: to let that guilt plummet you into a cycle that could spit you out worse off than before, or to accept the step back and say "where do I go from here?"Of course, consistent success is still something to strive for. You don’t want to roller-coaster up and down. That’s an "old" habit, remember? And the 1Step/2Step strategy doesn’t lessen the need to do your best. You should still work hard to keep those steps back from happening. But it helps to be prepared with a plan and a positive attitude for when they do happen.
-- By Mike Kramer, Staff Writer
"Fall seven times, get up eight." - Japanese Proverb"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish." - John Quincy Adams"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." - Chinese Proverb"Never give in. Never. Never. Never. Never." - Winston Churchill"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance." - Samuel JohnsonThese quotes all say the same thing. No matter how many obstacles you run into, what matters is that you’re able to overcome each of them, one at a time."Two steps forward, one step back" is usually a negative term to describe someone who is having trouble making progress. But switched around, "1 Step Back, 2 Steps Forward" means that instead of grousing or feeling guilty about a misstep, you can still come out ahead if you put your head down and push forward.Steps back can take many forms: a family vacation, breaks in your routine, personal tragedies, injuries, or that lost weekend in front of the tube. A big mistake people make when trying to get healthier is that when they fall off a bit or something happens, they think they "have to start over". Wrong! When missteps do happen, a better strategy is to simply take two steps forward. You’re still ahead of where you were before, far beyond the starting line.
In tennis, losing one point isn’t the end of the world. It happens to the best of them. In fact, if you can consistently win a few more points that you lose, you may end up in the hall of fame. With healthy eating and exercising, as long as you’re consistently out-stepping your steps back, you’re ahead of the game. If you expect perfection (and many of us do), you’re setting yourself up for disappointment and guilt.Guilt can be debilitating to your healthy habits. When you mess up (or even when things are messed up for you), it’s natural to feel guilty. At that point, you have a choice: to let that guilt plummet you into a cycle that could spit you out worse off than before, or to accept the step back and say "where do I go from here?"Of course, consistent success is still something to strive for. You don’t want to roller-coaster up and down. That’s an "old" habit, remember? And the 1Step/2Step strategy doesn’t lessen the need to do your best. You should still work hard to keep those steps back from happening. But it helps to be prepared with a plan and a positive attitude for when they do happen.
The 10 Worst Diet Myths
1.average 200ml pure juice contains approximately six fruits. The human body copes well with small amounts of fructose and glucose from eating single servings of fresh fruit, where the pulp slows down rapid absorption of these simple sugars. Juices place a burden on the body to produce insulin in an effort to cope with large amounts of quickly absorbable sugars. In other words, eat your fruit, don’t drink it.
2. Fat free is the only way to dietHealth authorities have recommended “low fat” or “fat free” diets for almost four decades. The reasoning was that fat contains more kilojoules (38 kJ) as opposed to carbohydrates and protein, containing 17 kJ per gram.
It makes mathematical sense that if you eat equal quantities of these nutrients, fat will be most fattening. This equation discounts several important facts: fat offers the highest satiety value, and severely restricting it from your diet will lead to incessant hunger, and also make it a lot more difficult to stick to any diet.
The second discounted point is the GI-lowering effect of fat with meals, and thirdly, the life-saving anti-inflammatory properties of omega-3 fats. By restricting all fats, we have probably increased our exposure to inflammatory conditions such as heart disease, abdominal obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and certain cancers.
3. Base your meals on cereals and starchesThe Food Guide Pyramid has indeed become our tombstone. Many years of starchy eating (6 – 11 portions per day, as recommended) have fuelled our abdominal fat stores. This could lead to an increased production of insulin in response to chronic, large amounts of blood sugar release from starches.
Fresh fruit and vegetables are a healthier alternative to starchy eating, since their biochemistry call for less insulin release. Fresh fruit and vegetables should be used to substitute half of our starches. No diet based on starch will promote or sustain weight loss.
