By Vito La Fata
After 12 years in the fitness industry and hundreds of fitness challenges, competitions, clients and study, you can ask any dieter and she will tell you that the hardest part of losing weight is feeling hungry. And that can be a huge monkey wrench in your attempts to manage a healthy weight.
But not only is going hungry no fun, it is also not practical over the long haul. You can only live with hunger pains for so long. After a while, you will likely grow tired of being miserably hungry and just give up altogether. Thankfully, there is another solution. You just need to know which foods to eat when you get hungry.
Choosing the right foods is critical, because you want to fill up your stomach but not with foods that are going to lead to more weight gain. The trick is to eat food that is low calorie but high density. You will be able to eat a lot more food if you eat 400 calories of raw veggies than if you eat 400 calories of steak, for example.
Obviously you have to eat other things than just raw vegetables, but there will still be lots of calories that you can eat after eating the vegetables to round out your meal. You can eat some beans and nuts, for instance. And since fiber takes such a long time to fully digest, you will not be hungry for quite a while!
You will find, by adopting this eating strategy, is that you are able to eat more food but lose more weight in the process, and you will not have to be hungry. You will find that you have more will power to resist unhealthy foods, because you will not be going through your days ravenous!
The next time you are hungry, do not reach for salty snacks or fatty foods. Instead, reach for fiber and see how it fills you up and helps your will power. Keep lots of healthy, fiber filled snacks around your house, in your car and in your office. That way, you will be less tempted to reach for things that will sabotage your weight loss efforts.
But not only is going hungry no fun, it is also not practical over the long haul. You can only live with hunger pains for so long. After a while, you will likely grow tired of being miserably hungry and just give up altogether. Thankfully, there is another solution. You just need to know which foods to eat when you get hungry.
Choosing the right foods is critical, because you want to fill up your stomach but not with foods that are going to lead to more weight gain. The trick is to eat food that is low calorie but high density. You will be able to eat a lot more food if you eat 400 calories of raw veggies than if you eat 400 calories of steak, for example.
Obviously you have to eat other things than just raw vegetables, but there will still be lots of calories that you can eat after eating the vegetables to round out your meal. You can eat some beans and nuts, for instance. And since fiber takes such a long time to fully digest, you will not be hungry for quite a while!
You will find, by adopting this eating strategy, is that you are able to eat more food but lose more weight in the process, and you will not have to be hungry. You will find that you have more will power to resist unhealthy foods, because you will not be going through your days ravenous!
The next time you are hungry, do not reach for salty snacks or fatty foods. Instead, reach for fiber and see how it fills you up and helps your will power. Keep lots of healthy, fiber filled snacks around your house, in your car and in your office. That way, you will be less tempted to reach for things that will sabotage your weight loss efforts.
About the Author:
About the author: Vito La Fata is a fitness professional who can give you information on how to eat to lose weight. Visit his site for more information on getting fit and healthy and on how to reduce calories to lose weight.
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