07 Dec
Posted by: MelanyP in: Health & Weight Loss
One of the biggest areas where people have excuses that are hindering their weight loss – and are actually a main cause of gaining weight – is related to clearing your plate when you eat.
Many excuses are heartfelt, but don’t stand up to close scrutiny. The following are three of the most popular:
‘But there are starving people around the world.’
This comment makes people feel guilty or ungrateful if they waste food. All I can say is that the moment you buy, cook and serve yourself a portion that is bigger than your need (that is, bigger than your fist), you are wasting that food. Whether i
I know I sure did. And the one thing that’s really bad about pigging out, even if it’s only for a day or two, is that your body literally gets somewhat addicted to all the fat, salt and sugar you’ve enjoyed, and you think everything else after that really tastes like sawdust. It doesn’t take the human body very long at all to become used to food that has a lot of flavor via the big three baddies of the diet world.
For that reason, sticking to a healthier and more wholesome diet the majority of the time makes you actually crave those foods when you do go off track, as opposed to constantly craving junk. Studies have shown that sweets and fats are actually addictive on a physiological level to the body. That’s wh
I wanted to go over a few really yummy, low fat and low carb snacks that I find really help hold me over for a while when I’m trying to cut my carbs, and hence cut my weight. These snacks are also pretty convenient since they come in prepackaged little sizes, or come in bite sizes that you can easily throw in a snack sized baggie. They are a staple in my diet when I’m really trying to stay trim and fit, and they are dee-lish too.
The first snack on my list is both low fat and low carb. It is the Kraft low fat, made with 2% milk cheese cubes. These little cubes come in a bag, and they are low fat but packed with flavor. I li
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