subject: Understanding Low Calorie Diets - Part 1: 9 Lifestyle Changes You Can Make Now: [print this page] Author: Grace Kisner Author: Grace Kisner
Any person on low-cal diet has to make some important life-style changes and in this article I explain the top 9 things you have to do. 1) Eat before you go food shopping. When you are hungry, you are much more likely to make impulse purchases of foods you do not really need to eat. 2) Make a shopping list when you go to the corner shop and stick to the list when you get there. Don't permit yourself to buy "indulgence" foods likes nibbles and preprocessed food that are not on the list. In later articles, I will give you low-cal menus that you can work from when writing up your list. 3 ) do not buy "indulgence" foods or any calorie-laden foods. These foods can make contributions to overeating when you are first beginning a new diet. 4) Keep more fit foods available and ready for eating in your chiller and cupboards. Doing so gives you options apart from fast food whenyou're trying to find a simple break or a fast meal. 5) Prepare stern single portions so you are not nearly convinced to pig out ( and consume more calories ) if you are cooking for yourself only, and not following a recipe. When you are cooking for yourself from a recipe that makes more than one serving, wrap up the extra servings and put them in the refrigerator or refrigerator as fast as possible so you are not almost convinced to go back for seconds. 6) Use smaller plates. Lo-cal meals have a tendency to look lost on bigger plates and could make you feel deprived. 7) Always sit down when you eat, even if you are just having a fast break, so you concentrate to how much you eat. You can simply forget the calories you consume when you eat on the run. 8) Leave the table when you are finished eating what's on your plate.Doing so decreases the enticement to go back for more food. 9) Don't skip meals. If you do, you can over-indulge at your next meal or break too much between.About the Author:
