RIO Fitness Chicago® Exercise & Nutrition Blog

RIO Fitness Chicago® Tip:

After a huge meal, our instinct is to not eat again for the day. Worst thing we can do. Overconsuming calories was bad enough because the body can only take in approx 500cal before it starts storing the rest as body fat. If we don't eat again we slow down our metabolism (how fast we burn calories), which means we burn calories at a slower rate = storing more calories as body fat. Every three hours after that huge meal, have a SMALL snack (100-200cal) to keep your metabolism fast.

Small snack ideas:

One large banana 120cal
Yogurt 80-120cal
One apple with 1tbsp of peanut butter 190cal
2tbsp hummus with 1cup baby carrots 124cal