Category Archives: Helpful Hints
Good Eats
Here’s a thing about what I will talk about going forward that I know you will undoubtedly love… you get too eat frequently. Truth is, I do insist. Try 6 or 7 times every day. Now, I’m not say 6 visits to Big Al’s Big Bites daily. If you’d do this, then the only big thing will be your gut and your butt.
However, I’m telling you to to eat frequently and to also eat less. By eating 6 or 7 easy-to-fix or easy-to-find simple meals and mini-meals (or snacks) during the day, you certainly will not go hungry as you follow these programs. There are several good reasons for this, all supported by research.
If you consume smaller, yet frequent meals throughout the day it enables your body to best benefit from all the nutrients and in turn will give you and your body the maximum chance of building muscle. Simply put, you HAVE TO feed your body in order to grow.
It makes absolutely no sense for you to stuff yourself at the dinner table in the hopes that you will grow big. Your body simply cannot consume all the nutrients so what happens is, you flush all the rest down the toilet! What a waste!
Through eating frequent meals, your body can consume and process all the necessary nutrients and in turn will help your body maintain a tissue-building or anabolic state.
This in turn makes it possible to burn off excess fat. All the calories will be used up rather than being stored as fat. Simple as that 
I will provide you with a large number of diets that are not only yummy but also nutritious as well as well-balanced. A correct ratio of protein, carbs and fats will be maintained that will help you build muscle when you follow all the programs. The formula is: 20% – 25% fats, 15 % health proteins as well as the leftover 60% – 65% which will be carbs.
Activities vs Calories Burnt
I thought I would share a small list of activities along with how many calories a 175-pound person can burn in an hour while doing them. I’m sure you will find them quite useful.
Here they are:
- Bicycling, 6 mph/9.6 km/h: 280 Calories
- Bicycling, 12 mph/19 km/h: 476 Calories
- Cross-country skiing: 812 Calories
- Jogging, 5.5 Mph/9 km/h: 858 Calories
- Jogging, 7 mph/11km/h: 1067 Calories
- Jumping Rope: 750 Calories
- Running in place: 754 Calories
- Running, 10 Mph/16 km/h: 1488
- Swimming, 25 yards/min – 23m/min: 319 Calories
- Swimming, 50 yards/min – 46m/min: 580 Calories
- Tennis, singles: 464 Calories
- Walking, 2 mph/3.2 km/h: 278 Calories
- Walking, 3 mph/4.8 km/h: 371 Calories
- Walking, 4.5 mph/7.2 km/h: 510 Calories
Your Bar Guide
Ever wondered where the whole “Beer Belly” thing came from?
Here is a list of a couple of drinks along with their nutritional values — You are welcome
- Red Wine (3.5 Ounces/104 ml): 75 Calories
- White Wine (3.5 Ounces/104 ml): 70 Calories
- Light Beer (12 Ounces/355 ml): 78 – 131 Calories
- Regular Beer (12 Ounces/355ml): 150 Calories
- Gin, Rum, Vodka or Whiskey (0.5 ounces/15 ml, 80 Proof): 100 Calories
Nuts About Nuts
Nuts are a great way to get some extra nutrients to your diet, but beware that eating too many could give you a quick jolt of fat.
Don’t know how servings work when it comes to eating nuts? Lemme break it down for you…
- Pecans: Roughly 15 halves = 195 Calories
- Macadamias: Roughly 11 nuts = 204 Calories
- Almonds: Roughly 24 nuts = 164 Calories
- Cashews: Roughly 18 medium nuts = 163 Calories
- Peanuts: Roughlty 68 small nuts = 165 Calories
- Walnuts (dried): Roughtly 14 halves = 185 Calories
