That sounds a lot like Paul McKenna s diet plan. Eat slowly so that your body knows when it is full, eat only when you are hungry, eat what you want so you don t binge on forbidden foods, and stop eating when you are full. Pretty simple, but like what you said, a lot of people shovel food right in and don t think about what they are eating. I recommend taking a look at his rules and talking in chat rooms to other people who have tried this method. Eating conciously really can help you lose weight.
If you don t eat anything yo ure going to actually lose muscle isntead of fat, even with water. You need to eat a healthy breakfast of things like eggs and sugarfree cereal and things like that, lunch of light meals like a sandwich or salad and dinner of a filling food so you don t go hungry overnight. Overall a 1500 calorie diet will help you keep a healthy weight and heart along with exercise. Drinking water if you feel like snacking is an okay idea, but it s also a good idea to eat something like an apple or orange when you wanna snack.
Theres a trick you can do.When you have a mouthful of food put your fork down until you have ate the last bit of food. Do this with every mouthful. Because usually you would load your fork with food before you have ate the bit thats in your mouth, so your more likely to eat the food on the fork even if you dont really want it. It takes time for yourbody to realise your full, so putting your fork down during every mouthful will help determine when you are indeed full and you re less likely to over eat!Good luck =)
im not an expert , but i agree with you i use this kind of diet to stop me snacking (eg , drink water instead of eating something) but i dont use it to replace mealsim not in any rush to loose weight , i just want to stay a healthy sizei have read about it in certain magasines , and to me it seems like a kind of diet that is just emerging before the summer diet rush, but not as a diet to loose lots of weight (as when you are VERY hungry , drinking water does not help!! ):) xxxx
As long as you re still eating, and choosing better foods, eating slowly is a great way to go. Feeling full receptors in your brain take about 20 minutes to activate after you ve eaten, so if you eat fast, your brain doesn t realize right away when you ve had enough.
I m never hungry when I cut back on what I drink, if I don t drink anything I m simply never really hungry, but when I do drink I become hungry.... I m a guy though, so I don t have female water retention and cycles so that may be a difference
