Tips for Losing Weight

Diet Tips for Losing Weight, Increasing Energy, Endurance, & Stamina

1. Eat A Large Breakfast - You eat less later during the day and your body uses it instead of storing it
2. Eat 6-7 Medium Size Meals A Day - Your body uses more energy to digest the food therefore increasing your metabolism. The food is also digested easier and used more efficiently
3. Eat Balanced: Complete Protein, Complex Carbohydrate, & a Fruit or Vegetable - The food is absorbed more efficiently
4. Eat Most Of Your Food Before 6 P.M. - Your body uses the food instead of storing it as fat
5. Snack Every 2 Hours - Pre-cut vegetables, like carrots, broccoli, etc and fruit keep your energy and metabolism up
6. Include Vegetables Or Fruits In Each Meal - You feel fuller and your food is absorbed more efficiently
7. Eat At Regular Intervals - You ward off sugar and fat cravings
8. Balance Your Plate - ½ vegetables, ¼ complex carbohydrate (bread, cereal, rice, pasta), ¼ complete protein (very lean meat, poultry, fish, or dairy)
9. Drink Water - Drink a glass every 2 hours (8 glasses of water per day)
10. Eat Slowly - Decreases likelihood of eating too much and aids digestion
11. Buy Pre-Cut Vegetables And Fruit - You have a greater tendency to eat these for a snack or in a meal
12. Eat Naturally - A mixed fruit dessert vs. pie, a bagel vs. a donut, a potato vs. chips
13. Buy Only Healthy Foods - You are more inclined to eat them
14. Clean Up Your Cupboards And Fridge - Throw away ALL garbage food
15. Don’t Eat Emotionally Or On Automatic Pilot - How do we want to feel or what do we want to attain from this meal
16. Limit Alcohol - Alcohol is very fattening, slows down your metabolism, stimulates appetite, and decreases willpower
17. Eat Beans - Add to salads and soups to help fill you up
18. Don’t Even Open Up The Menu - Resist temptation by just ordering a plate of steamed vegetables, fish or chicken, and rice or a chicken salad and/ or soup. Or eat a small meal before to ward off sugar and fat cravings
19. Prepare For The Day - Know and buy what you will be eating each day
20. Prepare For The Worst - Prepare vegetables, fruit, protein bars in a desk, bag, or office fridge in case of an emergency