20 Easy Eating Tips for Your Best Diet Plan
Eat your evening meal in the kitchen or dining room, sitting down at the table. Don’t eat in front of the television. Don’t eat standing over the kitchen sink. Pay attention to your meal, its look and its flavor
s. You can do this pretty easily, can’t you?Eat without doing any other activity. No reading, watching TV, or sitting at the computer.
Don’t eat any foods straight from the bag or jar. Prepare a bowl for yourself, so you’ll notice how much you’re eating. And eat them one-by-one, instead of by the handful.
Put a sign on the kitchen door and the refrigerator doors: "Closed after Dinner."
Use smaller plates and smaller glasses. You will feel satisfied with less.
Brush your teeth right after dinner to remind yourself: No more food.
Start an eating diary. Keep it in the kitchen where you prepare your meals, and carry it with you when you go out. There is no need to be scrupulously exact when you record portion size, unless you want to be. Writing things down will make you mindful of what you’ve eaten. And if you have overeaten, your diary will remind you.
Plan your next snack ahead of time, so you don’t eat impulsively. Remind yourself frequently that your next snack will be a fresh orange, or pretzels and cheese, or whatever you’ve chosen. Also plan your meals ahead of time.
If you drink juice, dilute it half and half with fresh water. You’ll grow to like the lighter taste, and you’ll be cutting calories.
Don’t skip breakfast, no matter how rushed you are, or you will feel tired and crave foods later in the morning. In your breakfast, include a protein food like eggs, meat, beans, tofu, or a smoothie. Most people who crave food at night are those who skip meals or don't eat balanced meals during the day. Skipping breakfast is a major setup for overeating at night.
- Take a daily multivitamin, so you won’t have to worry about nutrients that may be missing from your diet plan.
Add delicious foods and flavor to your meals. Treat yourself to unusual seafood or quality cuts of meat. Try new vegetables and new fruits. Use seasonings on your food. Experiment with foods on your diet that you’ve never tried before. Have you eaten tofu, lentils, avocados, humus, pomegranates, or kumquats? Make eating a memorable adventure.
One of the most important things to do is to get moving. Take the stairs instead of the elevator, take the long way around the mall, take a walk around the block. While these sound insignificant, they really can add up over time. Remind yourself every day: "I am a person who likes to move." Feeling motivated?
Exercise at any level helps curb your appetite. After the workout your appetite will be less than usual.
Change your nighttime schedule. It will take effort, but there’s a big pay off. You need something that will occupy your mind and hands. Perhaps there’s a hobby you’ve always wanted to try. Perhaps you’d like to belong to a club or a team. Keep yourself engaged and involved.
Drink lots of water. Keep your bottled water out in plain sight. Drinking too little can hamper your weight loss efforts. That's because dehydration can slow your metabolism by 3 percent, or about 45 fewer calories burned a day, which in a year could mean weighing 5 pounds more. The key to water isn't how much you drink, it's how frequently you drink it. Small amounts sipped often work better than 8 ounces gulped down at once.
Learn ways to manage stress. Deep breathing, meditation, music and exercise will make you feel calm. And you also want to avoid your stress triggers. Researchers measured the blood pressure and heart rate of women who were in stressful situations. In this case, the women listened to 25 minutes of irregular noise from a jackhammer while trying to work an unsolvable maze puzzle. The women who reacted to this stress with higher blood pressure and heart rate also ate twice as many fatty snacks as calm women did, even after the stress stopped.
Get a life. Build your life from scratch, if you have to. Find a fresh way of interacting with the world. Recreate the person who is you in some way, large or small. Seek out nurturing and support from others. Rework your attitudes and behaviors.
Don’t be discouraged if you mess up. All is not lost. Give yourself permission to be less than perfect. Your dream needs time for practice, process and progress. Look how hard a baby struggles to learn to walk. Building dreams can be a slow, uneven process. Be patient with yourself. Give yourself another chance to reach your dream.
Acknowledge and celebrate your accomplishments along the way. Every movement in the direction of your goal deserves a celebration. You will measure your success in pounds lost. And you will recognize the new habits you’ve learned. You will also rejoice in your improved health. These are the stepping stones to your dream.
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