Do you know that you can lose weight simply by eating? If someone told you that the only way to burn fat and lose weight is by following some fad diet and eating like a mouse, I would guess that he is plain ignorant. In this article I will prove that you CAN lose weight by eating the right kinds of foods in the right way!

1. A healthier alternative to diet pills: Diet pills, while helping you suppress your appetite, come with several harmful side effects; truth to be told, when you use them you lose more than gain in the bargain! Here is a healthier and more natural way to get rid of hunger: increase your fiber intake.

Natural fruits and vegetables are rich in fiber. Fiber-rich foods help keep you full for a long time so that you don’t feel hungry too often. Add to that the fact that fiber-rich foods also help in easing your bowel movement, and you would know how important they are for your health! Apart from organic vegetables and fruits, nuts and whole grains are other foods which have plenty of fiber content!

two. The good and bad drinks: If you want to quench your thirst, you can either do it by drinking lots and lots of soda or plain water. The first option would make you wider and bulkier, while the second one would help you lose weight! Here is an interesting fact about soda and soft drinks: since they are notoriously rich in sugar, they not only make you fatter but also augment your thirst and hunger, so that you are forced to drink more of them for relief!

Not so with water! Water REALY quenches your thirst, that too, with no unhealthy after-effects! Plus water also boosts your metabolic rate as well as cleanses your body of all harmful toxins and waste products, thereby making it easier for your body to burn fat and lose weight!

three. A better way to control your portions: We all know how important it is to eat in small portions for the purpose of weight loss. Here is one funny thing to note: if you put very little food on a large plate, your brain would think that you have eaten less than your requirement, even though that may not be the case. However, put that same food on a smaller plate, and you would feel completely satiated!

What was the difference between the two situations? While in first case your plate was half-empty, in the second case it was full and consequently managed to fool your brain into believing that you are ‘full’.

When I used to eat less food on large plates, I would invariably go back to my refrigerator to pick up more foods. However, ever since I have begun using smaller plates, things have changed for the better! You may or may not believe it, but this is a FACT nonetheless – in order to feel full, you not only need to satiate your stomach but also eyes!

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Don’t deprive yourself but control your portions: Many people think that avoiding or depriving themselves completely of their favorite foods is the surefire way to avoid weight gain! If you too think this way you cannot be further from the truth!

If you deprive yourself of your favorite foods, your food cravings would increase all the more and a day will come when you would gorge on junk foods like a hungry wolf, thereby adding several pounds to your body in an instant! So a better option is to eat your favorite foods at least once every week! But at the same time you should monitor your food intake.

A good way to make sure that you don’t gain weight by eating your favorite foods is by exercising the trick of ‘portion control’! When you eat slowly and in small quantities, you would become satiated even by eating very little food. This way you would not only be able to satisfy your junk food cravings but at the same time keep your weight under control!

2. Smash all your beer bottles: Yep, you heard me right: open your cellar and throw out all the beer and soda bottles from there! Then promise yourself never to touch them again! Why would you do so? Quite simply, alcohol is high on calorie and sugar, both of which are bad for your health, especially when you are struggling hard to keep your weight under control! With alcohol and soda out of your way, you will find it easier to keep the pounds away and stay fit during the holiday season!

3. Buy tighter clothes: You might hate me for this advice, or think that I am crazy, but the fact remains that this is a good way of reminding yourself that you need to lose weight urgently! Think about it: how often have you promised yourself that you would lose weight before the next Christmas, and how many times have you failed to keep that promise!

It is no wonder that many people fail to lose weight because they simply don’t make weight loss their number one priority! I know that wearing tight clothes would make you feel uneasy, but it is this very uneasiness which would propel you towards the path of weight loss! The more uneasy you feel, the harder you would try to lose weight and become slimmer! This way you would reach your weight loss goal quite fast!

And by the way, don’t you want to be able to fit yourself in your favorite clothes? Make your dream a reality by doing this right now and eventually you will see that you are able to wear your favorite clothes without any feeling of uneasiness!

And that day would come soon!

Weight loss is not as simple as fad diet experts would have you believe. It requires you to make enormous changes in your lifestyle, of which some are so complicated that they would drive you nuts, whereas others are so simple and small that you won’t even realize the change!

The golden rule of weight loss is that if you eat less then usual, you will be able to shed off pounds. Unfortunately, it is not as easy as it sounds, because many times people have problems keeping their mouths in check. In this article I will tell you two ways to cut down on calories and stay in shape.

1. Replace large plates with smaller ones: You may not know it, but if you eat off small plates, you will be able to cut down on your food intake by a huge degree. Here is how: if you put a small amount of food on a large plate, you will think that you are indeed eating very little food. Read the rest of this entry »

Food and eating have always been an issue for me. I have at times been a few pounds overweight but always my exercise and metabolism have taken care of me. Food is a very emotional issue in our society, we eat because we are depressed, we eat when we are happy, parties are all about food and drink. I have been thinking a lot lately about my feelings and attitudes about food and thought that I would share them now as my weight slowly creeps up over the last few weeks.

I have always had a big appetite and a fear of a lack of food. I have never gone hungry, well maybe for a couple of weeks traveling in Australia when I lived on Mars bars and Coca Cola, but I have also eaten poorly very often. When I first moved to Calgary my wife and I were quite poor and she promised me that we would always have food, and we have. So I have to wonder why whenever I am packing for work I need about 3000 calories of food. I ride a bike to work everyday but that amount of food I put away is crazy.
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