Nutritional Facts- You need to understand it!

Have you ever looked on the back of the box of a food you are buying? This is your life source for losing weight. Look on the box for where it says Nutrition Facts. There it will give you the information you need to make the desicion if you should eat something or not. It will tell you how many calories, fat, sodium, carbohydrates, fiber, sugars, and protein are in each serving. It will tell you how much a serving is at the top, ie: 7 crackers, or 1/4 Cup of what you are eating. If you are eating out you can also look on the website of where you are going and look for the nutritional information of what you are planning on eating, it takes a lot of work sometimes but it is worth it. So you have all this information, what do you do with it now? Here are the recommended amounts you are suppose to eat each day (this was for my age{24}, sex{female}, weight{130}, and height{5'3''}) It maybe different for you, so you may have to do some research. I just typed into google "How much sodium should a female have each day?" and did that for each catogory. Good luck!

Calories= 2,000
Sodium= less than 2,400 mg
Carbs= 50-100 grams
Fat= under 40 grams
Fiber= more than 40 grams
Sugar= 20-40 grams
Protein= 60 grams

Its ok if sometimes you have more or less than what is recommended the important part is that you are consistantly staying close to them. I felt like I could only handle a few of these so I just picked what I thought was most important for me. I focused mostly on calories, fat, and fiber. If you are mostly eating fruits, vegtables, whole grains, and lean meats it will not be hard to eat with in these parameters. Most of the time at the end of the day I am 500 calories short and need to eat something. Pick and choose what you think is most manageable and focus on those. Good luck and YOU CAN DO IT!