Seldom Mentioned Weight Loss Tips
Is your New Years resolution to shed a few recently gained pounds? But you have tried all those well-known weight loss strategies, such as eating more vegetables, limiting portions, and exercising more without much success.
Here are six lesser-known weight loss tips that could make you say "Oh wow! I'll try that today." Almost everyone will find one or two fresh ideas from this list. Some involve different ways to eat, adding certain foods to your diet, or learning new behavioral strategies to help you stay on track.
Weight Loss Tip #1: Have Barley for Breakfast
Swedish researches found that eating barley for breakfast helped maintain a constant blood sugar level and helped fight hunger. That's because the carbs in barley has a "low glycemic index," meaning they raise blood sugar more slowly than some other carbohydrate foods. This helps you avoid a spike, and then a drop, in blood sugar, which can leave you feeling famished.
Hulled barley, not pearl barley, is becoming the new oatmeal. This new trend is based on Swedish researchers studies of minimally processed hulled barley and is not applicable to the more processed forms, such as pearl barley. Try a long lasting hulled barley breakfast by picking some up the next time you visit the grocery store.
Weight Loss Tip #2: Proteinize Your Lunch Salad
Eating a vegetable salad for lunch without dressing is a common mistake dieters make. A salad is a great lunch choice if you add some protein and a little fat, which will keep you from felling starved by mid-afternoon.
Weight Loss Tip #2: Stock Up on Frozen Vegetables
Sure, fresh vegetables are nutritious, but when faced with the need to wash, slice, cut, or scrape fresh vegetables many will say it's too much trouble and reach for the chips instead.
For convenience, load up your freezer with frozen vegetables. Frozen vegetables are already clean, chopped, and ready to cook in the microwave. Pre-cooked frozen vegetables that are stored in your refrigerator can be an easy 3 pm snack.
But this vegetable party tray is just for you and your family members. Studies have shown that we snack twice as often on food that is prepared and within reach, than if it requires preparation. Keep it in the fridge at eye level, encouraging you to snack healthy and avoid the higher-calorie contents of your refrigerator.
But this vegetable party tray is just for you and your family members. Studies have shown that we snack twice as often on food that is prepared and within reach, than if it requires preparation. By keeping the tray in the refrigerator at eye level, you encourage healthy snacking and avoiding the high calorie convenience foods.
Weight Loss Tip #5: Road Trip for Treats
If you're one of the types who over does it on sweets, then make it a challenge to get your favorite treat. Instead of keeping the treats in the house, give yourself permission to take a road trip when you really need one. Want a frozen yogurt then take a trip to the nearest frozen yogurt shop.
Weight Loss Tip #5: Go Out for Treats
Make yourself work a little to get your favorite sweet. Do not keep them in the house, but give yourself permission to go out and get them when you really need to. Want a frozen yogurt then take a trip to the nearest frozen yogurt shop.
The more energy it takes to get a unhealthy snack, the less likely you will eat them. By allowing the road trip, you keep the consideration of deprivation away while you experience the declining sweet consumption.
If the pants are loose then you feel like you are moving forward in a positive direction and stay the course during the weekend. Conversely, if they are snug then you will have a new motivation to keep to your diet so they'll fit more comfortably the following week.
If the pants are loose then you feel like you are making progress and stay the course during the weekend. Alternatively, if they are too snug then it is time to regroup and become remotivated so they will have a better fit next week.
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