Take advantage of protein powders
Eat at least one protein food in each meal.
By getting enough protein in your diet you can maintain a positive protein balance.
You have to come to a point with your weight that it is causing you either or both physical or emotional pain, then you will have the motivation to better your state of health and get serious about your weight loss program. Another way to get more protein is by adding a protein powder to your daily supplement regimen, this will be the topic of my next post.
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Read labels on packages for ingredients in your foods:
Start reading labels of the foods you have in your house. You need to know what is in the food you are eating. Once you start reading labels, I suggest that you write down all the ingredients that you don’t understand and look them up on the internet, try Wikipedia, to see what they actually are used for in your food. You should come out of this exercise in food education more enlightened.
After finding out what is in the food you are currently eating, you can have a better understanding of what you are putting in your body. Then you can decide if what you are currently eating is something you can live with or if you would like to find an alternative.
In the United States, we are in a time where National Healthcare Insurance is being debated right now. If it does come to fruition, there will probably be big incentives to stay healthy. Now is the time to make sure you are on a path to wellness and vitality, you won’t regret your decision. Change happens one step at a time, now is the time for you to make a positive change for the betterment of your own health.
You shouldn’t wait until you don’t have a choice but to change your eating habits. Do it now.
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Weight loss doesn’t happen overnight, give your plan time.
If you try and lose more than 2lbs. per week, you could be setting yourself up for failure. It is possible within the first week or two to lose more than that, but don’t expect that as the norm for the rest of your planned weight loss. Find a picture of someone that matches your body shape and weight loss objective. Keep that picture somewhere that you will see everyday. This will serve as a positive motivating factor for your weight loss. Also, calculate a specific day that you will reach this goal buy subtracting your weekly weight loss goal (1-2lbs.) from your current weight and post that with your picture.
Nothing can stop you from reaching your objective, once you have made up your mind to achieve it.
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Avoid eating processed breakfast cereals.
Cereal can be high in sugar which can make you crash later in the day. Look out for the following: sucrose, corn sweeteners, dextrose, aspartame, Splenda, invert sugar. Cold cereal was first introduced in the mid 1800’s by a physician John Harvey Kellogg to form as a substitute for meat. It was his religious beliefs as a seventh-day adventist that form his opinion that we all need to eat a meatless diet. Because it was his opinion that meat caused many health problems. Not that he was wrong, but most diets are based on someone’s opinion and not based on facts. Every person has a different dietary need for macro-nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins and fats).
Getting back to the subject of breakfast, eat oatmeal or cream of wheat (not the instant kind), muesli. Sweeten them with fresh fruit or Stevia instead of artificial sweeteners and sugar. Better yet, make an egg-white omelet with vegetables, accompanied by a little fruit!
Breakfast is an important meal of the day and will give you the energy you need to get through your morning.
Eat healthier snacks.
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Be active in inactive situations:
