In this article I will provide you with some tips that you will find helpful in losing weight in a healthy manner.
As you know, in order to lose weight effectively, you have to go on a diet, apart from regularly working out. But
being on a diet means neither
starving nor binging.
Never skip your breakfast. You will feel hungry soon. Eat a small nice meal instead of a huge sumptuous breakfast, which will leave you feeling crammed up to the neck.
Do away with 3 huge meals. Instead have 5 small meals per day, leaving a gap of 3 hours in between each.
If you plan to have dinner or supper in a restaurant, munch on a light snack like an apple or a glass of fruit juice just before you leave for the restaurant. It will act as an appetite suppressant and you won't binge.
Follow a strict regimen through out the week without taking a break. On Sundays, allow yourself a little treat. This will keep you motivated and satisfied.
Stop being a couch potato and also put an end to eating in front of the television set. This will check overeating.
Switch channels when you see advertisements of mouthwatering junk food. This will help you to control your temptation.
Always sit down and eat calmly. Chew all your food properly. When you eat while standing up, you tend to snack.
Abstain from alcohol, artificial beverages, and aerated drinks.
Replace them with 10-14 glasses of warm water, green tea and fresh fruit juices, fat free milk.
Begin your meal with a bowl of hot non-cream soup. This will act as an appetite suppressant.
Never rush through your meals.
Choose low calorie sauces, dressings etc when you are dining out.
There is no hard and fast rule that you will have to lick your plate clean. Stop eating just a little before you feel full. Leave a little empty space in your stomach. This will create a caloric deficit.
Replace butter and cream with olive oil, Soya oil, rice bran or mustard oil that are low on cholesterol. Use non stick cook ware to cook your food.
Sesame oil, canola oil are also good options. Whatever healthy oil you choose, pour them in an aerosol spray and use just a spritz of oil to cook your food.
Avoid junk food, clarified butter, cakes, pastries, sweets, chocolates, cookies, oily gravy spicy calorie laced food and fried food items like chips and French fries.
Jazz up your bland diet food with a hint of blue grated cheese.
Adopt brown bread, brown rice, whole wheat food items.
Watch your portions or servings.
Don't nibble at some one else's leftovers.
Stay away from tempting delicacies which will add to your calories.
Lastly, there is no alternative to
regular rigorous exercising, but don't overdo it.
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