You want to eat right, lose weight, and improve your
health but seem to be having a hard time reaching your goal. Pumping it out on
the stair stepper everyday will only do so much if you don’t think about your
eating habits. Making a few adjustments to your diet will go a long way in
achieving your fitness goals without wasting hours. The three simple rules are:
1-Cut back on portions.
2-Reduce white bread, refined pastas, and crackers.
3-Move to low fat dairy and reduce portions.
The vast majority of Americans are overweight due to
lack of physical exercise and poor eating habits. Poor eating habits are the
main cause of increased pants size and poor health above and beyond exercise. The
amount of calories still takes the lead position in weight loss. No fitness
training plan is complete without adjusting the food you are eating.
We all love bread but many conventional breads don’t
love us back. White bread, white pasta, white rice, crackers, pretzels, and
other finely processed grains will damage your weight loss prospects through
high carbohydrates (1). Whole
grains provide the right ingredients due to the grain not being crushed and the
nutrients removed. Look for whole grains, brown rice, and whole wheat pasta as
alternatives (2).
Cream, milk, butter and cheese will damage your
weight loss achievements. Lower your dairy consumption and switch to low-fat
alternatives. Dairy products contain milk sugar that slows down weight loss and
generates a strong insulin response (3).
You can use low-fat varieties such as skim milk, low-fat yogurt, and low-fat
cheese while still getting the calcium you need (4).
