DIET
The most important guidelines:
1. Soup with Spinach - 265 calories (Vegetarian)
Light soup (any kind with 100 calories or less) with 1 cup spinach microwaved into soup
Light string cheese
We all need a little inspiration every now and then. Whether you feel demotivated to diet or you just can't find the motivation to go running, here's some diet inspirational quotes in pictures to get you back on track.
A full list of weight loss friendly foods would be quite long. So I will only list some of the best diet foods:
Fish
Fish is very important part of every healthy diet. Fish and other seafood are rich in proteins, nutrients (such as vitamin D and selenium) and Omega-3 fatty acids. I recommend white fish for your diet. They are low in fat (white fish tends to be high in fat, but at lower levels than oily fish). White fish are: cod, plaice, halibut, haddock, pollack, dab, coley, red mullet, flounder, gurnard, tilapia.
To lose weight you will need to reduce your daily calorie intake. But how many calories do you need to lose weight?
To maintain weight, everybody needs a certain amount of calories. Look at the chart below how many calories you need based on your age and activity level.
Don't just diet - exercise to lose weight, too. Sport is a great way to lose weight. Here is a table with some common sport activities you can practice.
Training and Sport Activities
Continued from How to develop new eating habits
If you have already developed new eating habits following my tips in the previous article, you will have noticed that you lose a few pounds each week, but this won't last forever. At one point you will stop losing weight (it is related to the human brain, but I will explain this in another post). This is the right time for you to start a diet.
Before you start a diet, there is an important step that many people miss: to develop a new eating habit. There are people who eat 5-7 times a day, and I personally have seen people who eat 10 times a day. Which is too much. To start a new eating habit, you should stick to three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and a dinner. Each meal must not last more than 15 minutes. That's it! Sounds easy, eh? But there is a catch (of course):