How to Change your Eating Habits

            I have noticed, myself included, that most people try to change their entire way of eating to make them loose weight quickly, so they follow a diet or as I call them, Fad Meals. While these Fade Meals will help you too loose weight they don’t instill within your mind a proper eating cycle. You simply think, “I am doing this for my Diet”.

            So what happens when you reach your goal? You stop your diet and go back to your “normal” eating style, gaining all that weight back. So instead of doing Fade Meals, let’s create a style of eating for success.

            We need to make small but significant changes too our eating partners and type of foods we ingest. For myself I was a person who awoke each day to a pop tart or some sort of sugary cereal. Then something random for lunch, usually fast food. I finish my day with something greasy or cheap to make, there would be some snacking in between of candy or chocolate in between.

            To change this I began with the first and most important meal of the day, Breakfast. When you eat breakfast you need to refuel yourself from the 8 or so hours of sleeping. I usually begin my day with a small salad of spinach and about two scrambled eggs on top, with some veggies or fruit with it. You can choose whatever meal you would prefer for breakfast, but I suggest having a good sized portion of protein with vitamins that you can get from vegetables.

            Lunch I will usually eat something light but filled with vitamins. Such as a chicken salad. This is simply a chicken breast or thigh backed and sliced over lettuce. The lettuce will usually have some sort of vinegar or dressing, remember to keep it light.

            Dinner is where I usually try and check up on proteins and carbohydrates I have missed throughout the day. So I enjoy a good sized steak, about the size of a deck of cards is recommended but I eat about twice that. A backed potato with sour cream and cheese. With a big sized side of vegetables.

            The main thing you want to control is portion size. If making a change of what you eat is too big of a step, then simply take what you are currently eating and cut the portion size in half. Also to remember to cut out any and all unnecessary snacking or supplement these snacks with vegetables. Vegetables are the king of foods for weight loss. While protein and carbohydrates are the king for body builders. 

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