When people want to lose weight one of the most common things they do is to skip meals.  It makes sense, right, cut out the calories by eating one fewer meal.  Fewer calories means losing weight, right?  That’s correct but skipping meals isn’t the right way to reduce calories.  Your body thinks it’s being starved when you skip meals.  It goes into “starvation” mode.  It starts to retain fat to counteract what it perceives as being starved.  When you skip meals you’ll end up hungrier at the next meal.  This could lead to binge eating.  Skipping meals is the worst of both worlds that results in gaining even more weight.  Don’t do it.

Know how much to eat.  It’s called portion control and it’s as important as eating the right foods.  Too much of even a healthy food still results in weight gain.  It’s hard to do when large portions are so common.  Restaurants and even most people in home cooking serve portions far larger than needed.  The FDA and other sources list recommended daily allowances.  If you must eat out, keep portion size in mind.  You’ll likely have to cut down on what a restaurant serves.

Eat more whole grain foods, skip the white grains such as white bread, sugar and white rice.  Whole grains are rich in nutrients and low in fat.  The fiber in whole grains will make you feel fuller quicker and longer.  Also whole grains contain many nutrients that are often lacking in people’s diets.

Consume more water.  Replace juice and soda with water since that juice and soda adds 90,000 calories to an average person’s diet every year.  Drink water between meals too.  In fact, the goal is 8 glasses of water each day.  It’s easily possible.  Drinking water will also promote health in general by keeping you well hydrated and helping to avoid overheating.

In order to maintain proper blood sugar eat healthy snacks between meals since the body needs food every three to four hours.  Eating healthy snacks, such as fruits, helps control eating at meal times.

Quick weight loss isn’t impossible with a little knowledge and planning.  It won’t be long before you’re slimmer and trimmer.

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