Limiting food intake in a fast paced environment is never easy to do. May it be a simple McDonald’s hamburger, eating around two to three slices of a pizza from Pizza Hut or a spaghetti take out meal. It is never easy to not finish it as soon as it served in front of you.
Every day we know we eat unhealthy food but we ignore it because of the “better” things we need to attend to. I for one admittedly had done it before and gained weight continuously over weeks. But then again, I found a way to eat these tasty foods without even causing you to gain weight as fast as it does. It even gives you a feeling of being full already even before finishing it.
Every time I eat, I start out by drinking two glasses of water. This gives me a feeling that my tummy already has something in it, so the food cravings is lessened.
In eating fast food meals like burgers and pizzas, instead of eating and finishing it as soon as it is served to you, eat it halfway first, and then eat the other half of the piece later for at least twenty minutes. Basically, initially eating gives you a feeling of fullness after 20 minutes because of the blood sugar rise it induces and tells your brain “Hey you don’t need to eat anymore”. Only then you’ll feel that your stomach has something in it already.
Like our parents always say, chew your food slowly. Slow chewing helps you in terms better of digestion. It also gives you the same sense of fullness when eating large amount of meals.
Protein intake is a good substitute in our daily routine. Meats are not the only protein source we have. We also have hard boiled eggs, cheddar cheese, vanilla ice cream, almonds, peanut butter and low fat yogurt are among the other source of proteins we can look into. These things are not that hard to hand carry during office days.
We can also bring fruits as substitutes for takeout meal. Fruits are a good source of vitamins and minerals.
Steamed foods are another good option. Not only because it retains the natural smell and taste, but helps you from gaining weight, and helps you in preventing ulcers, heart diseases and cholesterol levels from shooting up.
We always have different options on the food we take. All we need to do is to look for it.
Remember this: “Too much of good tasty food is bad. Never forget to eat right.”
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