Hi Kim,
I think the rice was used as just one example of a carbohydrate. One could easily replace with a mars bar, a coke, or a packet of lollies. After burn is a valid point.......I'm not a sports physiologist and am unsure if it lasts 24 hr, however along the exercise lines, as well as cardio and endurance activity, some improvement in lean muscle mass by simple resitance exercises will enhance the metabolic rate at rest as well as during activity.
Digestion also burns calories and hence eating low GI and (slowly introduced) fibre dense foods such as more vegetables helps with feeling of fullness as does drinking a glass of water 30 minutes before a meal. Many of us confuse thirst for hunger and over-eat. I know I've been guilty of this.
Quite simply:
Eat less (and food with high nutritional content) and Move more.
These criteria don't work in isolation. There has been some fantastic info in this thread.
Ensure what goes in our mouths is mostly alive food (salad, vegetables, fruits with high water content) and eat less of the dead foods. Minimise white (processed) foods (sic) such as white flour, sugar, etc, that are merely calories with very little nutritional value.
Whilst I have read the following phrase in relation to the US, I reckon it's as equally applicable here.
We are becoming a nation of the over-fed and under-nourished.
Rather than dig our graves with our teeth, we should be mindful of what we put ito our billion dollar bodies
Yeah i need to make sure i eat more salads i think! lol before when reading your post about eating veges i remembered i had bought some freshly cut celery and i went and raced to the fridge and grabbed some haha. felt like some!
i wish i liked cooking but i hate it. i have to be careful not to eat too much processed food. I've been buying those frozen weight watcher meals. The last few weeks ive been ordering the lite n easy meals to help with the nights i get home late and dont feel like cooking. I'm hoping these arnt too processed. They seem to be healthy. I've been buying the barbecued chicken and eating the white meat although i have been enjoying the skin (i know, i know its high in fat but its soooo so yummy its hard to throw in the bin) Its a constant challenge... my diet.
