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> Diet tips, LONG read, but good info
Posted: Jul 20 2005, 01:45 PM
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Diet tips found at http://www.webterrace.com/diet/diettips.htm. This is pretty much a copy/paste of various pages of the site. I edited some of the typos and misspelled words, but it's a lot of stuff so I didn't really comb through it and get them all.

1. Drink at least eight, 8 oz. glasses of water everyday... There are some very important reasons for drinking water, first off, its zero calorie, zero chemical, zero caffeine, and the ideal thing to curb your appetite. Drinking water will flush out the bad toxins in your body, will get your kidney's working, and even help your metabolism speed up a little. Drinking water also takes up space in your stomach, it reduces the cravings just a bit, and will make you feel a little more full when you do eat your calories for the day.
2. Keep track of your progress. It’s very easy to break your diet if you don't monitor what you eat during the day. Get yourself a little journal that you write down what you've eaten, the calories you've eaten, and what type of workout you've done for the day. By keeping track of the calories, you'll make sure that you don't go over a certain caloric amount during the day.
3. When doing your grocery shopping, if you don't buy junk food or foods that are bad for you. It’s much harder to resist the temptation of a chocolate bar if it’s sitting right in front of you. Remove unnecessary temptations
4. If you eat smaller meals throughout the day, your metabolism will stay at a higher rate and you won't feel as hungry throughout the day. Just having all your calories at one sitting will doom you to that hungry feeling and you'll be a little more apt to break your diet. If you have a series of smaller meals, you'll be able to feel slightly full at different moments of the day. Your body will also process smaller meals better and subsequently burn off the calories quicker.
5. Eat negative calorie foods (see “Negative Calorie Foods” thread http://forums.bulknutrition.com/?act=ST&f=7&t=17319). These are foods that you can eat in any quantity and not feel guilty about eating them. They work in a negative calorie way and are allowed to be consumed whenever you want.
6. Fat burning foods, yes, some foods will speed up your metabolism (see “Fat Burning Foods” thread http://forums.bulknutrition.com/?act=ST&f=7&t=17319).
7. Eat to live, don't live to eat. Some people eat to comfort themselves, some people eat for the pleasure of eating, the taste, texture, etc, but you really have to ask yourself, what should be the function of food in my life. You want to shift the focus of food as entertainment to food being what fuels your body...too much is bad and your body won't function properly. Changing your attitude towards food is important if you want to succeed in any diet.
8. Exercise, it’s important to add muscle to your body because muscle burns up calories 18 times faster then fat does on your body. So, add more muscle, your metabolism is increased, and you can burn off more calories per day.
9. Plan ahead - the fast food industry banks on people's need for food on the go...if you take the time to prepare your breakfast, lunch and dinner, you become a little more in control of your daily caloric intake. While you can eat at fast food places, most of the menu is off limits to you...if you are going to a fast food place, know what foods are okay for you to eat, know how many calories are in the food, how many grams of fat, etc. Don't just assume that this sandwich that you get will be a certain number of calories...its important that you know the exact amount of calories. Also, if you are going to a restaurant, think ahead of what you want to eat there...remove that temptation and stick to exactly what you planned on eating before going to the restaurant.
10. Soups take a long time to eat, are filling, low calorie, and it’s good for you. There are two things to look out for, creamy soups (higher in calorie) and the salt level in soups. Unfortunately, most canned soups are also high in salt, so take that into consideration when eating soup.
11. Reducing the fats that you eat during the day, but also being aware of the myth of no-fat foods. Lowering the amount of fats in your diet just makes good sense. Fat is denser and less likely to fill you for a sustained period of time, also, fat and cholesterol is not a heart healthy solution (there are some healthy fats...see the fat burning food list). Be aware of the "no-fat" "low-fat" products they have in the store. The way they usually make these items low-fat yet tasty is by adding more sugar. Just because something says low-fat doesn't mean that you can't gain weight from it. Another thing, if you substitute fatty foods with vegetables, you'll find that you feel fuller because of the fiber levels in fruits and vegetables.
12. Eat slowly. sometimes you have to rush your meals because you're late for something, but if you eat slowly you will enjoy the food more, you will feel a little more satisfied, and your body can honestly tell you, "Hey, I'm full, no need to finish that whole plate of food." If you eat to quickly your body doesn't have time to send you the message that you're full and you end up eating more.
13. Most of all, if you do break your diet one day, get right back on the diet...Do not go on a week of breaking or longer. It just makes it that much harder to get motivated to start up again. We are only human, people will break their diets from time to time, but it’s okay to break it one day as long as you get back on your diet the next day.
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