Here are some of the best diet tips ever!
- Start eating when you feel hungry & stop eating before you feel full.
- Eat balance diet (see page: “Diet Guidelines”) with various foods to ensure you get all essential nutrients (including: carbohydrate, fat, protein, vitamins, minerals & water)
- After finishing 1 portion, wait for a while before you decide to add another portion. Sometimes all you need is drinking a glass of water before realizing that you’re full already.
- Drink enough water, don’t wait until you feel thirst because it’s a sign of dehydration. The color of your urine is also a good indicator whether you’ve enough rehydrated or not (see post: “Water – Have you had enough today?”).
- The best ratio for healthy stomach is 1/3 part for food, 1/3 part for water & 1/3 part for air.
- If you want to reduce calories, reduce your portion gradually rather than cut it extremely.
- Stock your kitchen, refrigerator & freezer with healthy convenience food rather than junk food.
- Eat plenty of fruits & vegetables. Fruits are also the best option to start your breakfast.
- Daytime is the best time to eat snacks, avoid any snack at nighttime
- Don’t eat anything at least 2 hours before you sleep at night, never sleep with an extremely full stomach.
- Choose the healthier food from your favorite options. For examples:
| for entrée, vegetable salad is healthier than cream soup |
| for main, tenderloin with mashed potato is healthier than sirloin with french fries |
| for dessert, sorbet & frozen yoghurt are healthier than creamy ice cream & cheese cake |
| fish & poultry are healthier than squid & lobster |
| minced meat is healthier than bacon, sausages & other processed meat |
| vegetable oil is healthier than margarine for cooking (see post: “How to choose cooking oils & fats?”) |
| olive oil is healthier than mayonnaise for salad dressing |
| whole wheat bread is healthier than white bread |
| red or brown rice is healthier than white rice |
| honey is healthier than sugar |
| mineral water & milk are healthier than soft drink & alcoholic beverages |
- Be physically active! Reduce calories via diet only is not effective without regular exercise. If you want to reduce your weight, make sure that you exercise more to burn more calories.
- If you want to eat high-calorie-food (such as: fatty delicious meals or sweet deserts), make sure that you really love it – otherwise you’ll only get extra calories but it’s not worth your appetite. Eat moderately to satisfy your appetite & don’t forget to do more exercise after that.
- Control your weight by scaling your weight… regularly (everyday is even better)! Don’t be afraid to face ‘the reality’, because it’s a lot easier to cut 1 kg rather than 10 kg excess body weight that you’ve just realized after several weeks avoiding weight scale.
REFERENCES: from various sources & personal experiences