Nutritionist Mihaela Bilic spoke in a post on Facebook about the cases in which we end up overdoing it at the end of the week, offering several options to fix possible problems.
The nutritionist spoke about the temptations at the end of the week PHOTO Facebook / Mihaela Bilic
“What do we do if we made it wide? At the weekend, food temptations appear: hearty meals, fast food products or sweets. The weekend menu is definitely more generous, regardless of whether we are at home or away. What do we do if we overeat? What measures do we take so that we don’t wake up with indigestion or 2 kg extra on the scale?“, writes Mihaela Bilic on Facebook.
According to the nutritionist, “deviations from the balanced and healthy diet you normally have are not a tragedy”, if we take into account a few strategies:
“Variant no. 1: pay off your debt as quickly as possible! The body establishes its metabolic balance during the last 4-5 days, we don’t gain weight from a meal and we don’t lose weight if we skip a meal. It doesn’t matter if you ate more in one day, what matters is what average caloric intake you achieved in a week. If you spent double your calorie budget today, tomorrow you will have to starve… to pay off your debt.” claimed Mihaela Bilic.
In the case of a festive meal with three dishes and dessert, Mihaela Bilic recommends that the next day we consume “just water and coffee to help digestion, and for lunch a soup or a yogurt”. According to the nutritionist, “in this way the feast is spread over 2 days and you do not exceed the caloric budget”.
“Variant no. 2: collect white money for dark days! In nutrition it’s called anticipatory appetite and it means eating less in the days leading up to a feast. Do you know you have a party or a culinary treat coming up? Then save calories for this event. A day or two before you eat only soups, salads and dairy products, the reduced calorie intake during the week allows you to go big on the weekend”Mihael Bilic also wrote.
The nutritionist also informed about a third option: “pass the food excess to the chapter “exception” and return to your usual diet. Nutrition doesn’t have to be perfect every day of our lives, it’s important to get things right 80% of the time. The remaining 20% will be overlooked! The figure is the result of our everyday deeds, it matters what we eat on a regular basis, not what we do exceptionally. Sweets, fast food, fried foods, semi-prepared and ultra-processed foods are rarely eaten. It’s only if you make them a habit that problems arise”Mihaela Bilic also wrote.