4. Jelly babies and marshmallows are fat free, and not fatteningThe food industry knows you confuse fats and sugars, and exploits this. If you think you can regularly, safely indulge in a packet of “fat free” jelly babies while you’re trying to lose weight, you have fallen in the trap. These products might be fat free, but contain concentrated sugar, with a high insulin-stimulating action. High insulin release is exactly what you want to avoid if you want lasting success with weight loss.
5. Eat at least five fruits dailyThis recommendation assumes that these five fruits will substitute extras in your diet, such as starches or desserts. It’s no use eating your daily junk diet, plus five fruits to soothe your conscience. Then even fruit is fattening.
6. Avocado pear is fatteningThis healthy fruit has been unfairly blamed as fattening for too long. Fruit is generally fat free, and the fat in avocado is not “high fat”, “bad fat” or even fattening. Also – it has no effect on your cholesterol or blood sugar levels.
7. It’s what you eat – when is not importantWe often skimp on our food intake during the day, and then by 5 p.m. our natural drive for blood sugar replenishment overrides all reason. One of the main purposes of breakfast is to get a solid, slow supply of blood sugar going. Topped up by a sensible lunch and late-afternoon snack, your supper should be smallest of your meals.
Breakfast has 16 – 18 hours to metabolise, lunch has 10 – 12 hours, and supper usually has two or three hours before we expect our sleeping bodies to cope with the digestion of the largest meal of the day. “Breakfast like a king and supper like a pauper” are indeed words of wisdom for typical western eating.
8. Apple cider vinegar breaks down fatsThe only thing apple cider vinegar breaks down is the lining of your stomach. It will not make you thin, and what’s more, it could cause stomach ulcers if the vinegar is taken on a regular basis.
9. Breakfast cereal and breakfast bars will make you thinIf you want to kick-start your insulin production to put your body in effective fat storage mode, try doing this. Having high-GI starch as your meals, plus bars loaded with sugars, harmful fats and more refined starch in between, will make sure that you become a yo-yo dieter. Be prepared to be a lot worse off than you were when you started this ridiculous diet.
10. Cream crackers, rice cakes and popcorn are ‘free foods’Firstly, the need for free foods means that your diet has little satiety value, or you are stimulating glucose and insulin spikes in a self-perpetuating cycle by means of bad eating habits.
Secondly, no refined starch-based foods are ‘free’. The term ‘free’ refers to the low-kilojoule content of these foods, but by frequently eating ‘free’ starches, you are stimulating insulin production, and again, putting your body in good fat-storage mode. This has little to do with kilojoules.
2. Fat free is the only way to dietHealth authorities have recommended “low fat” or “fat free” diets for almost four decades. The reasoning was that fat contains more kilojoules (38 kJ) as opposed to carbohydrates and protein, containing 17 kJ per gram.
It makes mathematical sense that if you eat equal quantities of these nutrients, fat will be most fattening. This equation discounts several important facts: fat offers the highest satiety value, and severely restricting it from your diet will lead to incessant hunger, and also make it a lot more difficult to stick to any diet.
The second discounted point is the GI-lowering effect of fat with meals, and thirdly, the life-saving anti-inflammatory properties of omega-3 fats. By restricting all fats, we have probably increased our exposure to inflammatory conditions such as heart disease, abdominal obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and certain cancers.
3. Base your meals on cereals and starchesThe Food Guide Pyramid has indeed become our tombstone. Many years of starchy eating (6 – 11 portions per day, as recommended) have fuelled our abdominal fat stores. This could lead to an increased production of insulin in response to chronic, large amounts of blood sugar release from starches.
Fresh fruit and vegetables are a healthier alternative to starchy eating, since their biochemistry call for less insulin release. Fresh fruit and vegetables should be used to substitute half of our starches. No diet based on starch will promote or sustain weight loss.
4. Jelly babies and marshmallows are fat free, and not fatteningThe food industry knows you confuse fats and sugars, and exploits this. If you think you can regularly, safely indulge in a packet of “fat free” jelly babies while you’re trying to lose weight, you have fallen in the trap. These products might be fat free, but contain concentrated sugar, with a high insulin-stimulating action. High insulin release is exactly what you want to avoid if you want lasting success with weight loss.
