- Charles C. Noble
1) Pay attention to what you eat! Keep a food diary. Unconscious eating will be your enemy when you are trying to lose weight. Be it a glass of orange juice, water or a small cracker, write it down in your journal. Keep track of what you eat for a week and see what changes you can make from there.
Some useful websites to count your calories : http://www.thecaloriecounter.com/
Of course the local dishes, use this website : http://www.hpb.gov.sg/hpb/ere/ere070101.asp.
2) After you've done that, don't go on a diet. Because when you go on a diet, you will go OFF a diet. Change your meal habits, eat smaller, more frequent meals, say 5-6 times a day. I know, it's going to be difficult but hey, there're the F1 nutritional shake that is provided to you. Just shake it and drink it as a meal.
3) What you drink is IMPORTANT! " LIQUID" calories such as juices, sodas and can drinks can easily add calories to your meals. Most of us make ourselves feel better with "diet" sodas, or the recent coke "zero". Sure, there aren't any sugar in it but there sure are loads of artifical sweetners that promotes cravings for sugar and this increases fat storage. IF you want to drink something, DRINK LOTS OF WATER AND HERBAL CONCENTRATE TEA. It's not only healthy, but it's LOW to ZERO calorie fluids.
4) What's better than having your meals at home? You get to enjoy all comforts without paying for anything and you know exactly what goes into your meals. Eating out has tons of "hidden fats" because restaurants use oil/butter in unknown amounts. PLAN your meals for the week, do your grocery shopping once a week, this way, you will know what goes into your system. However, our body WILL recognise repitition, so add a little variety into your recipes and meal plans as what you lose now will not be same intially.
5) Sauces? They look harmless due to its small portioned nature... Guess again, these sauces are a very concentrated source of calories. Instead, you could try lemon juices, herbs and spices, salt, balsamic vineger.
6) How do I increase basal metabolic rate? The best way would be to exercise, however, many of us dont have the time or energy to. Chill, that's where our herbal concentrate tea come in, take the tea (cold or hot) daily as your source of fluid intake.
7) FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT. It's easy to mindlessly chow down a whole tub of ice-cream or a big pack of chips. Make eating a separate activity and you WILL consume less.
8) I always hear this when many are deciding to begin their breakfast program, " I'm stressed... I eat this or that... I can't help it..." People, this is a habit, a bad one, and habits can't be changed overnight but can be changed over a period of time. Listen to easy music, spend time with family and friends, during stress, FOOD is your NO.1 enemy.
9) Lastly, fast-foods... hmmmm, easy and yum-yum. KFC, Mac's, BK, Yoshinoya, Pepper lunches, Pizza hut, Pasta-mania, MOS burger, Ya-Kun toast.. I've named that many because they have been attacking you in every single mall you've been to. REMEMBER! fast-foods are convenient FAT-FOOD. Eat a fruit, mix some raisins and oats, drink some herbal concentrate tea, take the F1 shake.
10) Before you leave and change your dieting habits for the better, remember this, weight-loss or even weight-gain, needs some time to see noticable change. The breakfast programs are designed for easy access to healthy nutrition, but we still need your part in your daily dieting habits. Have fun!
No comments:
Post a Comment