Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Healthy Diet Program To Begin Weight Loss

By Peggy Gunthur

Warm up to lose 10 pounds! By paying attention to the amount of food you eat, eliminating unnecessary sugar and fat from your foods and making sure you include absolutely delicious meals and snacks to keep your taste buds happy.

A straightforward balanced and flexible weight loss program is best. Contrive 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.

If you're not currently using skim milk, reduce the level of fat content in the milk you use. For example, if you currently use two percent, use only one percent. If you insist on whole milk, try two percent. And drink tea.

Use cottage cheese, chicken, fish, eggs or yogurt, legumes or peanuts. Begin planning easy-to-follow 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 swarming 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.

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