Diet
Control
The best way to control your diet is to sew up your lips, but seeing
how we do need to live that is not the solution. One thing we certainly
can do to help us control our eating habits is to form a positive mind
set to doing something to help ourselves.
Now I'm overweight because basically I have allowed myself to become
fat and lazy. Harsh words but true. I have tried to argue with myself
that I let myself become like this because I was busy helping others
and making a living for my family. Of course I know that is rubbish
and I got this way because I love food and didn't care what amount or
what type of food went into my mouth. Things must change.
You can live a good life and still eat nice food by watching what you
eat. Don't have that fast food snack, instead have a piece of fruit.
A nice juicy apple is much better for your health than a greasy plate
of chips and actually costs less, so you win in the belly and the wallet
at the same time.
If you must have that fast food then don't go home and have dinner.
Right there is the secret of diet control. You can only eat a certain
amount of calories per day to stay at a healthy weight range. If you
eat more calories than you should, do extra exercise to burn off the
calories consumed.
Ask your wife or whoever does the cooking to put more salad and vegetables
on your plate and less meat. Make sure your meat is trimmed of fat and
include fish and chicken in your diet, lessen your meat intake by one
third. Meat is usually dear anyway, so there you save money again.
Learn the calorie count of what you are eating. For example did you
know that a slice of white bread is around 60 calories per slice. Also
learn how many calories the normal man or woman needs per day to function
and work. Average man needs about 2000 calories and the average woman
needs 1500 calories. Eat to those levels, take some moderate exercise
and you will maintain a good weight.
Eat
less animal fat and full fat dairy foods. Substitute butter for polyunsaturated
margarine and get more greens into your diet. Throughout this website
we will introduce healthy recipes and show their calorie count so you
can follow the diet that the author is undertaking.
I will not be going on a diet as such, just getting my eating under
control, watching the calories and eating sensible food that looks and
tastes good. Why not join me on my quest and lose a few ponds in the
process. Make sure you let me know your opinions on my daily blog, won't
you.
