How To Lose Weight - Notice What You Eat

Keep tabs on what you eat. Take note of everything you put in your mouth. Many times the sauces and side dishes can be much higher in fats than the actual dish itself. Its so easy to forget that the little extras that accompany a meal can add loads of the things you are trying to avoid without you realizing.

If you're like me and your sweet tooth is troublesome just remember that most sweet things are loaded with calories. I know its difficult to resist your natural cravings for things sweet so try to be low to moderate in your intake of this type of food. You must remember that any of this type of food is going to help you grow a little somewhere.

Try to eat your meals at regular intervals and regular times within say half an hour of the same time every day. Not doing this will leave you feeling down in energy and you may compensate for this by eating far more than you need when you do eat next.

Stick to your set meals eating when you are really hungry rather than grazing every time we spot something nice to snack on. Social gatherings such as birthdays can often lead to a spot of overindulgence when we've just got to have some of those goodies. This can put a whole week of effort in controlling our diet to waste. Again it comes down to moderation. Just keep those portion sizes down to bite size pieces and then you can enjoy a little bit of everything without putting all that hard work to waste.

Snacking between meals is an easy habit to fall into especially if we lead very busy lifestyles or spend a lot of time traveling. I know it's a matter of feeling pressured for time and you feel you've got to get when you can. So just be aware that although snack foods are high in short term energy they are also full of fats and calories. They will not give you the sustained energy of good nutrition in regular meals and will cause that weight gain. We all love French Fries and we all know they are full of fat.

If you find you are getting hungry between meals snack on fruit and vegetables. Not only will fruit and vegetables take away the hunger pangs but also they are full of good vitamins and minerals that our bodies need. An apple or even a carrot is refreshing, satisfying, and most of all non-fattening.

All those cups of tea and coffee can be a trap as well. It's not the tea and coffee that are at fault it's what we like to add to them that's the problem. Adding cream and sugar to our tea and coffee can be like eating a nice big rich piece of chocolate cake.

I take my tea or coffee black as in this form it can actually be beneficial to you. Not too much of either is good, as in all things, moderation is the key. Try to keep note of the amount of calories you take in daily and check against the recommended intake for your body size and activity level. Most food items these days have this on the labels so it's not too difficult to do.

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