The fact is you have to watch what you eat if you want to lose weight or maintain your weight. The good news is though that it becomes a lot easier when you get into the habit of eating healthy most of the time. Your choices become more automatic, what you are used to and actually prefer.
Here are some of the ideas I used to improve my eating habits and lose weight -
- reminding myself daily of my goals and why I wanted to change
- checking the labels on packets and drinks to reduce my fat and sugar intake
- choosing healthier snack alternatives like fruit, yoghurt or rice crackers
- making myself vegetable juices to fill up on in the evenings
- having lean meat and fish
- trying different vegetables for variety
- having a plan and taking alternative snacks with me
- making my own choice of an occasional 'treat' whilst I was out
- putting my health first above pleasing others
- avoiding dependence on pre-packaged diet foods and shakes
- not cutting up whole food groups like some fad diets
- having realistic long term weight loss goals
- using various ways to watch progress like scales, BMI, waist measurement, clothes
So there are some basic ideas for weight loss I used the last few years.
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You can see more weight loss tips in my first 10 posts this year.
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