subject: Reducing Calories for Your Diet [print this page] Eating for most of the people has nothing to do with hunger. For them having high calories or carbohydrates is not an issue. They are so obsessed that they don't care what they are eating is good for their health or not. Taking food rich in calories often cause you troubles and problems like obesity. This is the reason nutritionists always emphasis on the fact of taking food low in calories to keep you fit and healthy.
Hereunder are given few tips to control the intake of calories:
- Always trim the visible fat off from meat and poultry. They are rich in calories.
- If you are not into drinking skim milk, you can add 1%-2% milk, flavor will remain the same but your calories intake will be reduced by 50%-75%.
- Instead of sour cream, try yogurt or mix it with low fat sour cream to have the same taste.
- Avoid fried chicken as much as possible. Try Southern fried chicken or a semiannual treat.
- Use liquid oils for cooking and cut down the intake of butter, bacon fat, shortening and lard.
- Instead of sugar, use artificial sweeteners in coffee or tea. Also use diet sodas.
- Instead of eating egg as a food, try to use it in some recipe.
- Cut down the consumption of sweet alcoholic beverages like sweet wines, cordials, or liqueurs. Take dry wine or non-malt liquor instead.
- Before planning for a dessert, make very careful choices.
- Avoid chew sugared gum or sugar coated cereal.
- Never eat more than your appetite. Stop eating once you are full. Developing good eating habits will certainly benefit you in along run.
- If you are in a habit of eating in reaction of an emotional stress, try to divert your attention into some other things to deal with your stress like taking bath, exercise etc.
- While having soups or stews, remove the excessive amount of fat. The better idea is to refrigerate them overnight and remove the solidified fat.
- Restrict yourself to salad bar or grilled chicken and stop visiting the fast food restaurants to reduce your calories.
- Reduce the consumption of dry fruits.
- Rely on unsweetened varieties of foods like syrups, canned fruit, jelly, jam, and condensed milk.
- Use the lesser amount of sugar, to say three quarters when preparing a baked stuff. Minimize the sugar consumption in your diet as much as possible.
- The last but not least, cut down the negative eating habits to reduce the calorie level in your diet. Avoid eating aimlessly at leisure time, while watching TV, eating chocolates, spicy lunch in your office etc.
This list is very long, these are the only chunks and you may already have idea about these tips and many others. You will not take any benefit from these tips until you take them seriously. You have to reduce calorie consumption for your sake not for anybody else. You need to lose weight for yourself. If you are committed and serious, you will definitely achieve your goal.
Diabetes is an impulsive force which works with other disease to make it more complex. It is up to you that how you deal with it. It is up to you that either you want to face dire consequences of this disease or wants to fight it by loosing weight or controlling the blood glucose level.
Reducing Calories for Your Diet
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