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Eating tips to help limit weight gain during Tet

TB (summary) January 22, 2025 14:01

Tet holiday meals have a lot of dishes. If you don't calculate the calories properly when eating, you can easily gain weight.

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Tet holiday meals have many high-calorie dishes that can easily lead to weight gain (illustrative photo)

Stop eating when you are still slightly hungry.

During Tet, the need for physical activity is less. For those who do not want to gain weight or maintain weight, they should only eat 80% of the required energy level.

In principle, blood sugar levels usually increase significantly within 15 minutes of starting to eat and are likely to peak within 30 minutes. At this point, the brain begins to send signals of fullness to the intestines and stomach, causing the feeling of hunger to quickly disappear.

Therefore, if you eat too fast, it means you have eaten too much food before the signal is sent out, affecting the control of the amount of food taken into the body.

Instead of continuing to eat until you are full, put down your bowl and chopsticks when you are still a little hungry. After a while, your body will feel comfortable and at ease. The reasonable time to complete a meal should be about 20 - 30 minutes.

Estimate calories per dish

Typically, high-calorie foods are high in sugar and fat, such as cakes, fried foods, and jams. Meanwhile, foods rich in water, fiber, and protein are lower in calories and low in fat.

The specific amount of energy consumed each day is different. The average adult needs 2,000 calories/day, divided into three meals, or an average of 667 calories/meal. Meanwhile, the Tet meal has many dishes, if you do not calculate the amount of calories when eating properly, you can easily gain weight.

To calculate, you need to know the basic calories of the dishes in the Tet tray to balance, for example: 1 banh chung 1,500 calories + 1 plate of sticky rice 600 calories + bowl of meat jelly 297 calories + a plate of boiled chicken 1,500 calories + 1 plate of spring rolls 1,200 calories + Chinese sausage 340 calories + beef 250 calories + 1 plate of ham 1,500 calories + 1 large bowl of bone broth 400 calories = 7,500 calories. (not including other side dishes).

The meal is for 6 people so you need to calculate the appropriate amount of calories.

Some "visual tricks" for weight loss include simple ways like using smaller plates, not eating while watching TV, or keeping food out of sight.

Healthy cooking methods include boiling and steaming. For stir-frying, use less oil or vegetable oil with low fat and calorie content. Limit the use of prepackaged foods such as sausages and cold cuts. Instead, increase the intake of mushrooms and green vegetables.

In particular, you should drink enough water. On average, a person should drink 1.5-2 liters of water per day. Drinking enough filtered water helps the body stay healthy, increases metabolism, eliminates toxins and helps organs function better. Water also actively participates in the body's fat burning process.

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