We often apply complex and incredibly specific rules to our weight loss eating. Only x for breakfast, no snacks, ban certain food substances, eat lots of goji berries and chia seeds, but not after 7pm.
Recent research has indicated that it is more simple than that. Published in the Journal of the Academy of Dietition and Nutretics is a report indicating several, simple, key differences a person can make to take charge of their weight loss journey.
1. Keep a food journal
2. Avoid eating out
3, Never skip meals
1. This device keeps us from having short term memory loss but also allows us to get an overall picture of how well we could be doing in relation to our previous eating habits. It is a reminder and a reward in itself.
2. We have almost no control over what goes into the food that other people prepare for us. The humble caesar salad can be LOADED with high fat calories and yet we think we're making a good choice. Restaurant food relies on oil and butter and cream for mouth flavour. Even that grilled fish has been doused in oil. Whereas at home we have 100% control and we can have it just the way we like it and want it, thereby eliminating a whole raft of guilt and self-flaggelation.
3. Skipping meals can induce the famine effect in the body and work in totally the opposite way that we intended it to. Keep the body adequately fueled throughout the day and it will love and appreciate you. Trying to make up for "being bad" by skipping meals means you just aggravate that reptilian brain of yours and it sends you strong messages about hunger and re-feeding.
And guess what - it is all self-help, not some expensive, commnercial plan either. Start writing! Invent your own caesar salad and eat regularly. Its not rocket science, its rock-it common sense.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/247839.php
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