Here are a few diet tips:1. Eat breakfast every day within an hour of getting up. It kick-starts your metabolism. Studies have shown that people who skip breakfast are 450% more likely to be overweight than those who eat breakfast every day.2. Eat six small meals or snacks per day instead of three squares per day or one big meal per day. If you eat too much at one sitting, your body stores the extra calories as fat. Go too long between meals and your metabolism slows down. Your body expends energy digesting your food, so eating smaller portions more often keeps your metabolism running high because you��re constantly digesting food.3. Avoid these as much as possible:-- Trans fat (any type of partially or fully hydrogenated oil)-- High fructose corn syrup (soft drinks are LOADED with it)-- Fast food-- Junk food-- White sugar, white flour, white rice, white potatoes-- The deadly C��s (cookies, cakes, candy, chips, cola)4. Build your diet around these trim-body-friendly foods:-- Nuts, any kind (almonds are best)-- Beans/Legumes-- Fresh vegetables (green is GREAT!!!)-- Dairy products (as long as they��re low-fat or non-fat)-- Eggs-- Lean meats (fish and poultry top the list)-- Olive oil-- Whole grain breads/cereals/pasta-- Fresh fruits (anything that ends in ��berry�� is a winner)-- Tea (green tea or black pekoe tea)-- Cold water or ice water (your body has to expend extra calories to heat it up)5. Desserts and treats are the exception, not the rule. Having said that, however, (1) you can have a couple of pieces of chocolate every day �C just don��t overdo, and (2) Allow yourself one ��cheat meal�� every week where you eat and drink whatever you want as long as you don��t gorge yourself. That��ll help keep you from feeling deprived and it��ll make it easier to stick with your new healthy eating plan.6. BE CAREFUL with protein drinks. You should get your protein from real food whenever possible, and you want to make sure the protein drinks are low in saturated fat and have no high-fructose corn syrup in them. Read labels. Whey protein is best, but women can use soy protein.Good luck!��The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.��-- Thomas Alva Edison, inventor extraordinaire
this may sound strange, but if you workout hard, your body will tell you what to eat, for the most part. however, try to stay away from sugars, fats and eat your carbs by lunch time...nothing after. eat protein from chicken or fish. if you re trying to lose weight, you shouldn t eat any protein shakes...they re more for gaining weight.
fruits veggies, beef and deserts rarely.most imortantly you should count the number of calories you consume each day, keep it under 2000 unless you balance it with a long workout; and lose no more than 2 lbs per week.
just eat in moderation, use a smaller plate, just do it a healthy way!
