Monday, February 24, 2014

Cutting Calories To Ensure Healthy Weight Loss

By Coach Todd


It can be daunting to think about losing weight, even if it is just a few pounds. However, you don't have to struggle as much as you expect in order to lose weight. This article contains some useful advice for losing weight successfully.

Don't keep high-calorie snack foods and sweets in the house. If they aren't in your house then there will not be a temptation to eat these items whenever your in the kitchen. Replace junk food with healthy items that you can snack on any time. For example, make a healthy amount of fresh vegetable and store it in a container or stock up on some whole-grain crackers which you can eat for a fast snack.

For potato lovers, a great, nutritious substitute is to make mashed potatoes out of cauliflower. All you need to do is steam some cauliflower with some onion and then turn it into a pureed mixture with poultry or vegetable stock and spices, as desired. Then you'll have a great side dish that has all the nutrients contained in the cole family but with only a fraction of the amount of carbs.

Participating in a fad diet, like the ABC diet, may sound like a good plan initially. However, slow and steady weight loss is the key to losing weight and keeping it off, not fad diets. A fad diet, like living on nothing but pineapple, cabbage soup, cottage cheese or bananas, may have novelty going for it initially, but will quickly become tiresome. Even worse, you won't learn anything about changing your everyday diet for the better. It is a better idea to focus your energy on learning how to make healthy choices in your everyday eating habits.

Monitor your calorie intake. Go buy a cheap spiral notebook. Use this notebook as a journal for tracking your food intake. Record what you eat, how many servings and how many calories each food item contained. You can use this method to monitor what you are consuming and you will see how this is affecting your progress.

Make an effort to have your meals close to the same time each day. By doing this, your body will know the next time it will be fed. Therefore, you aren't as likely to snack because you know when you'll be eating next. Try to get your snacks on a schedule. Creating an eating schedule reduces the risk of overeating.

In order for your body to work at peak efficiency in burning fat, you need to get at least eight hours of sleep each night. Always take a break when you need rest. You are mistaken if you believe you can shed those pounds by sleeping less. Eat healthy foods, take time to exercise and get good sleep each night to get the body you want.

The ideas within this article lay out a direction for you to head in your weight loss ambitions. Do not allow the abundance of weight loss information to scare you.




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