Archive for September 2011
Where Can I Find a Low Calorie Diet? I ask myself. A low calorie diet will work when you are able to adapt to it very well in your daily life. Make your own list of low calorie food by maintaining a food journal to keep note of what you eat.
There are many online calorie guides with listings of units of calorie of each food item. Design your low calorie diet around foods that are high in nutritive value and low in calories. Armed with the list, you can go to a super market and stay honest to the list despite the tempting array of food displayed there.
Avoid sugar laden foods like white rice, white flour, desserts, cakes, breads and pasta, as they make your body release excess insulin which hampers your body’s attempt to burn fat.
Low calorie foods are vegetables like sprouts, broccoli, boiled potatoes, mushroom, celery, tomatoes, bell peppers and watercress, fresh fruits like grapefruit, melons, apricot, currants and chayote, meat and poultry like chicken, lean ham, Canadian bacon, skinned beef, ground turkey, egg whites and low fat cheese.
Drink plenty of water as it has no calories and no substitute. Quite often thirst pangs are mistaken for hunger pangs and you end up eating unnecessarily. Ensure that your low calorie diet does not affect your metabolism.