You can slim down and lose weight by consuming certain foods more often. Many are foods that we just don’t think about much can really help!
Incorporate as many as you can into your diet. Once you adjust to eating them, they should become staples of your diet if you want to shed some weight.
If you can kick the Standard American Diet, you’ll be healthier! Foods produced in the US have lost most of their nutritional value.
Since you’re body craves nutrition, you might not know it but your body may be severely depleted of vital nutrients missing from your diet. You can’t slim down if you don’t curb some of your cravings for unhealthy foods. Healthy foods help you lose weight. Unhealthy foods make you crave more of them, which makes you gain weight.
This is a list of foods you can eat to slim down. Realize that it's best to eat unhealthy foods less of the time, and healthy foods more of the time. That's one great way to make your choices healthy ones! Variety and balance are also the keys to weight loss!
Foods to Slim Down With
* Fiber - Both kinds of fiber, insoluble and soluble can help you slim down.
Insoluble fiber gives dense volume to food without adding a lot of calories. Foods rich in insoluble fiber include high fiber cereal, whole wheat bread, wheat bran, fruits and vegetables.
Soluble fiber helps stabilize blood sugar levels, which helps your body better control hunger and cravings. Also, soluble fiber slows down digestion, which increases the time you feel full. Foods rich in soluble fiber include strawberries, apples, pears, oatmeal, chickpeas, and dried beans.
* Water Packed Foods - Fruits and vegetables with a high water content, help fill you up so you'll be less apt to snack on other things throughout the day. Watermelon, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, mushrooms, grapefruit, grapes, kiwi, honeydew, squash, celery, and cantaloupe all have high water content.
* Lean Protein – Lean protein can boost your metabolism after you ingest them. Include lean protein with every meal if you can. Good sources include chicken breast, canned tuna packed in water, red salmon (fresh and canned), egg whites, crab meat, shrimp, turkey breast, tofu, lean red meat, low-fat dairy products, beans, broccoli, and lentils.
* Inconvenient Foods - People eat less of the very same foods when they require a bit of work to get to them. Examples are shelled natural nuts, crab legs, cooked artichoke leaves, snap peas, and beans. You can also opt to make your own snacks instead of buying them. Natural chips are much healthier for you than store bought chips because they don’t have preservatives in them! If you use cold pressed Olive Oil, you’ll get even more benefits!
Healthy Homemade Potato Chips
* 2 large russet potatoes * cold pressed olive oil * salt to taste
Cooking Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Wash and scrub the potatoes. Cut potatoes into 1/8- to 1/4-inch rounds or into triangular wedges. Put the cut potatoes into a large bowl, and mix with 2 T. olive oil until all the potato pieces are coated. Pour the extra little bit of olive oil onto two cookie sheets and rub it all around with your fingers. This greases the cookie sheets so that your potatoes won't stick. Place the potatoes slices on the cookie sheets. Make sure that none of the potato’s are touching. Bake for 15 minutes. The potatoes will just be starting to turn gold. Take the potato slices out of the oven and flip them over. Bake slices another 15 minutes. You might need to take them out earlier, so check on the potatoes every 5 minutes. When the potatoes look golden-brown, they’re done. Put a paper towel over a large plate. Remove the potatoes slices from the cookie sheets to the paper towel-covered plate. Sprinkle the potatoes with sea salt. You can also try garlic salt, onion soup mix, or ranch dressing mix. Allow potato chips to cool before you eat them.
* Gum - Contrary to popular belief, sugarless gum does not stimulate your appetite. In fact, it's a great way to give your taste buds a shot of flavor and prevent yourself from stuffing something unhealthy into your mouth. Keep a pack of sugarless gum with you if you have regular food cravings for unhealthy foods.
* Hot Beverages – Drink hot beverages after meals. Why? Because cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down your digestion. Once this sludge reacts with the acids in your stomach and intestines, it breaks down and is absorbed by the intestines faster than the solid foods. The sludge will line your intestinal walls which quickly turns into fat and may lead to Cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm tepid water after a meal.
* Spicy Foods – People are more satisfied with less food when their meal is spicy hot. You’ll eat slower because of the spiciness and drink more water! If your taste buds can handle the heat, add red hot chili peppers, hot sauce, and salsa to your meals. *Salsa is even really good with eggs!
* Pre-portioned Snacks – Snacks that already have the right serving size in them might be more expensive to buy, but if you’re trying to slim down, you should get used to what a normal portion size is! There's no chance of overeating when you only have one serving in front of you.
Try the following healthy snacks when you want something fun: 100-Calorie Snack Pack, Soy Crisps, Rice Cakes, Healthy Pop mini bag microwave popcorn, granola bars, Weight Watchers ice cream pops, or Swiss Miss/Jell-O fat free jello or pudding.
When you slim down, your clothes will feel much looser on you, you'll get around more easily, and you'll feel like a heavy burden has been lifted off you. Many times when people lose weight, health problems disappear. Choose a healthier lifestyle and you'll live a happy, longer, more productive life!
