Portion Control - A Key to Successful Weight Loss

You took this important step, you've changed your diet. Fast food and desserts fattening cut. You eat healthy low calorie foods. But you do not lose weight or not as long or as fast as you want. What's wrong? The answer could be: control key part of successful weight loss.

We live in a country whose motto seems to be "more is better", at least when it comes to food. Restaurants offer all you can eat buffet, giant portions, pasta dishes without background. We are encouraged to feed us. This behavior is transferred to our eating habits.

Too much of anything is bad. Even if you eat healthy foods, so eating large portions, or parts, you will not lose weight. Portion control is the key to successful weight loss.

For the main dishes such as meat, fish or chicken dish method is to do your part on the size of the palm of your hand. Of course, the hands of all sizes! A better method is to make your portion size of a deck of cards or a checkbook. Accompanying such as vegetables or pasta dishes are more difficult to measure. Start by taking about half of which has already taken.

The stomach is a very adaptable organ. It is able to stretch to accommodate larger than normal meal times and then return to normal size. Of course, if you eat too often, your stomach will remain tight and will require more food to feel satisfied. If you eat smaller portions, your stomach shrinks and you can eat less and feel full.

To control a part of your weight loss program successfully not mean you have to suffer. There are techniques that can be used while making the transition from high to low.

Eat slowly.

You'll find that you feel full faster if not screw your meal. When you eat something especially good, the temptation is to think "I must have something more than that!" Instead, enjoy the holiday with.

Eat 5 small meals instead of 3 large

The emphasis is on "smaller". If you eat smaller portions more often, you will not be so hungry. One way to achieve this is to divide the normally consume in one meal. For example, if you normally have cereal and fruit for breakfast, except fruit to eat mid-morning. Or have a small salad an hour or two before dinner.

Eat until you are comfortably full

Comfortably not mean drunk! As soon as you start to feel full, stop eating. Do not feel obligated to clean your plate. Take what you do not eat. If you find that you often go and take less food to start

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