After 12 years in the fitness industry and hundreds of fitness challenges, competitions, clients and study, you can ask any dieter and she will tell you that the hardest part of losing weight is feeling hungry. And that can be a huge monkey wrench in your attempts to manage a healthy weight.
But the truth is, going hungry is hard. You can only keep up a life of hunger for so long. If you are depending on staying hungry in order to lose weight, you are not going to have long term success. Eventually you are going to give up. Happily, there is another way to lose weight than feeling a hungry all the time. You just need to know what to eat.
Choosing the right foods is critical, because you want to fill up your stomach but not with foods that are going to lead to more weight gain. The trick is to eat food that is low calorie but high density. You will be able to eat a lot more food if you eat 400 calories of raw veggies than if you eat 400 calories of steak, for example.
Now of course you will need to eat other things than just raw veggies, but you will still have calories left over in your eating plan to go ahead and eat some other foods like nuts, beans and whole grains. Those high fiber foods are going to take up a lot of room in your stomach and stay there a while too, because your body takes longer to digest fiber than it does some other foods.
The end result is that you are going to lose a lot more weight, because you are going to spend your days satisfied and comfortable rather than starving. You will cheat less and have more self-control because you will not be so hungry.
The next time you are hungry, do not reach for salty snacks or fatty foods. Instead, reach for fiber and see how it fills you up and helps your will power. Keep lots of healthy, fiber filled snacks around your house, in your car and in your office. That way, you will be less tempted to reach for things that will sabotage your weight loss efforts.
But the truth is, going hungry is hard. You can only keep up a life of hunger for so long. If you are depending on staying hungry in order to lose weight, you are not going to have long term success. Eventually you are going to give up. Happily, there is another way to lose weight than feeling a hungry all the time. You just need to know what to eat.
Choosing the right foods is critical, because you want to fill up your stomach but not with foods that are going to lead to more weight gain. The trick is to eat food that is low calorie but high density. You will be able to eat a lot more food if you eat 400 calories of raw veggies than if you eat 400 calories of steak, for example.
Now of course you will need to eat other things than just raw veggies, but you will still have calories left over in your eating plan to go ahead and eat some other foods like nuts, beans and whole grains. Those high fiber foods are going to take up a lot of room in your stomach and stay there a while too, because your body takes longer to digest fiber than it does some other foods.
The end result is that you are going to lose a lot more weight, because you are going to spend your days satisfied and comfortable rather than starving. You will cheat less and have more self-control because you will not be so hungry.
The next time you are hungry, do not reach for salty snacks or fatty foods. Instead, reach for fiber and see how it fills you up and helps your will power. Keep lots of healthy, fiber filled snacks around your house, in your car and in your office. That way, you will be less tempted to reach for things that will sabotage your weight loss efforts.
About the Author:
Author Vito La Fata is a fitness professional who can give you tips on how to eat to lose weight. Visit his site for more information on getting fit and healthy and on how to reduce calories to lose weight.
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