Planning Your Diet
If you want to lose weight your in the
right place.
We have plans for everything these days.
That is
how we can fit 100 different things into each day. While to an extent
this seems a bit over doing it, some things do need to be planned. I
don't know why we don't plan our diets. I mean, we plan everything
else. Some people even plan on when they will have sex. Hence, the
birth of hump day. Why not spend a few minutes and plan out what you
will eat? If you are reading this, you have the time so. So sit back
and follow these seven easy steps. Don't blink, if you do it will be
over. It is really that simple.
Mini meals are great.
They tell people with certain disease that they should eat several
small meals each day. They say that a person should eat something every
two hours. Well, that isn't too impossible to do. I would suggest that
you start out every four hours. Keep it like you normally would any of
your other meals. Make sure you have your protein and your fiber. Have
some veggies and some fruit to balance everything out. Don't make your
mini meal a bucket of fried chicken. I know that since it is a mini
meal, the temptation doesn't seem as great. I mean, if you only slip up
in a mini meal, who is watching?
These are a great way to avoid hunger and improper snacking throughout
the day. Just make your mini meals up and eat them every time that you
have planned. If you plan on eating every two hours, every two hours it
is. It doesn't take a road map to figure this out.
2. Don't go over board.
This is easier said than done. You need to have a specific amount that
you are trying to reduce. If you are trying to reduce your meals by
10%, then you should stick to that. I'm not suggesting that you break
out the calculator and count up every meal that you have. If you have
been on a diet for very long, you already have a good idea how many
calories things have. Don't eat with your eyes, eat with your mind.
That will help you cut down on the amount of food that you eat.
Eat good tasting food.
From time to time let yourself go. Eat something that you know you
shouldn't. If you get it out of your system, it will be easier to
maintain your diet. If on the other hand you don't allow yourself to
eat things you shouldn't from time to time, all you will do is hurt
yourself in the long run. You are going to nibble each day on those
things instead of just eating them occasionally.
Eat your calories, don't drink them.
Don't fill up on sodas and other drinks. You can get all your calories
for one day in these if you do it too much. A few sodas here. A few
cups of hot chocolate there. A few beers here. You get the point. That
will put on the pounds easily.
Exercise.
You need to do this to keep fit. Not only will it keep you fit, but it
will keep you mentally sharp as well. That can go a long way in helping
you stick to a diet. If you are depressed, chances are you will end up
eating fatty foods that will make you fat. When you consume all of that
fat, it will make you more depressed. It is a bad cycle to start.
Make your meals last.
Chew your damn food son! I bet you heard that one as a kid. Well, it is
true. Don't swallow your food. Instead, eat it slowly and enjoy the
taste of it. If you do this, it will make you feel like you have
actually ate something. If you swallow it down, you won't get the same
benefit. You will continue to feel a void.
Discover your food triggers.
We all have these. When was the last time you went grocery shopping and
you looked at a bag of cookies and realized that you had to have them?
I do this sort of thing all the time. You need to understand what foods
trigger your response system. If you can do this, you can avoid
situations that will make you eat things that you shouldn't eat.
Well, that wasn't so bad was it? There is no need to flip out when it
comes to a diet plan. It is simple and easy. Just like anything in
life, you should have a plan before you begin to do whatever it is that
you are doing. The same is true with your diet. |
