Weight Loss Tip
Don't Go
Hungry
by Kathy Burns-Millyard
If you're planning to work harder on losing weight in the new year, it will
help tremendously if you can figure out how to avoid the most common problem:
Hunger.
Many people make the mistake of starting a diet that restricts their food
intake, or restricts certain kinds of foods. And many of these diet plans just
make you hungry... and that makes weight loss even harder.
This may be hard for you to believe, but certain foods actually make you
hungrier. If you can avoid these, you'll go a lot farther with reaching your
weight loss goals and resolutions this year.
1. Sugar - Yes, it makes you hungrier. It's sly though... when you first down a
can of sugary soda, or grab a doughnut on your way out the door, it seems to
kill the hunger almost immediately. This happens though, because it spikes your
blood sugar (glucose) levels. Within an hour or two of having that dose of
sugar, your glucose levels start dropping drastically again and you start
feeling ravenous again.
2. Simple Starches - Pasta, white bread, white rice, and other simple starches
are just another form of sugar to your body. They spike your glucose levels
quickly, then when your body starts crashing you find yourself hunting through
the fridge or visiting the vending machines again.
3. Low Fat - This is one people don't like to hear... but I've tested it
personally myself and with my family, plus I've researched it quite a bit. In
short, keeping your fat intake too low will cause you to eat more, because it
doesn't satiate you. If instead, you increase your fat intake even slightly -
with "good" fats of course - you'll find yourself feeling full faster, and
staying satiated longer.
In addition to adding a little fat to your eating habits, one other excellent
resource for feeling full longer is fiber. Now, it's not easy to add more fiber
to your diet - particularly if you eat from boxes, or use a lot of frozen or
microwave meals. Even the "high fiber" cereals you find these days have just 2
or 3 grams of fiber per serving. That's definitely better than the high sugar
cereals, but it's not enough. Try eating raw veggies and fruits, and try buying
some of the specialized foods that have recently come on the market with
additional fiber in them. Quaker Oatmeal for instance, recently released a
version of their product which has 6 or 8 grams of fiber per serving, and there
are a few other cereals out with as much as 10 grams of fiber per serving.
If you still need help getting additional fiber in your daily eating schedule,
try a high quality fiber supplement like ProFibe.
Kathy Burns-Millyard - Kathy is a professional published writer who covers a
variety of popular topics such as health, fitness, decorating, and gardening.
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