5. Eat at least five fruits dailyThis recommendation assumes that these five fruits will substitute extras in your diet, such as starches or desserts. It’s no use eating your daily junk diet, plus five fruits to soothe your conscience. Then even fruit is fattening.
6. Avocado pear is fatteningThis healthy fruit has been unfairly blamed as fattening for too long. Fruit is generally fat free, and the fat in avocado is not “high fat”, “bad fat” or even fattening. Also – it has no effect on your cholesterol or blood sugar levels.
7. It’s what you eat – when is not importantWe often skimp on our food intake during the day, and then by 5 p.m. our natural drive for blood sugar replenishment overrides all reason. One of the main purposes of breakfast is to get a solid, slow supply of blood sugar going. Topped up by a sensible lunch and late-afternoon snack, your supper should be smallest of your meals.
Breakfast has 16 – 18 hours to metabolise, lunch has 10 – 12 hours, and supper usually has two or three hours before we expect our sleeping bodies to cope with the digestion of the largest meal of the day. “Breakfast like a king and supper like a pauper” are indeed words of wisdom for typical western eating.
8. Apple cider vinegar breaks down fatsThe only thing apple cider vinegar breaks down is the lining of your stomach. It will not make you thin, and what’s more, it could cause stomach ulcers if the vinegar is taken on a regular basis.
9. Breakfast cereal and breakfast bars will make you thinIf you want to kick-start your insulin production to put your body in effective fat storage mode, try doing this. Having high-GI starch as your meals, plus bars loaded with sugars, harmful fats and more refined starch in between, will make sure that you become a yo-yo dieter. Be prepared to be a lot worse off than you were when you started this ridiculous diet.
10. Cream crackers, rice cakes and popcorn are ‘free foods’Firstly, the need for free foods means that your diet has little satiety value, or you are stimulating glucose and insulin spikes in a self-perpetuating cycle by means of bad eating habits.
Secondly, no refined starch-based foods are ‘free’. The term ‘free’ refers to the low-kilojoule content of these foods, but by frequently eating ‘free’ starches, you are stimulating insulin production, and again, putting your body in good fat-storage mode. This has little to do with kilojoules.
Soda Sabotages Your Diet
FREE DAILY DIET TIP
By Jennifer Gruenemay, ACE-Certified, LifeScript Staff Writer
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Fifteen pounds in one year. That’s how much weight you could gain by drinking just one regular soda every day. At around 150 calories each, and with no nutritional value whatsoever, sodas should definitely be classified in your book as a “once in a while” treat, not an everyday indulgence. Not only is your waistline at risk if you have an uncontrolled soda obsession, but your health is, too. According to the Nurse’s Study of more than 50,000 women, those who had one or more sodas every day not only gained extra weight, they also raised their risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 83%. If you must indulge in a daily soda, try diluting part of your regular soda with diet soda and then moving over completely to the diet soda side. Or, if you want total control over your life and what you put in your body, fill up on water flavored with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. It’s the best drink available for your body, and it’s free.
FREE DAILY DIET TIP
By Jennifer Gruenemay, ACE-Certified, LifeScript Staff Writer
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Fifteen pounds in one year. That’s how much weight you could gain by drinking just one regular soda every day. At around 150 calories each, and with no nutritional value whatsoever, sodas should definitely be classified in your book as a “once in a while” treat, not an everyday indulgence. Not only is your waistline at risk if you have an uncontrolled soda obsession, but your health is, too. According to the Nurse’s Study of more than 50,000 women, those who had one or more sodas every day not only gained extra weight, they also raised their risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 83%. If you must indulge in a daily soda, try diluting part of your regular soda with diet soda and then moving over completely to the diet soda side. Or, if you want total control over your life and what you put in your body, fill up on water flavored with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. It’s the best drink available for your body, and it’s free.
Fill Up on FiberHow do you know if you're getting enough fiber in your diet? Well, kids, there are a couple of pretty obvious symptoms if you're not:
You're constipated. Ouch, I know, but it's true. You should be having at least three bowel movements a week. If not, chin up and try adding more fiber-filled foods, like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, to your diet and see if that doesn't fix the plumbing!
