Page 10 - Boca Club News - May '21

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From The Professionals’ Desks

Reality Check √ – Healthy Answers on

Living & Loving Life: “COVID-19 Weight Gain?”

By Dale Brown, B.S., M.A., C.E.C. It’s a balancing act. What you take in you have to burn in What might you be doing to sabotage your efforts to lose
Dale is a motivational speaker who order to maintain a certain weight. If you want to lose weight, weight?
has spent many years as a Certified your intake has to be less than your output. As easy as it may The Overachiever sets goals way beyond what’s realistic.
Life Coach and has written numerous sound, it’s not so easy to do. Want to lose 50 lbs. by a certain date? A healthy weight loss
articles and e-books relating to self- During the pandemic, many people turned to the prepared is 1-2 lbs. per week; do the math and allow enough time.
improvement and ways to build a high- meal delivery craze. It helped beat the dilemma of what to Goals are great, but make them reachable.
performance team. Her education and make for dinner, especially since eating out was impossible. The Diet Crasher chooses a diet that reduces calories
years of experience in physical fitness Although I have not sampled any of the many options to 1,000 a day. This slows your metabolism down to a crawl
and training of elite athletes has available, some of my family members have and they find and your body learns to burn calories at a snail’s pace.
enabled her to sharpen her knowledge in many health-related the menus to be quite good. Here’s a quick rundown on just Unfortunately, you usually gain the weight back as soon as
areas. The following is one in a series of columns devoted a few. you exceed the minimum calories.
to many topics that deal with the mind/body connection and All companies tout flexible meal plans that you can The Meal Skipper rationalizes, “I haven’t eaten a thing
the importance of living a healthy lifestyle. Dale, a Bocaire heat and serve in less than 30 minutes! Blue Apron offers all day so I can afford to chow down on chicken nachos and a
resident, can be reached at dalebrown@lovingmondays.com. only fresh ingredients with step-by-step instructions of couple of beers. It all evens out at the end of the day!” Wrong!
Has it really been a year? how to prepare and cook. Green Chef offers Keto, paleo, Don’t skip meals. Your body will store fat and hold out for
Last evening my husband and I attended a birthday party and vegetarian meal kits to appeal to whatever diet you are the next meal. It’s counterproductive to losing weight.
with friends in our neighborhood. This was the first time we subscribing to at the time. Hello Fresh is geared to the calorie The Snacker grazes throughout the day. It isn’t a bad
mingled with people without masks because, fortunately, conscious with the “fit” plan featuring 650-calorie meals. thing to do, as long as the snack is nutritious. Eating several
we all had been vaccinated. What a great feeling! It was High on the rating scale is Factor, which claims they deliver small meals during the day controls hunger and keeps your
wonderful catching up with people we hadn’t seen in literally chef-prepared meals to your doorstep; just heat and serve. metabolism in high gear. Nuts are a good choice but consider
a year. There seemed to be a common thread to many of our The most popular are the diets that make the food for apples, trail mixes, carrots, and celery; need I say more?
conversations that pointed to the COVID-19 weight gain. you…no weighing or cooking; a very brainless way to The Low-Fat Expert only buys low-fat items to cut
It’s easy to see how this could happen. The worst part keep your caloric intake in check. Just pop the tasty meal back calories. Whoops! Low-fat does not translate to low-
of surviving COVID-19 was the stress it added to everyday in the microwave and you’re good to go. Jenny Craig and calorie. Better check your carbs, fat, sugar, and calories on
living. You may be familiar with the term “nervous eating,” Nutrisystem are the leaders in the prepackaged diet field and the nutritional label for a real eye opener.
which refers to nibbling on whatever high-calorie snack may work if you stay focused and don’t cheat. The Drinker loves shakes, coffee drinks and alcoholic
is in your pantry. My husband, alias Baker Al, turned our Weight Watchers has been one of the most successful diets beverages. Liquid calories don’t fill you up, and some can
kitchen into a bakery of freshly made desserts. Even if I because it teaches people how to make the best choices in any even contain more than 500 calories each. Adding a high-
wanted to refrain from grabbing a scone, cookie or tart, it given situation…whether eating at home or elsewhere. Load calorie drink with your meal only packs on pounds. It doesn’t
was sometimes difficult to resist. the app on your phone to keep track of daily consumption. help you eat any less.
What’s the best way to shed unwanted pounds? Once you catch on to their system and weigh-ins, you stand to If you relate to any of these scenarios, you’re not alone.
There are so many diets out there, you get confused as to lose weight as long as you are dedicated to staying on track. Dieting is hard, eating and drinking is easy. You might not
which one to choose and whether to trust if any really work. If you’ve tried different diets, only to be disappointed in have worried about your weight before the pandemic, but
Through all my years of coaching gymnasts and counseling the results, there could be reasons why. Before starting on give yourself some slack. It’s been a tough year. This will
them on proper nutrition, my mantra still remains the same any weight loss plan, be sure to check with your doctor for pass, things will soon return to “normal,” and so will your
when it comes to losing weight: “calories in, calories out!” any dietary restrictions, especially if you are on medications. waistline! Good luck.

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