10 Real Life Diet Tips

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Are you tired of diet tips handed out by someone with

apparently unlimited income and time? For some of us, it may

just not be practical to spend half of our Sunday preparing

carefully portioned meals for the rest of the week, or

financially feasible to buy all our meals prepackaged in just

the right portions. And there are those of us who cringe at the

thought of weighing food to achieve 'optimal portion sizes'.

Here are ten real life diet tips for the rest of us.

1. Eating out? Restaurant portions tend to be enormous, and if

it's on the plate, we tend to eat it. If it's possible, order

from the kid’s menu, where portions are more reasonably sized.

2. Keep healthy snacks around and easily accessible. A bowl of

fruit on the kitchen table, a container of celery or carrot

sticks in the refrigerator, or a couple of pop-open cans of

fruit salad in your desk at work will help you grab for

something healthy when those first hunger pains begin. In other

words, you'll be more likely to grab something low-calorie and

good for you if it's easy to eat.

3. Substitute frozen vegetables for canned. Canned veggies tend

to be high in sodium, which you don't need, and low in real

nutrition, which you do. Buy economy size bags with zip

closures to make it easy to pour out a single serving for a

meal.

4. Buy a vegetable steamer. Steaming is one of the healthiest

ways to cook vegetables. The food retains nearly all of its

natural nutrients instead of leaching it out into the cooking

water. Even better, it makes your veggies taste great - which

means you'll be more likely to eat them instead of filling up

on fatty foods that pack on weight.

5. Never eat standing up. One of the easiest ways to sabotage

your diet is to 'eat without thinking'. Treat eating with the

respect that it deserves. Fix yourself a plate. Sit down and

eat properly. You'll be less likely to just pop food into your

mouth without paying attention.

6. Spread your meals out. When you eat three meals a day, your

body tends to store whatever it doesn't need right that moment.

By adopting a 'grazing' habit, you'll keep your metabolism

working throughout the day. Have a small breakfast, a piece of

fruit with crackers or toast at mid-morning, a light lunch and

an 'after school snack' mid-afternoon. Just remember that

you're breaking up the same amount of food into smaller meals,

not ADDING more food into your daily diet.

7. Grab a fruit juice or flavored water instead of soda. Soda

is nothing but empty calories. No nutrients, lots of sugar.

Instead, grab a bottle of 100% fruit juice, or water flavored

with a spritz of fruit.

8. Drink water. Even the FDA recommends at least 8 full 8 ounce

glasses of water a day to keep your body working right. When

you're dieting, you should drink even more. It's not just that

full feeling - water helps your body digest foods properly and

cleans out your system.

9. Can't afford a gym membership? Make a pact with friends to

exercise together. Make a date at least three times a week to

play volleyball, take a walk or spend half an hour doing

something active.

10. Skip the potato chips. Fatty snacks fried in hydrogenated

oil like potato chips contribute fat and calories and not much

else. Instead, grab a handful of dried fruit or a cup of yogurt

for the same amount of calories and a lot more nutritional

benefit.

About The Author: For more weight loss and dieting information,

please visit our website at http://www.info-research-online.com.

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