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1. Mini meals are great.
They tell people with certain disease that they should eat
several small meals each day. They say that a person should eat
something every two hours. Well, that isn't too impossible to do. I
would suggest that you start out every four hours. Keep it like you
normally would any of your other meals. Make sure you have your
protein and your fiber. Have some veggies and some fruit to balance
everything out. Don't make your mini meal a bucket of fried chicken. I
know that since it is a mini meal, the temptation doesn't seem as
great. I mean, if you only slip up in a mini meal, who is watching?
These are a great way to avoid hunger and improper snacking
throughout the day. Just make your mini meals up and eat them every
time that you have planned. If you plan on eating every two hours,
every two hours it is. It doesn't take a road map to figure this out.
2. Don't go over board.
This is easier said than done. You need to have a specific amount
that you are trying to reduce. If you are trying to reduce your meals
by 10%, then you should stick to that. I'm not suggesting that you
break out the calculator and count up every meal that you have. If you
have been on a diet for very long, you already have a good idea how
many calories things have. Don't eat with your eyes, eat with your
mind. That will help you cut down on the amount of food that you eat.
3. Eat good tasting food.
From time to time let yourself go. Eat something that you know
you shouldn't. If you get it out of your system, it will be easier to
maintain your diet. If on the other hand you don't allow yourself to
eat things you shouldn't from time to time, all you will do is hurt
yourself in the long run. You are going to nibble each day on those
things instead of just eating them occasionally.
4. Eat your calories, don't drink them.
Don't fill up on sodas and other drinks. You can get all your
calories for one day in these if you do it too much. A few sodas here.
A few cups of hot chocolate there. A few beers here. You get the
point. That will put on the pounds easily.
5. Exercise.
You need to do this to keep fit. Not only will it keep you fit,
but it will keep you mentally sharp as well. That can go a long way in
helping you stick to a diet. If you are depressed, chances are you
will end up eating fatty foods that will make you fat. When you
consume all of that fat, it will make you more depressed. It is a bad
cycle to start.
6. Make your meals last.
Chew your damn food son! I bet you heard that one as a kid. Well,
it is true. Don't swallow your food. Instead, eat it slowly and enjoy
the taste of it. If you do this, it will make you feel like you have
actually ate something. If you swallow it down, you won't get the same
benefit. You will continue to feel a void.
7. Discover your food triggers.
We all have these. When was the last time you went grocery
shopping and you looked at a bag of cookies and realized that you had
to have them? I do this sort of thing all the time. You need to
understand what foods trigger your response system. If you can do
this, you can avoid situations that will make you eat things that you
shouldn't eat.
Well, that wasn't so bad was it? There
is no need to flip out when it comes to a diet plan. It is simple and
easy. Just like anything in life, you should have a plan before you
begin to do whatever it is that you are doing. The same is true with
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