You're hungry a lot. Well, you could be hungry for a number of reasons, including emotional ones, but fiber is also a legitimate suspect. Fiber helps you feel full, and if you're not getting that warm, fuzzy, fullness feeling, it may be because you need to eat more... you guessed it: fruits, veggies, and whole grains.
So fiber can help keep you regular and make you feel full. The FDA also considers it to be a powerful fighter against cancer, diabetes, and heart disease as well as digestive disorders and obesity.
As a general rule, you should eat as many veggies and as much salad as you possibly can (dressing is on the side, please!) because this will make you feel full and keep you from overeating other, more fattening foods. Fill up!
You're constipated. Ouch, I know, but it's true. You should be having at least three bowel movements a week. If not, chin up and try adding more fiber-filled foods, like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, to your diet and see if that doesn't fix the plumbing!
You're hungry a lot. Well, you could be hungry for a number of reasons, including emotional ones, but fiber is also a legitimate suspect. Fiber helps you feel full, and if you're not getting that warm, fuzzy, fullness feeling, it may be because you need to eat more... you guessed it: fruits, veggies, and whole grains.
So fiber can help keep you regular and make you feel full. The FDA also considers it to be a powerful fighter against cancer, diabetes, and heart disease as well as digestive disorders and obesity.
As a general rule, you should eat as many veggies and as much salad as you possibly can (dressing is on the side, please!) because this will make you feel full and keep you from overeating other, more fattening foods. Fill up!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
How To Exercise For Different Body Shapes
www.hotexercise.com
Everyone has a certain type of body shape. You might be a pear shape, an hourglass shape, a ruler shape, or an apple shape. Let’s take a quick look at what these shapes mean.
For Men:
Pear Shape – Before you accuse me of calling you a fruit, read on! A man with this type of body shape is usually larger in the hips and thighs than in the chest and arms. He is usually petite in the arms and chest. A lot of men with this body type have an athletic type build.
Hourglass Shape – No, guys. This doesn’t mean you’re girly. This is actually the shape many football players have, with small waists and hips, and broad shoulders and muscular thighs.
Ruler Shape – You are probably pretty thin, with minimal muscle build up.
Apple Shape – This type of body shape means that the man has a larger chest and arms, with a small waist. Men with this body shape usually have a small butt and legs, and may look top heavy.
For Women:
Pear Shape – You have larger hips, with a smaller chest and arms. Most women with this body type have flat stomachs and chests.
Hourglass Shape – This is one of the favorite shapes of a woman. Your shoulders and hips are about equal in width, and you have a small waist and normally flat tummy.
Ruler Shape – You have a thinner body, with minimal curves.
Apple Shape – You have larger shoulders and larger breasts, with smaller thighs, and thinner or smaller hips and butt.
Unfortunately, we all get our body shapes genetically, which means “tough cookie,” if we want to get rid of them. However, we can utilize targeted exercises to shape up our bodies, and this will help us look great, no matter what body shape we are. Here are some great targeted exercises for each shape.
Pear Shape – For this shape, you need some great exercises that will balance out the difference in the bottom part of your body, and the upper part. Do aerobic activities that target the lower body, and resistance exercises for the upper body. You will be slimming the lower part, and building the upper part. Some great ones for you are push ups, chin ups, leg lifts, jumping rope, and elliptical training.
Hourglass Shape - Cardio is great for this body shape, along with resistance exercises. Try things like swimming, stationary biking with a bit of resistance, jumping jacks, bicep curls, shoulder presses and squats. This kind of exercise will help keep your weight in check, ensure a good balance between upper and lower body.
Ruler Shape – You don’t really need to do much extra. Your regular and balanced routine is fine, and ensuring that you get a healthy diet and nutrition. Some people with shapes like this want muscle building, so go for resistance training that targets the upper and lower body.
Apple Shape – Most likely, if you have this shape, you want to focus on losing weight. Losing weight all over will balance out your larger upper body. Do low resistance exercises with lots of repetitions, such as stair climbing, running and incline walking.
