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Free Diet and Weight Loss Tips
Here are some free diet and weight loss tips:
Eat Consciously
This means be aware of WHY you eat. These days it is rare for us to eat simply because we are hungry. Oftentimes there is a trigger which can come about unconsciously. For example Betty was worried that if her husband quit his job she would be burdened by the role of sole bread winner. He casually brought up the matter in a conversation over the phone but while they moved onto other topics that stressful feeling she was unable to describe had resurfaced.
Moments later, having forgotten about the conversation with her husband, Betty suddenly felt a craving for chocolate cake. Yes the dark moist kind that can only be found at special bakeries in her neighborhood. As she picked up her purse to head out the door she began to think about why she had suddenly felt the need for chocolate cake. She thought through the last 30 minutes and realized her conversation with her husband had triggered her actions. Betty decided she would not punish her body for something her husband had not even committed to, so she turned back and head back home.
Eat Frequently and Eat Slowly
When you eat frequently your body no longer feels the need to store food as fat.
When you eat slowly you give your body time to digest the meal, and you therefore feel full faster. Check up to 25 times per bite. ‘Nuff said!
Eat More Fruits, Vegetables and Whole Grains
Believe it or not our bodies were not meant to eat hoards of meat. So rather than have vegetables with your meat, you should have meat with your vegetables. The Japanese use meat to flavor their meals, and so should you. They live the longest and this is one of the reasons why.
Your diet should consist of 75% fruit and vegetables. Try to eat them raw because when they are raw your body must work harder to digest them, and you expend more energy on digestion.
Reduce Your Sugar and Salt Intake
“Low fat” means “more sugar”. We’ll say it again. “More fat” means “MORE SUGAR”
Sugar gives your body a false sense of fullness then when you next become hungry, you crash into starvation mode and eat more than you ever imagined. So all that “low fat” nonsense is not entirely helpful after all. It’s better to stick to natural sugars like maple syrup and honey which give you true energy. For example it’s better to add maple syrup or honey to natural yogurt than it is to have a low fat yogurt because the former is more natural and closer to what Mother Earth made.
Salt intake should be reduced to reduce swelling in your legs and hands. Swelling is a result of poor circulation caused by excessive salt in the diet. Reduce your salt intake gradually by supplementing with seasoning first. Sea salt is also a better alternative to regular table salt.
DRINK WATER!!
Water makes the world go around, and makes your bowels move. There is no point in eating healthy only to have waste materials sitting in your intestines for eternity. Water will flush it out so drink at least 6 to 8 glasses a day. How does one drink 6 to 8 glasses of water a day you ask? Follow this plan:
• As soon as you wake up have a glass of water
• At mid morning drink another glass
• Have another glass at lunch
• And yet another mid afternoon
• Have a glass early evening
• Have 2 glasses during / after exercise
• Have another glass before bed time.
It’s so EASY!
Exercise
Many of us hate the word exercise while others thrive and become charged up just from hearing it. Whatever category you fall, exercise is just a word. Get up and walk. Walk to the gate, walk down the stairs, walk to the grocery store. Find a park and walk there. Grab your iPod and let the music take you to another place. Before you know it your body will be urging you to get up and go for a walk, which will become a jog, then a log run like a marathon. It’s all about taking baby steps and believing in yourself. If you can’t walk, do what you can to make your heart rate increase.
Eat Consciously
This means be aware of WHY you eat. These days it is rare for us to eat simply because we are hungry. Oftentimes there is a trigger which can come about unconsciously. For example Betty was worried that if her husband quit his job she would be burdened by the role of sole bread winner. He casually brought up the matter in a conversation over the phone but while they moved onto other topics that stressful feeling she was unable to describe had resurfaced.
Moments later, having forgotten about the conversation with her husband, Betty suddenly felt a craving for chocolate cake. Yes the dark moist kind that can only be found at special bakeries in her neighborhood. As she picked up her purse to head out the door she began to think about why she had suddenly felt the need for chocolate cake. She thought through the last 30 minutes and realized her conversation with her husband had triggered her actions. Betty decided she would not punish her body for something her husband had not even committed to, so she turned back and head back home.
Eat Frequently and Eat Slowly
When you eat frequently your body no longer feels the need to store food as fat.
Eat More Fruits, Vegetables and Whole Grains
Believe it or not our bodies were not meant to eat hoards of meat. So rather than have vegetables with your meat, you should have meat with your vegetables. The Japanese use meat to flavor their meals, and so should you. They live the longest and this is one of the reasons why.
Your diet should consist of 75% fruit and vegetables. Try to eat them raw because when they are raw your body must work harder to digest them, and you expend more energy on digestion.
Reduce Your Sugar and Salt Intake
“Low fat” means “more sugar”. We’ll say it again. “More fat” means “MORE SUGAR”
Sugar gives your body a false sense of fullness then when you next become hungry, you crash into starvation mode and eat more than you ever imagined. So all that “low fat” nonsense is not entirely helpful after all. It’s better to stick to natural sugars like maple syrup and honey which give you true energy. For example it’s better to add maple syrup or honey to natural yogurt than it is to have a low fat yogurt because the former is more natural and closer to what Mother Earth made.
Salt intake should be reduced to reduce swelling in your legs and hands. Swelling is a result of poor circulation caused by excessive salt in the diet. Reduce your salt intake gradually by supplementing with seasoning first. Sea salt is also a better alternative to regular table salt.
DRINK WATER!!
Water makes the world go around, and makes your bowels move. There is no point in eating healthy only to have waste materials sitting in your intestines for eternity. Water will flush it out so drink at least 6 to 8 glasses a day. How does one drink 6 to 8 glasses of water a day you ask? Follow this plan:
• As soon as you wake up have a glass of water
• At mid morning drink another glass
• Have another glass at lunch
• And yet another mid afternoon
• Have a glass early evening
• Have 2 glasses during / after exercise
• Have another glass before bed time.
It’s so EASY!
Exercise
Many of us hate the word exercise while others thrive and become charged up just from hearing it. Whatever category you fall, exercise is just a word. Get up and walk. Walk to the gate, walk down the stairs, walk to the grocery store. Find a park and walk there. Grab your iPod and let the music take you to another place. Before you know it your body will be urging you to get up and go for a walk, which will become a jog, then a log run like a marathon. It’s all about taking baby steps and believing in yourself. If you can’t walk, do what you can to make your heart rate increase.
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