Quick tips for easier weight loss
No one is going to say that losing weight is easy, unless they’re trying to sell you something. But there are some things you can do to make the process of losing weight a little less painful, as outlined recently by the nutrition experts at Johns Hopkins.
Check your size
A lot of the techniques that help people lose weight without feeling deprived have to do with tricking the body into thinking it’s actually getting more food. One way to do that is simply to use smaller plates and bowls.
Try serving yourself on a salad plate instead of the huge dinner plates you probably have in your house, and see if you don’t feel full even though you’ve had a smaller plate of food.
And never eat out of bags or boxes directly; build in portion control by serving snacks or sides in small bowls (or even a coffee cup) so you aren’t tempted to eat the whole bag in a sitting.
Portion control also involves knowing what a serving size is for whatever food you’re eating. If you’re eating crackers, for instance, and the serving size is five, don’t take twice as many without being aware that you’re also doubling up on calories and fat. Make sure you read the labels when they exist, and learn the rules of good portion control for foods that don’t come with labels.
Ways to eat
Starting a meal with a soup or salad is one great way to cut calories without feeling like you’re starving. Veggie-filled salads with healthy dressings and broth-based soups (not creamy ones) actually cause people to eat fewer calories on the whole through a meal compared to people who didn’t start with soup or salad.
Part of the reason is that loading up on foods filled with lots of water — such as vegetables, fruits, soups and stews, but also low-fat milk, beans and grains — fill people up with less calorie consumption than dry foods like crackers and cereal. The high fiber content of some of those foods certainly doesn’t hurt, either.
It’s important, too, to keep eating a variety of foods so you don’t feel deprived or bored. But don’t give yourself too many choices, or you may still overeat.
Finally, make sure you’re focusing on the foods that you can eat rather than those you can’t. If you’re fixating on cakes, cookies and ice cream all the time, you won’t enjoy the foods you can eat and you’re more likely to cheat (or at least feel miserable for the duration of your diet). Focusing on the positive and all the healthy foods you’re incorporating into your diet can make it more bearable.
(By Sarah E. White for CalorieLab Calorie Counter News)
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I read that eating bread at the start of a meal may lead to you eat more of the main meal than you’d eat if you didn’t have bread. Can anyone confirm this or is it a myth?
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