Begin To Eat Healthier, Get Lighter – Part 2
As you read in the first part of this article, there is always a new diet out there professing that their “cutting-edge” way of eating will help you to lose weight quickly. Here are the last 2 simple to follow tips that will lead you to eat healthier and get slimmer and change .
Eat Healthier Tip #4 – Don’t Be Late for Dinner
Or eat after 8:00 at all really. Your body needs time to digest food and burn calories before you retire for the night. Choose a time several hours before you fall asleep and refuse to eat any later. I choose not the eat after 8:00 and this gives my food a good 3 hours to digest and burn calories before I go to bed. It can take some forethought to make sure that you have your day scheduled to allow you time to eat dinner early enough, but it will become a habit quickly.
Eat Healthier Step #5 – Remember Your Youth
As a disclaimer, this is not at all scientifically based. This is my wife’s theory, and the more I think about it, and as I read further, the more I think she may be on to something. Her hypothesis goes that your body gets used to the way you ate growing up, and learns to process those kinds of foods better than others. If you ate rice everyday (like she did) growing up, your body is not going to know what to do with a low/no carb diet. People who were raised in other cultures often become sick or have a “heavy” feeling when eating western food, even if it seems well balanced. I am not at all advocating that you continue to eat a poor diet because that is what you ate as a youngster, but be mindful of the healthier foods you ate in abundance and don’t elimintate them from your diet.
Between the two sections, there are five easy to follow steps. If you want to lose weight and feel better, these steps are a great place to start. But keep researching, and don’t quit! The important thing to remember is that you can do it. It may not be easy, and it won’t always be fun, but believe me it is worth it. I feel better than I have in a long time, and my wife tells me I look great!
Kurt Abel from www.myfasteffectiveweightloss.com is an elementary school teacher and a fitness nut who has been through the process of losing weight and getting back into shape. He runs a website dedicated to helping others start losing weight quickly. To jumpstart your weight loss, visit his site to sign up to receive a free ebook on the secrets of a lean body.