It's Time to Control Your Weight

Here are some useful tips.

1.Instead of Having an afternoon Coke Drink Have a glass of water. (calories saved: 97)
Instead of Eating an Egg McMuffin Eat a small whole wheat bagel +1 tbls of peanut butter (calories saved: 185)
Instead of Watching television after work Do 10 minutes of yoga (calories burned: 50)

2. Eat protein-rich foods
Protein has been found to satisfy the appetite more than either carbohydrate or fat . Protein-rich foods that are naturally appetite-sating and worth emphasising in the diet include meat, fish, eggs, nuts and seeds

3. Eat breakfast
For many, eating breakfast helps to prevent over-eating later in the day. This phenomenon was studied formally in a piece of research published in the Journal of Nutrition. So to put a natural break on the appetite, make sure you don’t skip breakfast

4. Chew your food
Eating more slowly helps ensure that food is more likely to ‘register’ in the body, and reduces the risk of eating more than is surplus to requirements. Ideally, food should be thoroughly chewed to a cream before eating.

5. Make a green ’smoothie’ to drink before you eat breakfast/lunch, whatever.
I make mine from carrot/apple/ginger juiced and then put into a blender (a high powered one is best) and blitzed with celery, spinach (or other dark green leaves), a piece of cucumber and a bit of red or green/yellow pepper.
It helps the weight to fall off, whilst getting a big dose of fibre and vitamins.

6.Eat less. More often. Rather than eating large meals, chop up your eating into smaller portions throughout the day. I found myself eating 3 meals most days and having a snack around 3pm as well as another in the evening. That was enough to keep me from feeling hungry while still eating less in total.

7.Don't eat right before going to bed. I've read this numerous times and don't get why it works, but it does. I set a limit of 3 hours. So I planned to go to bed at midnight, I wouldn't eat past 9pm.

8.Drink more water during the day. This is fairly generic advice, but definitely seems to help.

9.Reduce the amount of breads, chips, crackers, and salty snacks you eat. A lot of starchy and/or salty food make you want to eat and drink even more. This comes straight out of Atkins diet culture.