THE AVERAGE AMERICAN
EATS 3,000 CALORIES AT
THANKSGIVING DINNER. FOR A
120-POUND SEDENTARY WOMAN,
THAT'S ALMOST TWICE HER DAILY
CALORIE REQUIREMENT, AND FOR A
160-POUND SEDENTARY MAN, ABOUT
50 PERCENT MORE CALORIES
THAN HE NEEDS IN A DAY.
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Feel better in your holiday outfit — and save calories — by
tracking these numbers.
Complete 30 minutes of moderate
weight-lifting and burn off about
100 calories
*
:
or the equivalent of a serving
of turkey.
Skip the whipped cream
dollop on your pie to save
approximately
15 calories.
*
based on an
individual weight
of 155 lbs.
you'll likely eat up to 22 percent less
food at dinner, according to researchers at
Cornell University and the Georgia Institute of
Technology.
If you opt
for a 10"
plate
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Replace mashed potatoes with
oven roasted
potatoes
to save 50 calories, while
reducing carbohydrate and
sodium intake.
Switch from
green bean casserole to
baked
Brussels
sprouts
and save
54 calories.
Substitute sweet
potato pie for
pumpkin pie
and reduce
sodium and
cholesterol,
while gaining
two grams of
dietary fiber
per slice.
If you can't say "no" to that extra helping from your
host, join in the kid games to burn it off. Harvard
Health Publications points out that 30 minutes of
moderate effort playing with kids will burn nearly
150 calories. Something to be thankful for.
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instead
of a 12"
plate,
Did You Know?
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fall 2016 / tgh.org
