Surviving The Lunch Time Sandwich Dash
- By Jon Le Tocq
- Published 11/17/2008
- Nutrition
- Unrated
Jon Le Tocq
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No matter how much I drill it into peoples' heads that one of the most effective ways to ensure you drop body fat is to prepare your own food every day, some will still be unable to find the 10 minutes necessary to do so.
They will inevitable end up in one of the high street stores wondering how they can keep their calorie count down!
These tips will help you make the best choices, but consider one key fact.
How can it possibly make sense that the 6 foot male builder and the 5 foot 5 female office assistant are eating the same sandwich at lunch?
The calorie requirements are vastly different. Either the builder is eating far too little causing his body to store fat as a protective mechanism or the young lady is eating too much causing her body to store the excess.
In most cases both are true returning us yet again to the point that effective fat loss systems must be personal.
Sandwich shopping tips
Do all you can to go to a roll / sandwich bar where you can tell them exactly what you want. You can ask them to leave out the mayo, use a wholemeal roll, not add more salad etc.
If you must go to a high street shop, avoid the ones which specialise in baguettes and pasties.
Avoid those which list hydrogenated fats as an ingredient.
Avoid all containing mayonnaise and added sauces
Avoid pasta dishes as they will nearly always consist of white pasta rather than wholemeal pasta which is slower digesting as it's cheaper to buy in bulk!
The more ingredients you can't spell, the more chemicals the meal contains so avoid it!
Don't worry too much about fat content etc just look at the total calorie content and aim low.
Choose those with high vegetable content
Forget the meal deal. You can get a drink of water at work and you certainly don't want a discount packet of crisps
Avoid those with bacon, ham, stuffing, and 'jazzed up' meat such as chicken tikka. Choose plain chicken, tuna, prawns etc
If possible choose a dish with wholemeal complex carbohydrates (such as brown rice), a lean protein (chicken, tuna etc) and vegetables.
Don't eat it all at once. Unless you have starved yourself all morning, you should be able to resist the urge to eat everything in one go.
Spread it out and you will avoid the hunger roller coaster which nearly always culminates in the evening food binge in front of the TV!
Remember, you should always, always prepare your own food whenever possible if you are serious about getting the body you want.
They will inevitable end up in one of the high street stores wondering how they can keep their calorie count down!
These tips will help you make the best choices, but consider one key fact.
How can it possibly make sense that the 6 foot male builder and the 5 foot 5 female office assistant are eating the same sandwich at lunch?
The calorie requirements are vastly different. Either the builder is eating far too little causing his body to store fat as a protective mechanism or the young lady is eating too much causing her body to store the excess.
In most cases both are true returning us yet again to the point that effective fat loss systems must be personal.
Sandwich shopping tips
Do all you can to go to a roll / sandwich bar where you can tell them exactly what you want. You can ask them to leave out the mayo, use a wholemeal roll, not add more salad etc.
If you must go to a high street shop, avoid the ones which specialise in baguettes and pasties.
Avoid those which list hydrogenated fats as an ingredient.
Avoid all containing mayonnaise and added sauces
Avoid pasta dishes as they will nearly always consist of white pasta rather than wholemeal pasta which is slower digesting as it's cheaper to buy in bulk!
The more ingredients you can't spell, the more chemicals the meal contains so avoid it!
Don't worry too much about fat content etc just look at the total calorie content and aim low.
Choose those with high vegetable content
Forget the meal deal. You can get a drink of water at work and you certainly don't want a discount packet of crisps
Avoid those with bacon, ham, stuffing, and 'jazzed up' meat such as chicken tikka. Choose plain chicken, tuna, prawns etc
If possible choose a dish with wholemeal complex carbohydrates (such as brown rice), a lean protein (chicken, tuna etc) and vegetables.
Don't eat it all at once. Unless you have starved yourself all morning, you should be able to resist the urge to eat everything in one go.
Spread it out and you will avoid the hunger roller coaster which nearly always culminates in the evening food binge in front of the TV!
Remember, you should always, always prepare your own food whenever possible if you are serious about getting the body you want.