More than half for most men of middle age who don't have physically active jobs. I gain weight if I consistently eat more than 2000 calories a day and I walk 40 minutes a day (- 200 calories).
That's like the Scottish diet then. Legendarily unhealthy.
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Although I read somewhere that actually Scottish recruits to the British Army in the 19th century were much healthier than English ones; the former tended to eat a lot more oats and vegetable stews whereas a good proportion of the latter had subsisted on bread and lard and weak tea for much of their early lives.That's like the Scottish diet then. Legendarily unhealthy.
And neither does cheese on toast.
Whereas, I've relations who want weight-loss surgery - a gastric band etc. - and they were told "You need to lose some weight before we risk putting you under." Fair enough - weight does factor into anasthetic - but it sounds like they're taking the piss.
Right now I'm having Eight O'Clock coffee with a slice of zucchini bread for breakfast.
You're right about that - I read the labels on everything we eat, and if one of the ingredients is 'high fructose corn syrup', or even 'corn syrup', I put it down. (I don't know what that even is.) Along with sugar as the first ingredient. And I don't know about other countries, but our foods are labeled with calorie content, fat, cholesterol, sugar, salt, etc.
I haven't seen that here yet - if I do I'm going to try it!
Zucchini pasta is, I believe, simply zucchini shredded on a coarse grater or with something called a spiralizer. You don't really have to cook it, just mix it in to a hot sauce and it will tenderise itself. Known in the UK as 'courgetti'.
Got to do something to make courgettes more interesting..
'Processed' is only a small part of the issue. The addition of sugars and fats to food you wouldn't reasonably expect to have much of either pushes the calorie counts way up - both of those additives broadly have 6-700 calories per 100g. Lean chicken is a little over 100 calories for the same weight.
Slice, season well, fry in olive oil until both sides are dark brown.
Exactly, which is why I read the labels on everything now. It's shameful how much sugar, salt and fats are tossed into our foods.'Processed' is only a small part of the issue. The addition of sugars and fats to food you wouldn't reasonably expect to have much of either pushes the calorie counts way up - both of those additives broadly have 6-700 calories per 100g. Lean chicken is a little over 100 calories for the same weight.
Those 'well known' tuna lunches seem like a healthy lunch but they're 300 odd calories and a careful read of the label will tell show about a third of the calories are sugars/fats. If I make my own using tinned mixed beans, tuna and whole-meal rice, with the same calorie count the portion is twice the physical size (at least). 500 calories of that mixture (and some soy sauce) is a pretty good (large) healthy lunch.
I have to keep under 2000 calories to not put on weight and keep over 1500 to aovid starvation responses - I've experimented and adjusted - I count them - and keep myself to 1800 a day more or less - which is why I've lost 35 pounds in two years and kept it off.
There is no 'diet' that works long term, there's only 'changing your eating pattern for life'. And it's not easy
Pasta has a reputation as 'healthy'. It's not, it's a refined carbohydrate. It's no more a health food than white bread. Replace it with vegetables and you'll be far better off.
Slice, season well, fry in olive oil until both sides are dark brown.
That's why Mussolini wanted Italians to stop eating it and start eating more rice instead.
Oooerrr missus - I’m forming the impression you’re not talking about eating them..You haven't LIVED.
Well not in Asda.
Loving - and learning to cook Italian meals - I agree with this. A filling, delicious dinner can be gnocci, a spoon of pesto and a sprinkling of parmesan is enough. It's the flavour that counts. When it comes to pizza, a little detail that caught my appreciation is that it tends to be thin-crust and eaten with a knife and fork, the last detail being a 'limiter' to gorging oneself as it tends to slow down consumption IMO?