Good luck, and remember, we might not be able to change our body shapes completely, but we can change them for the better.
www.hotexercise.com
Everyone has a certain type of body shape. You might be a pear shape, an hourglass shape, a ruler shape, or an apple shape. Let’s take a quick look at what these shapes mean.
For Men:
Pear Shape – Before you accuse me of calling you a fruit, read on! A man with this type of body shape is usually larger in the hips and thighs than in the chest and arms. He is usually petite in the arms and chest. A lot of men with this body type have an athletic type build.
Hourglass Shape – No, guys. This doesn’t mean you’re girly. This is actually the shape many football players have, with small waists and hips, and broad shoulders and muscular thighs.
Ruler Shape – You are probably pretty thin, with minimal muscle build up.
Apple Shape – This type of body shape means that the man has a larger chest and arms, with a small waist. Men with this body shape usually have a small butt and legs, and may look top heavy.
For Women:
Pear Shape – You have larger hips, with a smaller chest and arms. Most women with this body type have flat stomachs and chests.
Hourglass Shape – This is one of the favorite shapes of a woman. Your shoulders and hips are about equal in width, and you have a small waist and normally flat tummy.
Ruler Shape – You have a thinner body, with minimal curves.
Apple Shape – You have larger shoulders and larger breasts, with smaller thighs, and thinner or smaller hips and butt.
Unfortunately, we all get our body shapes genetically, which means “tough cookie,” if we want to get rid of them. However, we can utilize targeted exercises to shape up our bodies, and this will help us look great, no matter what body shape we are. Here are some great targeted exercises for each shape.
Pear Shape – For this shape, you need some great exercises that will balance out the difference in the bottom part of your body, and the upper part. Do aerobic activities that target the lower body, and resistance exercises for the upper body. You will be slimming the lower part, and building the upper part. Some great ones for you are push ups, chin ups, leg lifts, jumping rope, and elliptical training.
Hourglass Shape - Cardio is great for this body shape, along with resistance exercises. Try things like swimming, stationary biking with a bit of resistance, jumping jacks, bicep curls, shoulder presses and squats. This kind of exercise will help keep your weight in check, ensure a good balance between upper and lower body.
Ruler Shape – You don’t really need to do much extra. Your regular and balanced routine is fine, and ensuring that you get a healthy diet and nutrition. Some people with shapes like this want muscle building, so go for resistance training that targets the upper and lower body.
Apple Shape – Most likely, if you have this shape, you want to focus on losing weight. Losing weight all over will balance out your larger upper body. Do low resistance exercises with lots of repetitions, such as stair climbing, running and incline walking.
Good luck, and remember, we might not be able to change our body shapes completely, but we can change them for the better.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Chocolate,Minus the Love Handles
By Carly Young, LifeScript Staff Writer
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Other than on Valentine’s Day, about 75% of chocolate purchases are made by women. When this romantic holiday rolls around, it’s the men who are doling out the treats. From heart-shaped boxes of caramel-filled delicacies to teddy bears holding milk chocolate roses, men spend a whopping $1 billion on sweets in the days leading up to the year’s most romantic holiday. It’s the one gift he can count on to be a success. But what’s a figure-conscious girl to do when faced with a 10-pound box of Godiva chocolates? Here’s how to indulge in your guy’s thoughtful gift without breaking the calorie bank:- Purchase an opaque, airtight container to store your bounty in. This way, you won’t feel pressured to polish off the box before the candies go stale.- Once your chocolate is safely stored, set a limit for yourself before you open the lid, say, one piece every night.- Store the treats in a Ziploc bag in the freezer. You’ll have to thaw each one for an hour before eating, which gives your more time to contemplate whether you really want it.Did your sweetie give you racy lingerie along with those chocolates? Slip it on while you indulge. While form-fitting attire is sexy, it’s also unforgiving and a good reminder to not eat the whole box. After all, it’s way too easy to overindulge when you’re wearing elastic-waist, XL sweatpants.
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