So how much calories does our favorite modern day Filipino hero and champion, Manny "Pacman" Pacquio eats in a day especially during training and preparation for a boxing match?
According to a feature story in Livestrong website entitled "Manny Pacquiao. Best. Meal. Ever.", the 147 pounds Filipino champion eats about 7,000 calories!
The Average Filipino Calorie Consumption
What's initially surprising is that this huge amount of calories he consume on a daily basis during training days, has been part of his routine that won him 8 different weight divisions.
Galing di ba? His diet is part of his success!
The average Pinoy calorie consumption requirement is about 1500-2000 calories per day. Yung kay Manny is more than triple Manny's calorie number!
Calorie is the measure of how much is the energy in the food or liquid we intake. Calorie is also the amount of energy burned or lost whenever we do any physical or body activity.
Let's take a look at some of the common and popular food we eat and how much calorie does it have.
★ 1 serving of Tapsilog - 496 calories
★ skyflakes (3 crackers) - 120 calories
★ 1 cup of our favorite "rice" - 240 calories
★ Dalawang pakete ng pancit canton - 560 calories
★ Large frenchfries mcdo - 500 calories (with 25 grams of fat!)
★ Jollibee spaghetti - 560 calories
★ Grande size starbucks java chip frappuccino - 460 calories (with 18 grams of fat!)
★ 1 large coke - 187 calories
What's In It For You?
With the information above, you probably have already realized why it's so much easy to gain weight than to lose it! :)
Calorie is the fuel our body needs in order for us to perform our daily physical actions. Less physical activity means less calories burn. And less calorie burn while eating high amounts of calores is a very simple formule for overweight and obesity :)
If you are overweight or obese, I'm sure you eat much more calories than what you actually burn.
Kaya it's should not surprise you kung bakit 7000 calories ang kay Manny because he can easily burn 2500 calories in a sesson of workout.
So what can you do now?
Since in terms of physical working out, we are not Manny Pacquiao, 7000 calories is a sure fire way to obesity land!
What can you do is simple.
Watch what you eat.
Remember that the excess consumption of calories are actually converted into fat.
So if you want to start lose weight start making sure what you eat gets burned. Take long walks. Mag-park ka ng malayo para lalakad ka ng mas mahaba. Use the stairs instead of the elevator. Clean your house. Do simple stretching exercises. Play sports. Make love! Really there are numerous ways to burn calories.
One more thing...
Did you like this story about calories? Share this to your friends and let us all share a happy healthy world.
If you read this all the way up to here, thank you and congratulations. Give yourself a pat on the back.
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Cheers to a health life!
Jervis Salvador
June 19, 2012
References:
Manny Pacquiao: Best. Meal. Ever!
What The Fighter Eats During Peak Training
http://www.livestrong.com/article/557539-manny-pacquiao-best-meal-ever/
McDonalds Nutrition Information
http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/nutritionexchange/nutritionfacts.pdf
Starbucks' Explore our Menu
http://www.starbucks.com/menu/catalog/nutrition?drink=all#view_control=nutrition&drink=frappuccino-blended-beverages
Jollibee's Nutrition Facts Calorie
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/nutrition-facts-calories/jollibee
Skyflakes Calorie Count
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/nutrition-facts-calories/m-y-san-skyflakes
Turon Calorie Count
http://caloriecount.about.com/turon-fried-banana-brown-sugar-recipe-r965326
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