WELLNESS
Avoid The Holiday Gain by Using One Trick
By Sunny Ayala
Pumpkin is in the air. Pumpkin Cook- ies, muffins, pie, lattes, pancakes... you name it, this season it’s made with pumpkin. And I love it. But our waist- lines don’t seem to be in agreement with our taste buds that we should be able to eat these things without gain- ing! Ah, but we can. This is the beauty of math.
Even if you don’t like pumpkin flavored everything, fall is a season where most people tend to gain. We can blame it on the eating of more tasty baked goods, our not getting outside as much due to weather, or the fact that our bodies naturally store up fat for colder months, but the bottom line is the same. So are we stuck with this not so scale-friendly out- come? Not if we take one simply math equation and make it our friend.
Without getting too complicated by throwing in things like glycemic index, glycemic load, ph balance, insulin levels, etc., the bigger picture is that calories are numbers. While I would not use this theory for an overall lifestyle (I would take the above mentioned into account), it suffices to use it for a couple of months to avoid the extra holiday weight. So what do we do with these numbers? Simple. We add their negative counterpart to them and cancel them
out! Just as 1 + -1 = 0, we can enjoy a delicious spiced pumpkin latte (380 calorie) and make it like it never happened by adding to it it’s negative (380 calorie) counterpart (55 minutes of tennis). The two cancel each other out.
However, if we had one of those lattes each day with- out adding it’s negative counter part, we could gain about 3 pounds by Thanksgiving! Amazing, I know. But, we will add our negative counter part and not gain the 3 pounds.
The simple equation or trick that you will use this season is this. Delicious fall treat (calories) + Your body in motion (negative calories) = no weight gain. Let me show you some examples:
Delicious Fall Treat: Spiced Pumpkin Latte
Calories: 380 Negative Counter Part: 55 minutes of playing tennis
Suggestion: Drive by Starbucks on your way to the tennis court with your partner. Make it a fun time to sip your drink before you challenge each other to a game.
Delicious Fall Treat: Tasty Pumpkin
Cookie Calories: 122
Negative Counter Part: 30 minutes of raking leaves 20 Connect and Grow With Women In Our Community
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