Here are some easy tips to follow without counting calories or points or making too difficult a change in your eating habits.
- Eat 1/3 cup of almonds per day (watch calories on these, best are at Costco in bags), great for protein, magnesium, fiber and a natural hunger suppressant.
- Drink at least 8 1 cup each of water per day, very filling and good for you.
- Walk 10 minutes each day or 30 minutes 3 times per week. Make each step count, swing your arms and walk as fast as you can.
- Always eat breakfast: (alternate daily with different items)
- choose protein rich items such as:
- high fiber cereal bar/boxed cereal (Fiber 1)
- oat meal (low or no sugar)
- a hard or medium boiled egg on or with brown toast and pro-biotic margarine (Becel)
- whole grain bagel with light cream cheese
- Use a smaller plate for meals and always drink water with every meal and chew slowly.
- Choose one meal of the day you will make your big meal. Eat light until this meal.
- Eat a light low calorie snack every 2 – 3 hours throughout the day
- Don’t eat anything after 7 or 8 pm.
- Get a diet buddy so you can share or confess what you are eating.
- Write down what you eat daily and tally your calories, fat, fiber, for each item. Try to write it down before you eat it and don’t lie to your self.
- Evaluate your fat intake and try to find ways to lower it, remember that 1g fiber cancels out 1g fat .
- You should not eat more than 25 g of fat per day but have up to 35g of fiber.
Follow these simple tips and you should start to feel better and lose weight slowly and naturally.