Are you tired of diet tips handed out by someone with apparently unlimited
income and time? For some of us, it may just not be practical to spend
half of our Sunday preparing carefully portioned meals for the rest
of the week, or financially feasible to buy all our meals prepackaged
in just the right portions. And there are those of us who cringe at
the thought of weighing food to achieve 'optimal portion sizes'. Here
are ten real life diet tips for the rest of us.
1. Eating out? Restaurant portions tend to be enormous, and if it's
on
the plate, we tend to eat it. If it's possible, order from the kid’s
menu, where portions are more reasonably sized.
2. Keep healthy snacks around and easily accessible. A bowl of fruit
on
the kitchen table, a container of celery or carrot sticks in the refrigerator,
or a couple of pop-open cans of fruit salad in your desk at work will
help you grab for something healthy when those first hunger pains begin.
In other words, you'll be more likely to grab something low-calorie
and good for you if it's easy to eat.
3. Substitute frozen vegetables for canned. Canned veggies tend to be
high in sodium, which you don't need, and low in real nutrition, which
you do. Buy economy size bags with zip closures to make it easy to pour
out a single serving for a meal.
4. Buy a vegetable steamer. Steaming is one of the healthiest ways to
cook vegetables. The food retains nearly all of its natural nutrients
instead of leaching it out into the cooking water. Even better, it makes
your veggies taste great - which means you'll be more likely to eat
them instead of filling up on fatty foods that pack on weight.
5. Never eat standing up. One of the easiest ways to sabotage your diet
is to 'eat without thinking'. Treat eating with the respect that it
deserves. Fix yourself a plate. Sit down and eat properly. You'll be
less likely to just pop food into your mouth without paying attention.
6. Spread your meals out. When you eat three meals a day, your body
tends to store whatever it doesn't need right that moment. By adopting
a 'grazing' habit, you'll keep your metabolism working throughout the
day. Have a small breakfast, a piece of fruit with crackers or toast
at
mid-morning, a light lunch and an 'after school snack' mid-afternoon.
Just remember that you're breaking up the same amount of food into smaller
meals, not ADDING more food into your daily diet.
7. Grab a fruit juice or flavored water instead of soda. Soda is
nothing but empty calories. No nutrients, lots of sugar. Instead, grab
a bottle of 100% fruit juice, or water flavored with a spritz of fruit.
8. Drink water. Even the FDA recommends at least 8 full 8 ounce glasses
of water a day to keep your body working right. When you're dieting,
you should drink even more. It's not just that full feeling - water
helps your body digest foods properly and cleans out your system.
9. Can't afford a gym membership? Make a pact with friends to exercise
together. Make a date at least three times a week to play volleyball,
take a walk or spend half an hour doing something active.
10. Skip the potato chips. Fatty snacks fried in hydrogenated oil like
potato chips contribute fat and calories and not much else. Instead,
grab a handful of dried fruit or a cup of yogurt for the same amount
of
calories and a lot more nutritional benefit.
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