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As you may be aware, to lose weight in a healthy manner you need to control your daily nutrition. As simple as that may sound, grasping a healthy hold of everything you eat and drink is what really causes the most trouble for those looking to shed excess weight.
This makes complete sense especially if we've become accustomed to eating in an unhealthy manner, dining out at restaurants or fast food places far too often, not preparing food at home, and letting portion sizes to the extreme.
Therefore if you know you've been having some issues improving your nutrition, here are 5 healthy eating tips to help turn this entire endeavour around and get you moving in a more positive direction.
5 Healthy Eating Tips to Help You Lose Weight
1 - Drink Water With Every Meal
If you have not developed the healthy habit of drinking water, this should be one of your top priorities. Not only does water have a total of 0 calories per serving, there are a number of other health benefits this natural beverage provides. Aide your digestion, fill up your body with less, along with flushing out impurities are just a few positives you'll get when you drink water regularly.
For the time being trade in your juice, soda, or energy drink for a tall, cold glass of water. Better yet, try to drink a large glass of water 10-15 minutes before a meal, and another large glass of water during the meal. You will find the portion size you used to eat will drop dramatically all due to the fact that you're drinking healthy glasses of water.
2 - Use Smaller Plates and Bowls
Portion size is crucial at all meals and snacking moments of the day. One of the downsides of having large plates is the amount of space they have where you can potentially put excessive amounts of food. Too much food at one meal will mean you are putting too much fuel into your body. If possible switch to smaller plates and bowls and you will see how different the portion size looks when set in front of you. You can even compare the difference by putting the exact same portion on different sized plates. You will be shocked at how different each looks.
3 - Slow Down When Eating Your Food
One way to eat excessively is to do it fast. That's why whenever you see eating contests with pies or hotdogs you see all the contestants eating as fast as possible before the body has time to register how much has entered. Take your time with your meal and you may be surprised at how much less you will eat. Give your body time to register how much is entering, which takes about 20 minutes, and you will find you do not need as much food as you may have been used to eating in the past.
4 - Get Up When You Are Done and Do Something
Try not to hang around where all the food is after you are finished with your portion because you may be tempted to continue eating just because it's there in front of you. Once you finish your portion, get moving. Do the dishes, pack leftovers in travel containers, drink a large glass of water, and your mind will get out of eating mode and focused on something else. Try not to sit on the couch or lay in bed watching television right afterwards. That's not the type of activity that's going to be beneficial for you. Keeping the body slightly moving will start breaking down that meal you just consumed.
5 - Be Sure To Have Healthy Snacks In Between Meals
Don't let your body become famished in between meals. When this happens, you are likely to overeat at your next meal since the body has become starved for, anything. A healthy 100-200 calories snack two hours after breakfast, and again after lunch will keep your body continually nourished so it won't have to deal with those uncomfortable food cravings.
Try these 5 healthy eating tips out next week and see if they help you improve your nutrition and maintain a more appropriate portion size with meals and snacks.
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