Ck Nail Salon | What Is Your Food Costing You?

Let's say you figured out your daily caloric requirement. The Food and Drug Administration uses 2,000 calories as an average, but depending on activity level this number goes up or down. So, let's take a woman, Mary, that is 5 feet 5 inches or 1.65 meters. She is 35 years old and works out 2 times a week. She weighs 160 pounds or 72 kilograms. She wants to lose about 15 pounds. She's aware of the importance of calories on a conscious level, but her subconscious hasn't caught up yet. She knows she needs 2000 calories to remain at 160 and anywhere from 1300 to 1600 to lose weight at a healthy rate. One of the "mind tricks" she should be using is to think of calories as money. If you have $1400 to spend everyday, you wont spend it all on one nice pair of shoes or one bracelet will you? Let's go with the idea that we need money, calories, to help us get through the day. Today Mary has $1400 for the day.

In the morning she absolutely must spend at least $300 on a ! set of keys, or she won't make it out the house to get to work. Three hours pass, Mary is at work and needs stationary to write a report. The stationary will cost anywhere from $60 - $100. This woman can't afford to spend more than that and there is a wide variety of stationary she can use to get the job done. Two hours pass and she gets up and rips the sole of her shoe off. She can't walk around all day like that. She needs to spend $400 - $500 on a new pair of shoes. She searches and finds a pair that is perfect for her and costs $400. Another 3 hours pass and she breaks a nail. She starts cursing loudly and most colorfully. Putting on a bandaid would work, but it looks horrible and she's a high paid professional. Looks count! Mary needs to spend another $60 - $100 to get it fixed. She's lucky and finds a nail salon close by that only charges her $50. Whew what a day!!

The work day is over and she decides to walk for an hour to relieve some stress. Lo and beh! old, at the end of her walk she finds $100 on the street. Thin! gs are looking up. She arrives at home and takes a shower. Just as she finishes she notices a drip coming from the faucet. She tries to turn off water but it doesn't shut off. She calls the repairman and he tells her it will cost $450 to get it fixed. Will it never end! The repairman comes and finishes the work a few hours later and tells her it will cost another $60 for a new faucet head. She pays it and gets ready for bed, she's not really all that sad because she still has the $100 she found after her walk.

So what are we really talking about here. A 300 calorie breakfast is a great way to start the day. A small snack a few hours later helps stave off hunger until lunchtime. A 400 or 500 calorie meal at lunch will provide the body with the energy it requires while still leaving enough for a few more snacks and dinner. If we switch the dollar amounts for calories, she would have spent or eaten 1360 calories. Plus, she went for a walk and that gave her an extr! a 100 calories. She is well under her daily caloric limit and on her way to weight loss.