Start To Eat Healthier, Get Slimmer – Part 1
There seems to be a new diet every week out there professing that their “new” way of eating will help you to lose weight immediately. But when I read about how they ask people to eat, I quiver. Low carbs, no carbs, counting points – they either make eating a chore, are seriously unhealthy, or both. Stay away from the extreme diets and start to eat healthier, and not only will you begin to lose weight, you will feel better and have more pep to boot. Most people that I know that have lost weight with a “new” diet felt awful while they were following the diet. They were losing weight, but the way that they felt hungry all the time makes it nearly undoubtable that people will not stick to these diets for any length of time, leading to the yo-yo. Here are 5 simple to follow hints that will help you to eat healthier and get slimmer and change .
Eat Healthier Tip #1 – First, Eat Your Vegies
This is a tip that my grandpa used to tell me to do so that I could get the “yucky” veggies out of the way and get done with wrap up dinner with a pleasant taste in my mouth. Today, I make sure to tell people about this for two reasons. First, a very practical reason. If you are going to fill up before you finish your meal, it is better to have already eaten the healthier fruits and veggies than anything else on your plate. And second, the sugars that are in fruits and vegetables break down in digestion much faster than the other foods on your plate. It is preferable to eat the fruits and veggies first so they quickly and painlessly make it through the digestive process. If you eat your fruits and vegetables later in a meal, they can get caught behind slower digesting foods and cause stomach discomfort and bloating.
Eat Healthier Tip #2. What’s the Process
Stay away from processed foods! Your body does not know how to deal with processed food. The “process” typically leeches the fiber, vitamins and enzymes naturally occurring in the ingredients and to make it appear healthy they “enrich” the item with synthetic or animal derived vitamins that aren’t nearly as good for your body as the originals. This one can be difficult to stick to as almost everything in the grocery store contains processed food. But remember, nothing good can come from eating processed foods. read the ingredients and if there is anything that a third grader cannot pronounce, it is probably better to stay away from it!
Eat Healthier Tip #3 – Match, Don’t Clash
I still hear my mom calling, “Go in and change your clothes – those don’t match” As a youngster I did not care that clothes were supposed to match. I picked a sweatshirt I liked, some shorts I liked, and flips I liked and I wore them proudly. Strangely, food works in much the same way. There are certain foods that “match” better with others. If you are going to eat a food that has sugar, make sure it’s balanced with fiber to help from spiking your blood sugar and to aide in digestion. Your body needs Vitamin D and “good” fats to make sense of, or unlock the true goodness of several types of vegetables. Often, if you’re going to eat carbs, balance them with protein to make feeling full last longer.
These are 3 easy to follow rules (and 3 more will follow in the next section) to help you to begin a habit of eating better. Eat like this, you will see in increase in your energy level and a decrease in your weight. And, while the weight loss will not be as rapid as some of the fad diets, it will come and you will be able to keep it off for good. If you would like some more tips to help you to eat healthier and get a leaner body, visit my site and sign up to get a free ebook that will help you to begin your journey.
Kurt Abel from www.myfasteffectiveweightloss.com is an elementary school teacher and a fitness nut who has been through the process of losing weight and getting back into shape. He runs a website dedicated to helping others start losing weight quickly. To jumpstart your weight loss, visit his site to sign up to receive a free ebook on the secrets of a lean body.