When you’re ready to lose weight shoot for the first 10 pounds. Our fist focus is to pay attention to the amount of food you’re eating. Eliminate those unnecessary sugar and fatty foods from your meals while making delicious meals and snacks that keep your palate happy.
A easy-to-follow balanced and flexible weight loss program is best. Warm up to focus on the first 10 pounds of weight loss and the rest will follow.
Most weight loss programs insist you keep track of every bit of food you eat or drink. Start by writing down everything you eat. No need to write down the calorie count but start not putting margarine or butter on toast, vegetables and sandwiches. Use less oil in food as well as cooking.
Cut down in your fat intake by cutting out whole milk. Use skim milk or if you’re hooked on whole milk, use 2 percent milk.
Use cottage cheese, chicken, fish, eggs or yogurt, legumes or peanuts. Begin planning not difficult meatless lunches and dinners each week and try to make meatless more of a habit. Also limit your sugar treats to only a few a week.
Pay attention to the fresh fruit you eat. Try for 2 servings of fresh fruit a day by eating what is in season. Drink water instead of sugary fruit juice. Add lemon for some zip. Eat vegetables with lunch and dinner.
Eat a few servings of food using whole grains at each meal. Don’t eat in front of the TV. Studies show that you eat larger portions of foods and snacks watching TV.
Chew your calories. Don’t consume liquids replete with calories by drinking them. That means cutting out soda and high-calorie fruit juices and drinking tea or water instead. Plan ahead what you are going to eat. Last-minute planning tends to veer you off your diet.
