Diets seldom work, its a fact. You deprive yourself of everything you think is "bad" for you and stave yourself to the point of exhaustion. Then after you have lost a stone or maybe more, you slowly put it back on after your will and initial commitment for the diet fades. What works is something that lasts, something sustainable that you can actually work with during everyday joys and stresses! So here are some helpful hints that can help you on your way! Plan your diet - If you look ahead and prepare your food, its alot easier to keep to. You wont panic buy that sandwich meal deal. Chop up veg for the next few days and store in the fridge, so you have ready made ingredients for lunch. Its also important to balance your meals. Just carb based lunches such as baked potatoes spike your blood sugar and basically make your body more readily store fat! So add some protein such as a lean meat like chicken. This helps balance blood sugar levels and keeps you fuller for longer!
Time - It sounds silly, but make sure you plan time in your day for eating. If you stave yourself all day and gorge at night, then your body is more likely to store unused energy sources such as that dreaded word FAT! Look to space your meals out during the average day and look at what time of day you are eating certain foods. A basic rule is don't eat most of your carbs late at night, look at protein based foods and veg for later in the day or evening. Take most of your carb intake in the early morning period. Basically because your body has longer to use this energy source.
Size - Try to make your meals the correct size. Try weighing out your ingredients in their dry weight such as brown pasta or rice. Look at the back of packaging, for basic size guides!
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