Stay away from fried foods. Fried foods are fried in oil or fat. Even when the cooking oil is drained away the oil is still hidden in the food.
Do not eat chocolate as they have a lot of sugar in them and sugar has a lot of calories.
Do not skip meals. The worst things you can do while watching you diet is skip a meal. It has just the opposite effect of what you want. You need to have at least four regular meals every day.
Become a vegetarian or at least try to be a vegetarian during the week and eat meat on weekends.
You will have to eat a good meal within an hour of waking up in the morning. Doing this will give you more energy to start the day.
Control that sweet tooth. Remember that sweet things mean more calories and therefore more exercise to burn it off.
Try to avoid canned vegetables and opt instead for fresh instead. Eat raw vegetables more than cooked as cooking removes more than 50% of the vitamins and minerals they contain.
Variety in what you eat is important so choose a variety of foods from each food group each day.
Eating 4-6 small meals a day will speed up your metabolism to help you burn more calories
Have a scheduled time to eat at the same time every day to avoid a loss of appetite or worse, eating more because you are famished.
Eat only when you are hungry. Some of us have the tendency to eat whenever we see food. Whenever you are offered something to eat do not decline it completely just eat less of it.
If you feel hungry in between meals try snacking on veggies or low fat, low sugar foods.
Eggs have a high level of cholesterol and should be limited to no more than 3 servings per week and only 1 a day.
Drinks containing alcohol are not good for you due to the sugar content and the fact that they lower inhibitions and will power so you are in no position to watch your diet.
Eat more fish and turkey and avoid all red meats which includes pork. Salmon contains omega 3 fatty acids that are good for you.
Limit your sugar intake. If you can’t have things unsweetened go for sugar substitutes. These things are just as sweetening but are certainly not fattening.
Watch your fat intake. Each fat gram contains 9 calories so by reading the total calories on a food and knowing the quantity of fat, you can estimate the % of fat, which should in no way exceed 30% of the food.
Try to eat uncooked fresh vegetables more than cooked or canned. If you must cook them then steam them rather tan boiling as boiling takes away more than half of the nutrients in the veggies.
Dry wine is better than sweet wine. Sweet wines naturally contain a lot of sugar. But on the other hand, in dry wines most of this sugar has been fermented away so from the weight point of view dry wines are better than sweet wines.
Develop a habit of chewing all food including liquid food and soft foods like sweets, ice creams at least 15 to 20 times. This is essential to add saliva to the food, as it is only in the saliva that sugar is digested.
Choose low fat substitutes or no fat substitutes. There are plenty of low fat or even no fat substitutes available in the market so why not choose wisely.
In order to lower your oil intake you can fry using a non stick (teflon) frying pan, that way you do not have to use any oil or at least a lot less.
Keith Junor writes a blog with great tips on fat loss, wellness and longevity at behealthyandslim.com
