10 Real Life Diet Tips
By: II Research
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
kids 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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