but will leave you with a very unbalanced and boring diet making it difficult to stick to.
Reading food labels and finding where the hidden calories
are lurking in food. Having a raised awareness of this will not only keep the weight off but will also empower you to make informed decisions about what you are putting into your body.
Avoiding high fat foods. A treat once in a while is fine and we
all should get a certain amount of fats from our foods but be careful you don’t get too much of the wrong kind. Remember anything you eat that isn’t burned off is stored.
Be aware of your carbohydrate intake. Make sure you get
more of the complex than the simple variety. We all need carbs for energy but we just need to monitor how much. Always opt for the slow release complex carbohydrate which will sustain you for longer and won’t spike your sugar level leaving you feeling tired and lethargic.
Drink water. You can also get fluid from coffee, tea, milk,
fruits and juices but don’t forget the best fluid your body prefers over everything is water because it can be readily absorbed and used; nothing has to be broken down or done to it. Water is nature’s perfect elixir.
In the next chapter we’re going to address the other important component for weight loss that you can’t be without, exercise.
Getting Physical
Quick fact: Remember what we mentioned before? There are
approximately 3,500 calories per pound of fat?
That means that you need to burn 3,500 calories to lose one pound of fat.
Makes you think twice before eating a hamburger with the fries doesn’t it? Especially when you put it into perspective with the amount of exercise you have to do to burn it off. That always makes me think twice before reaching for the tub of ice cream because I think how much I’ll have to sweat and burn to get rid of it.
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