Weight loss demands dedication to detail and close attention to the foods you choose for each and every meal.
When you lose a pound every week, you can count on weight loss amounting to at least fifty pounds in one year.
This is slow and permanent weight loss you can handle without overdoing the stress factor.
Change takes getting used to but you must start somewhere.
So let's start with a food journal.
Record Everything You Eat Keep a food journal where you will list everything you eat.
Although fruits and vegetables are good for you, the calorie content is still adding to overall intake.
Fruits especially may be adding hidden amounts since they are sometimes high in sugars, although they are natural.
For listings of the calorie content in foods go to your favorite search engine and type this: calorie content of foods.
Choose one of the sites and print the chart you find there.
Refer to this chart to list everything you eat.
These also include portion sizes and nutritional content of foods.
Prepare Food at Home The best way to count calories is to prepare your food at home.
Even if you currently prepare all your food, and have been doing do for years, you may not know how many calories are going into making your meals.
Invest in a good cookbook.
All recipes detail the number of servings and calories included when you prepare a dish.
In addition, measurements are provided so you know exactly how much of each ingredient is going into your recipes.
After a time or two, you will be able to calculate the calorie intake.
Counting Fast Food Content If you occasionally eat out, you may find that many restaurants now provide the calorie content in foods.
Always review the data before choosing your meal.
There are some healthy choices at fast food restaurants but you must fight temptation and make good choices.
As always, write down the figures from your meal.
Be Mindful of Calories in Drinks Smoothies, sweet drinks, even fruit drinks include many calories.
Pay close attention to the content as well as the serving size.
Many drinks amount to more than one serving.
As always, list these amount son your food journal.
An alternative can be to use Stevia as a calorie free sweetener.
End of The Day At the end of the day, add up the calories you have consumed.
Review you list and find ways to cut your calories by the choices you make.
Learn from your journal and reduce your intake.
You will find the cutting five hundred calories is not that hard when you know how much you are consuming.
Keep in mind that additional calories may also be cut when you engage in exercise.
If you are already eating healthy, consider starting an exercise routine to balance your numbers.
When you lose a pound every week, you can count on weight loss amounting to at least fifty pounds in one year.
This is slow and permanent weight loss you can handle without overdoing the stress factor.
Change takes getting used to but you must start somewhere.
So let's start with a food journal.
Record Everything You Eat Keep a food journal where you will list everything you eat.
Although fruits and vegetables are good for you, the calorie content is still adding to overall intake.
Fruits especially may be adding hidden amounts since they are sometimes high in sugars, although they are natural.
For listings of the calorie content in foods go to your favorite search engine and type this: calorie content of foods.
Choose one of the sites and print the chart you find there.
Refer to this chart to list everything you eat.
These also include portion sizes and nutritional content of foods.
Prepare Food at Home The best way to count calories is to prepare your food at home.
Even if you currently prepare all your food, and have been doing do for years, you may not know how many calories are going into making your meals.
Invest in a good cookbook.
All recipes detail the number of servings and calories included when you prepare a dish.
In addition, measurements are provided so you know exactly how much of each ingredient is going into your recipes.
After a time or two, you will be able to calculate the calorie intake.
Counting Fast Food Content If you occasionally eat out, you may find that many restaurants now provide the calorie content in foods.
Always review the data before choosing your meal.
There are some healthy choices at fast food restaurants but you must fight temptation and make good choices.
As always, write down the figures from your meal.
Be Mindful of Calories in Drinks Smoothies, sweet drinks, even fruit drinks include many calories.
Pay close attention to the content as well as the serving size.
Many drinks amount to more than one serving.
As always, list these amount son your food journal.
An alternative can be to use Stevia as a calorie free sweetener.
End of The Day At the end of the day, add up the calories you have consumed.
Review you list and find ways to cut your calories by the choices you make.
Learn from your journal and reduce your intake.
You will find the cutting five hundred calories is not that hard when you know how much you are consuming.
Keep in mind that additional calories may also be cut when you engage in exercise.
If you are already eating healthy, consider starting an exercise routine to balance your numbers.