The Secret Of Good Diet Plans

Trying to figure out a good diet plan for fat loss includes several factors. Simply choosing to eat more fruit or vegetables and fewer high calorie fatty foods is not the end of the story. That is an important first step however there are many more changes you will need to make in your life if you want to achieve fat loss in a positive manner. Below are some other healthy eating suggestions you could use to create a good diet plan.

1) Consume More

You have probably been taught all your life to eat three square meals per day; however, eating six smaller meals a day will actually help you achieve faster fat loss. Right after you eat your body, kicks into calorie burning mode which slows gradually until you have your next meal. The more time that elapses between meals the slower your metabolism gets.

This is actually a left over trait from when we were a society of hunter-gatherers. The body is designed to preserve energy between meals, just in case the next meal is a long time off. Today this trait is not really needed, most people know when their next meal will be but when you know the body has the propensity for slowing your metabolism can help you make positive changes.

The plan is simple really, all you have to do is take the amount of food you would normally consume and separate it into 6 meals instead of 3 or 4. This is a very important step; you would not want to eat six meals that are the same size as the three you currently consume! It is also important for you to evenly space these six meals to keep your body burning calories at maximum capacity all day long. Even if you decide to use a boot camp style exercise program, you will still want to space your meals and stick to the small portions.

2) Know What a Portion Is

In this super sized society too many people have no idea what a normal portion actually looks like and are many times eating much more than a portion. When you look at a diet plan or recipe and see the term portion or meat what do you envision? If you see a piece of meat about the size of a deck of cards, you are pretty good with portions. What about a medium potato, do you know how big that is? A med potato should be roughly the size of your computer mouse. Other foods such as pasta and rice come in at one cup per portion and vegetables are about half a cup. When you are doing extreme exercises such as you will find with a boot camp you might need to increase your protein a bit for muscle development.

3) Don't Shop Hungry

Going to the grocery hungry is a sure fire way to sidetrack your fat loss efforts. Your growling stomach will encourage you to grab every fattening snack on the shelf! Your resistance will be low and storeowners are relying on the fact that you will not be able to say no. Look around the next time you go shopping and make note of where these junk food shelves are placed, eye level and at the checkout lane where you are going to likely stand waiting to be checked out. If you are serious about your fat loss plan never, go to the store hungry! Why do all that hard work at boot camp only to sabotage your efforts with the wrong foods?

Wait until you have eaten a meal to go grocery shopping, you will be much less likely to purchase any of those unhealthy snacks. When you get out of the habit of purchasing high calorie foods, you can start implementing the healthy foods you acquired for your new fat loss plan.

Hopefully the above tips will help you along your journey to real fat loss. Get involved in a good boot camp workout routine and eat healthy. That in conjunction with the tips above will put your on the fast track to fat loss.

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