Diet Volumization
One of the biggest victories in my dieting has come from a concept I thought of that I’m tentatively calling "diet volumization." Simply put you try to reduce the calories to mass ratio of the food you eat.
One of the biggest complaints I had about dieting was not feeling "full" or not feeling "satisfied" after eating a "diet" meal. This was because a I approached meals from "portion control." This approach is fine, however if you are accustom to huge meals and pigging out, a portion control diet is going to be hard(atleast was for me) to maintain. So one day while reading the labeling on some chicken breasts I realize just how much food I could eat and still reach my reduced calories goals. For instance(Time for Some Math):
1 57g Snicker Bar has 271 calories! That’s a 4.75 calories for every gram!
Now compare that to a 140 g chicken breast with 258 calories…that’s 1.77 calories per gram! And what’s beautiful is I’m eating nearly three times the food and actually taking in fewer calories! Now I know what most of you are saying…ok I used a candy bar to illustrate my point, but lets take a look at my actual breakfast compared to a meal I could…buy "fast:"
Krystal Scrambler(A past favorite AKA Death in a Bowl) 440 Calories 312g = 1.41 calories/g
My Breakfast: 6 thick cut slices of bacon(63g) 2 large eggs(100g) scrambled with a pouch of pink salmon(85g) for a total of 590 calories = 2.38 calories per gram.
Now Most of you will say "Your breakfast is higher!" But given the complete lack of carbs in my breakfast compared to the profile below:
As you can see its loaded in carbs and I wouldn’t call that "good fat." So while my breakfast has a higher ratio, I’m getting a satisfying healthier breakfast with some Omega 3’s. Hope this tip works for you, I’m enjoying it!
July 17, 2008 at 7:41 am
LMAO, and your ass finally gets why I used to say pile on the vegetables.
all the spinach and brocoli and stuff.
I still wish I saw some vegetables in your breakfast too. Yeah, I’m critical. Cuz thats just me.
:-p