What if we told you, you can shed all the extra weight you gained just by changing your routine up a bit, and you don’t even have to leave all your favorite foods. You don’t need to change what you eat, which most people find difficult when they start. You just have to adopt some healthy eating habits. So, here we are, helping you through your weight loss journey with some tips that you can incorporate into your lifestyle. These tips focus on how you eat rather than what you eat.
Eat a high protein breakfast:
As they say, breakfast is the most significant meal of your day. You need to have a fulfilling breakfast, so you don’t crave anything else before you lunch or don’t eat lunch for two. What is going to help is having a breakfast that has a high quantity of proteins. It will help cut hunger pangs and also help in weight reduction.
According to a study, young-ladies with high-protein breakfast reduced post-feast desires more adequately than a typical protein breakfast. Protein also helps in weight reduction by decreasing the amount of ghrelin in your body, ‘the hunger hormone.’ So to have a good start to your day, try incorporating foods rich in proteins(chia seeds, eggs, cottage cheese, yogurt, nuts) in your breakfast.
Pack your lunch:
The first step toward weight loss is planning your meals. You can plan your entire week’s meals together, or you can decide a day before also. Instead of counting calories, you need to count macros, cut out foods rich in carbs, and try to find alternatives.
Now you should take some time out every morning and make your lunch yourself. Firstly, eating a home-cooked meal will improve your diet quality. Secondly, when you do not pack your lunch, you will order food from restaurants, and you will not be able to see the nutritional value of the items added in it but if you have your lunch with you. You can completely avoid that.
Eat your calories rather than drinking them:
Yep. You read that right, cut all the fizzy drinks, sodas, alcohol, cleansing juices, and bottled teas. When you drink thin liquids, your body is not satisfied, so you drink more, hence taking in more calories. Beverages also contain less amount of healthy fats and fibers.
When you chew food, it helps your body satisfy faster rather than slurp it, but thick smoothies will make you feel fuller. So consider adding some nuts and Greek yogurt in your shakes next time and shed some weight, so next time you go out, people are not only talking about your exotic jewelry but also your flattering figure.
Eat Slowly:
Practice putting your fork/spoon down after each bite. It takes your body around twenty minutes to register and send signals to your brain that you are full. This is why fast food is so bad for you its not only because of additives and empty calories but also the fact that you finish it before your brain can register that you have had enough, and this is also the reason why you feel like you will blow up after you have had your meal.
So, practice eating slowly and pacing through it, put your fork down, chew your bite thoroughly, chat with the o the person sitting next to you. This way you can enjoy each bite of your meal rather than feeling like you got done with some kind of work and you will also realize that you will feel satisfied with less amount of food.
Are you really hungry?
Ask yourself this essential question are you really hungry or are you only eating out of boredom. Just because you find some free food does not mean you should eat it. What happens often is that someone offers you a slice of cake or pizza after you just got done with your lunch, and you eat it just because it is free and it smells divine, but every time you get tempted by a food item, you should ask yourself am I really hungry?
If you feel hungry all the time, you should try drinking water because what happens is that our body, most of the time, confuses thirst with hunger. So just drink a glass of water and wait ten minutes. You’d be surprised that most of the time, it’s just thirst.
Carry healthy snacks and water:
When you are about to head out, carry some nuts or granola bars with you. Sometimes you feel a bit hungry even if you had a good breakfast, so instead of taking snacks from outside that have artificial additives and empty calories in them, take something from home.
Plus, we all like to eat something with our evening tea so let it be something healthy. This also helps maintain your blood sugar level and keep you active, so even if there is a 6-hour gap between your breakfast and lunch, you don’t feel like you will die from starvation. This keeps your body full, and your stomach does not store access fat.
Drinking lots of water increases your metabolic rate. You can lose up to 4kgs in a year by drinking more water and not making any other changes in your routine since it reduces appetite in some people. You should take a good amount of water in the morning, and staying hydrated throughout the day is the easiest way of weight loss plus, it makes your skin look good, too.
Conclusion:
Our lives are getting more bustling day by day, so it isn’t easy to take time out for the gym, and it’s human nature to resort to easy ways of doing things. Changing your routine up a bit makes a great difference. So it’s about time that you incorporate some healthy things in your lifestyle that will make you feel good about yourself, too.
