Spike_Flair
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- Posted: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:18:01 +0000
I've lived in America my entire life so far and I've heard that the reason Americans get so fat is because we eat large portions of food at a time. However, having lived in America my entire life I wouldn't know what would be an appropriate portion of food. When I look at an average meal it seems normal to me, but I often wonder if someone from another, much slimmer, country like Japan would look at an average meal that I eat and think it's a lot of food.
While I'm certainly not fat, I'm definitely not in shape and could afford to lose a little weight. I nearly never drink soda, I rarely eat out at fast-food places and I have actually gained much of an interest lately in vegetables and Genmaicha tea.
I know exactly why I'm heavier than I would like to be, and it's because I only exercise maybe once every other day and I eat what I am beginning to think are large portions of food.
Only recently have I started exercising and ever since I started I've gained weight. WTF.
I did read though that once you start exercising you may gain weight because your body is recalibrating, but I'm not putting any money on the word of a single article.
While I would like to be as skinny as an average Japanese, I will most likely never be that way due to my body shape, but if I want to be skinnier am I going to have to decrease how much I eat at a time AND get more exercise? Should I also eat more small meals throughout the day instead of three large meals?
While I'm certainly not fat, I'm definitely not in shape and could afford to lose a little weight. I nearly never drink soda, I rarely eat out at fast-food places and I have actually gained much of an interest lately in vegetables and Genmaicha tea.
I know exactly why I'm heavier than I would like to be, and it's because I only exercise maybe once every other day and I eat what I am beginning to think are large portions of food.
Only recently have I started exercising and ever since I started I've gained weight. WTF.
I did read though that once you start exercising you may gain weight because your body is recalibrating, but I'm not putting any money on the word of a single article.
While I would like to be as skinny as an average Japanese, I will most likely never be that way due to my body shape, but if I want to be skinnier am I going to have to decrease how much I eat at a time AND get more exercise? Should I also eat more small meals throughout the day instead of three large meals?