How to Get Fat in a Week
So here’s the question everyone wants to know – “How do I lose fat/weight?” Well a better question, if you are interested in long lasting weight loss is – “How did I get fat?”
People gain fat when they eat more calories than they can burn.
Now I know what you are thinking – that’s not true. Okay, more likely you are thinking, yes, that is why some people got fat but not me. I know that isn’t what happened to me because I tried eating less and I didn’t lose weight.
While there are various reasons that you can diet and still not lose weight, the first and most likely reason is that you are eating more than you think.
Here is a really good example of how you can eat more than you expect from Eat Stop Eat author Brad Pilon’s Blog.
Say you are following a 2,000 calorie per day diet:
Breakfast is 900 calories
- 2 egg omelet with asparagus, avocado.
- 1.5 cup oatmeal
- glass of milk
- 3 apricots
But…then you add a couple little touches without even thinking -
- 1 ounce organic cheddar in the omelet (size of pair of dice – imagine this grated – it would be a tiny pinch)
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar, 2 TBS Almond milk in the oatmeal (estimating portions as you pour of course…)
- 1 medium coffee with 1 cream, 1 sugar
How many calories does this add? 250. Breakfast is now 1150 calories. Hmmm okay….
Lunch is 650 Calories
- 1 Bagel ( 2 grains)
- 1 apple (1 fruit)
- 1 Yogurt ( 1 milk)
But again, without thinking you add a couple additions
- 1 tablespoon low-fat cream cheese for the bagel
This adds another 50 calories. Lunch is now 700 calories.
Okay, so you are up to 1850 for the day. But lets not forget your morning or afternoon coffee run:
- 1 Cafe Latte
- 1 Apple bran muffin ( 1 extra grain serving)
…500 calories…
Your daily total is now 2350 calories without eating dinner, or an after dinner snack.
Your “on diet” restrained dinner is only 300 calories:
Dinner: 300 Calories
- Chicken breast
- Sweet Potato
- Broccoli
But you decide to add a TINY but of butter to your broccoli and sweet potato, but unfortunately even a small tablespoon adds 100 calories. Dinner is now 400 calories and your daily total is 2750 calories.
Now for the after dinner snack: 200 Calories
- 1 English Muffin
Daily calorie total – 2950 calories.
But of course you don’t want to eat it plain this time so you a tablespoon of natural peanut butter and a glass of milk. But this adds another 200 calories.
Your daily total is 3150 calories yet you intended (and probably felt) like you only ate 2,000.
Do you see how easy it is?
