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Diet Killers

#1 Eating Out

A study published in Reviews of Agricultural Economics showed that both fast food and table service meals feature more calories than the food prepared at home.

The average fast food meal contains 500 calories but, fast food meals are smaller, and have less calories than an average meal from a restaurant. If you are eating out, even fewer calories in healthier choices are likely to be offset by the amount of food and drinks consumed.

Think about this: It takes 500 fewer calories per day to lose a pound in a week. Five hundred fewer calories is 3500 less calories per week or the equivalent of 1 pound of fat. Eating out just twice a week sets you back up to 4 days of calorie counting or more. If you eat out twice a week assume at least 500 calories over your goal. The next two days on track offset the two days out or bring you back to even. Now you have 3 days to get to a 3500 deficit to see ONE POUND loss on the scale or nearly 1200 fewer calories each of the three days. Is it any surprise that this doesn’t work and is a big reason why weight loss is a battle?