Here are a few diet tips you can use to help you stick to your weight loss program:
1. Try to eat your meals are specified times on a regular basis. Create an eating plan for each day and stick to it, or at least as closely to it as possible. One of the best ways to achieve success in dieting is to change your eating habits. Before you went on your diet, your eating habits were probably haphazard and erratic. When you establish set times for eating, your body becomes accustomed to being hungry and eating at that time. You will be changing your body’s metabolism to accept your new (diet) regime so in a short time it will adapt to your new way of eating. Without having the cravings and hunger pangs at different times during the day you will be able to stick to your diet plan better and you will create a certain pattern for your behavior.
2. Vary your diet menus. One reason why you may fail on your diet is because you can quickly become bored of the food you are eating. Celery and carrot sticks are not the only diet foods or snacks you can have. Search for other choices and options you may enjoy. Consider having a bowl of homemade vegetable soup instead of a salad. How about a spicy vegetarian chili dish or a stir-fry served over cooked bean sprouts instead of rice or noodles? Explore different cookbooks or websites for new diet food options. Be creative and make your foods interesting. Try new tastes to wake up your taste buds for a better food and diet experience.
3. Never skip breakfast. You have always been told that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and this is especially true when you are dieting. After your body has spent the night processing all the food you ate the day before, it is HUNGRY. Skipping breakfast can cause you to suffer a ‘low’ in energy, and even in brain power. You will feel sluggish and unable to think. It can also cause you to overeat later. Because your body is so hungry, it can cause you to lose your willpower to stick to your diet. You need to re-fuel your body in order for it to function properly. Breakfast doesn’t have to be a big deal either, though. You can have a piece of fruit, or even a protein like a chicken breast. Be aware, too, that you don’t have to stick to traditional breakfast foods if you don’t want to.
4. Choose to eat at least one totally vegetarian meal at least once or twice per week. Meat is high in protein that your body needs for energy, but it is also higher in calories. Vegetarian meals can still give you the amount of protein your body needs, without giving you more calories. Consider adding tofu to your menus. Don’t be afraid to add tofu as an ingredient to your meals even if you haven’t tried it before. It can be hidden inside many dishes so that you don’t even notice it is there, but it will still add the protein you need to your meal. Search the web for tofu options. You are sure to find many tasty choices.
5. Allow yourself ‘cheat room’ on your diet. No one is perfect and you need to realize that a little cheating on your diet only means you are human. The trick is to not take your ‘cheating’ as a reason to scrap your whole diet plan. Get right back on track after your slight mistake. One little bit of ‘cheating’ won’t gain you back everything you have been working for so it should not be considered that you are a total failure on your diet. And sometimes even just a small bite of that delicious looking dessert can give you motivation to continue your dieting.
Using tips from others who have ‘been there’ to help you diet is a good way to get support for you to continue your dieting efforts. Hopefully the above will help you gain success in your weight loss plan.
Here is a little diet tip book you may find helpful: 101 Diet Tips to Help You Lose Weight, available at: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004C445FQ
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