Ways To Lose Weight: Design Your Own Eating Plan

You are more likely to follow an eating plan you have designed yourself. Have you noticed how some of the plans have food that is either hard to get or food you do not like? There is plenty of healthy food to choose from that is readily available and would suit you taste. You can design a plan around the foods you like that are good for you and that help you lose weight. You can start with a basic plan to replace some of the foods you are now eating.

Here are some ideas for your basic eating plan:

Breakfast

We need to start the day with food that will give us sustained energy until lunchtime. This means avoiding cereals with high sugar content. These will give you a sugar rush but will have you looking for more food and hour or so later. Look for low or no sugar cereals - oats, wheat or muesli. If you have to sweeten them do it by adding fruit or by using a little raw sugar or honey. Fruit is high in sugar but it is a natural sugar and it provides other important nutrients and fibre. It is good way to start the day.

If you do not like cereal have a small serving of lean meat and add some onions or tomato. On alternate mornings, you can have eggs in a variety of ways. Meat and eggs are a good source of protein, which will give you sustained energy and help you lose weight. Make your toast from whole grain bread, which contains protein. Research has shown eating a high protein breakfast reduces the body's need for a high calorie intake during the rest of the day.

Lunch

What do you have for lunch? If you have sandwiches, have wholegrain bread. Two slices of wholegrain bread contain 4.5 grams of protein and it provides fibre to help the elimination process. Wholegrain bread is a complex carbohydrate, which slows your metabolism, as your body takes longer to digest it. This gives you sustained energy. For more protein you can add cheese or have a serving of yoghurt. Salads are good, including pasta salads, but avoid those heavy with dressing like mayonnaise. Add a piece of fruit to aid digestion and increase your energy.

Dinner

This is the main meal of the day for many people. Because of this they can be tempted to eat too much. Your evening meal should not be too heavy, particularly if you are eating late. This is a good time to catch up on your vegetables. Carrots, sweet potato, pumpkin and green peas are easy and quick to cook and provide you with essential carbohydrates, fibre and nutrients. Bean varieties such as lima, navy, kidney and northern are full of protein, but take a little longer to cook. Add any or all of these vegetables to some lean meat for a balanced meal of protein and carbohydrates. Be careful of heavy gravies and creamy sauces as these can undo your efforts at losing weight.

It is important to avoid sodas and sugary drinks as these will put on weight. Drink plain water, plain mineral water and plain green tea when you can. If you like your coffee, cut down on the sugar.

These are only a few ideas of the food you can include in your eating plan. With a little thought and research you will soon be able to design a plan built on healthy food and on food you like. In designing your eating plan make sure you include a good percentage of protein as this is one of the proven ways to lose weight.

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