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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
People need to be educated on weight loss, plain and simple. So many people underestimate their caloric intake and daily requirements. They overestimate the amount of calories burned by their activities. And people lack the motivation or willpower to change their lifestyle, which is the key to losing weight, getting fit and staying that way.
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So much this.
Big Mac combo at McDonald's:
Big Mac: 520 calories
Large Fries: 560 calories - 600 with ketchup
Large Pop: 330 calories
It's 1450 calories, if they refill their pop they've just reached their daily calorie goal in a single mean. But the amount of people who think that's a normal lunch, and have a hefty breakfast and dinner on top of it are way to frequent.
And then they may 'run' on a treadmill for half an hour and think they've burned off that meal when they might have burned off the 330 calories from the single drink.