Simple habits to lose weight, not your sanity.
ADD foods. Nutrient dense, voluminous, and energizing. Subtract the crap. Focus on adding fruits, veggies, beans, nuts, seeds, whole grains, tea, and water. By eating more nutrient dense, real whole food you can implement a good strategy for slowing down the meal pace this means spending more time over your healthy meal. This means your body has longer to register satiety signals, so you’ll likely end up eating less overall.
Learn to love legumes. Legumes are the smartest place to start if you want to ease into plant based, lose weight, and keep it off. Legumes pack in plenty of protein and ward off cravings by allow you to continue staying fuller for longer. Research has shown that increasing your plant based protein consumption may even play a role in preventing obesity.
Don’t call this a DIET. Focusing on the foods you can eat rather than worrying about what you have to restrict will ensure better weight loss and increased effectiveness in keeping it off. It is the consistent and persistent efforts each day that will lend itself to far greater success than just thinking of this as a diet.
Meal prep for SUCCESS. Smart meal prepping will help with your weight loss success. Sundays are a great day to roast a large amount of vegetables, make a large batch of grains (brown rice or quinoa) and a big batch of beans, chickpeas, or legumes so you can quickly pull together healthy meals throughout the week. This will also allow you to decrease the incidence of those moments when you’re just grabbing the closet sugar and saturated fat loaded thing to just “make it through” the day. Take it even further but portioning your meals out in meal prep containers so that you can be prepared for those busy, hectic days.
Deez’ nuts. Get to know how nuts fit into your meals beyond just the mid-afternoon snack. They are power packed for weight loss with their energy and fat burning properties. Get creative and incorporate them into your meals and snacks throughout the day. They are an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids and pack enough protein and fiber to keep you feeling fuller for longer, which is key when it comes to promoting efficient weight loss. If you love snacking, pack a package of pistachios. They are high-protein and I have ready them referred to as the “skinny nut.” Pistachios have only 100 calories per 30 nut serving. Go for the unsalted varieties to avoid bloat.
Say hello to herbs and spices. Eating healthy and losing weight doesn’t have to be bland. Being boring and tasteless won’t keep you consistently and persistently eating for you health goals. Herbs and spices are low in calories and can transform a blah meal without packing on pounds like dressings and sauces.
Get to know your grocery store. It is no doubt that the produce section should be the primary part of your grocery store adventure, but there’s no reason to skip the other aisles entirely. Canned, jarred, and frozen foods are beneficial in your daily eating as well. This is okayas long as products use whole foods and have short and simple ingredient lists.
It’s okay to keep it simple. Eating for weight loss doesn’t have to be an overwhelming overhaul. Work consistently and persistently on making little changes to your daily eating until they are a habit.
