Tips and Tricks how to Start Cutting your Calories
Posted by Virginia H. | Posted in General tips | Posted on 22-03-2010-05-2008
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You should change the way you eat and start cutting those calories in order to start losing that fat and getting closer to the body that you would want to have. Below are some good weight loss recommendations:
- Skipping one or two high-calorie items is a good place to start when cutting calories. For example, you could skip your morning latte or that bowl of ice cream you always have after dinner. Think about what you eat and drink each day and identify items you could cut out. If you think that skipping your indulgence will leave you with a craving, try a low-calorie substitution. Avoid junk-food and all sorts of *bad* snacks which have a lot of calories.
- Stay away from sweetened bottle drinks, especially sodas. All those colas and fizzy drinks are sweetened with sugar and sugar means calories.
- Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. Also try to replace fruit juice from a pack with a fresh juice or fresh fruits.
- Downsize your kitchenware. The human mind works in mysterious ways. It turns out that using smaller bowls, plates, and containers can subconsciously influence how much you serve yourself. Even nutrition experts are victims of this phenomenon; when 85 of them were given a random mix of small and large bowls and scoops, those who got larger bowls served themselves 31% more ice cream, and added on another 14.5% if they had bigger scoops!
I will add some more tips and tricks how to decrease the amount of calories you consume later.
