We compared the calories in popular foods and alcoholic drinks — and it reveals a truth about weight gain

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  • Alcoholic drinks can be a significant source of carbohydrates and sugar.
  • A pint of cider has roughly the same number of calories and grams of carbs as a slice of cheese pizza.
  • Several studies have documented a link between heavy drinking and weight gain.

Alcohol is not a low-calorie food.

It’s no surprise, then, that researchers have documented links between heavy drinking and weight gain.

Aside from alcohol’s high calorie count, several other factors may contribute to the tendency for people to put on weight when they drink regularly – from underestimating how much is going into a glass to eating more food while drinking.

Alcohol can also be a significant source of the carbohydrates and sugar in your diet. Scroll to find out your favorite drinks stack up:

 

Source: businessinsider.sg

 

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Don’t fall into toxic patterns!

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“The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.”

Routines are extraordinarily powerful forces in your life. When you follow a process consistently, you learn to execute it on autopilot. There’s no thinking questioning or wondering “What to do?” You just shut up and do it.

That's why bad habits are so destructive. If you repeat a behavior enough times in a row, it becomes a habit. And then it's really hard to break. It is important to halt bad behaviors before they become habits. It's the best and easy way to avoid some major problems and pitfalls in the future.

 

 

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BORED WITH YOUR USUAL WORKOUT? THIS ONE WILL CHANGE THAT

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Superset 1

Perform each movement for 45 seconds, then go straight into the next. Do three sets, resting 90 seconds between each. You’ll need some space in your home to get sweaty and a set of medium-weight dumbbells.

A. Dumbbell deadlift

Stand with your feet slightly wider than hip-width distance, holding dumbbells in front of your thighs with your palms facing in. With a slight bend in your knees, push your hips back and slowly slide the weights down your legs toward the floor. Keeping your spine straight, push through your heels to return to start for one rep.

B. Dumbbell floor press

Start lying on your back with knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Hold one dumbbell in each hand, upper arms flat on ground, elbows out at 45-degree angles from ribcage, and weights hovering above chest, palms facing away from you with straight wrists. Press weights up until arms are fully extended. Slowly lower back to start for one rep.

Superset 2

Perform each movement for 45 seconds, then go straight into the next. Do three sets, resting 90 seconds between each.

A. Dumbbell bent over row

Stand with your feet slightly wider than hip-width distance, holding dumbbells in front with your palms facing each other. Hinge forward at the hips, keeping a flat back, dumbbells now in front of knees. This is your starting position. Row dumbbells up toward chest, try to bring arms to 90-degree bend with elbows close to body, then return to start for one rep.

B. Dumbbell glute bridge

Start lying on your back holding dumbbells on hips, knees bent, feet flat on the floor hips width-distance apart. Squeezing your glutes, press through the heels to raise hips, forming a straight line between your shoulders and knees, keeping your neck relaxed and space between chin and chest. Slowly lower back to start for one rep.

Superset 3

Do 3 sets of 20 reps.

Curve sit up

Start lying down with arms extended overhead, feel flexed toward ceiling. Trying to keep your lower back on the floor for as long as possible, slowly bring arms overhead and toward your toes, engaging abs. When your arms have touched your toes (depending on how flexible you are), slowly return to start for one rep.

 

Source: wellandgood.com

 

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