LOSING WEIGHT WITHOUT GOING HUNGRY
LOSING WEIGHT WITHOUT GOING HUNGRY
Feeling fat? Wondering what kind of diet program will help you lose weight? Well, teenagers like you have tons of school activities that demand lots of energy, so skipping meals is not an ideal diet. Hey, don't think of a quick and easy way of losing weight. It's better to do it slowly but surely without ruining your routines. Read on and find out why you shouldn't skip meals and how to lose weight without starving.
1. Breakfast
if you think that skipping breakfast will help you to lose weight, think again. Since dinner is your last I meal, not having breakfast the next day will make you starve until noon. You will tend to eat more than your body needs. Instead of losing weight, you get a 1-2 kilo bonus of body weight. Ouch!
a. Have breakfast to get the energy your body needs to do your morning routine.
b. Make a list of simple break fast menu items that can be prepared the night before or that take only a few minutes of preparation.
2. Lunch
lunch time is the time when your brain and body need energy recharge after strenuous morning activities. Skipping lunch will make you feel tired and sluggish in the afternoon as your sugar blood level drops. Sugar is the fuel for your body to run on. The hunger pangs you feel may also distract you from focusing on your study or your afternoon tasks.
a. Have a small lunch portion, but don't skip.
b. Bring lunch from home, so you won't have any excuses to skip lunch, such as not having enough break time or being turned off by the unenticing food in your school canteen.
c. Pick healthy snacks to munch on when you feel hungry in the afternoon.
3. Dinner
Don't go to bed on an empty stomach. You night's sleep, for you may feel hungry while you are sleeping. Then you start to crave for something to eat. This may lead to helping yourself to food that may ruin your diet program: something sweet a.k.a. carbs. With the body's low metabolism during sleep, these carbs will turn to fat. Oh no!
a. Have a light portion of dinner as early as possible and go to bed at least two hours afterwards.
b. If you have to stay up late to study or do your homework, prepare a light snack like bananas or a few slices of apple, a small portion of oat meal, or a glass of warm milk.
TIPS
a. Drink a glass of water before meals. This will lessen the hungry feeling, so you won't eat a lot.
b. Exercise will help to optimize your weight loss program. Choose a fun sport you can do regularly with your buddies.
c. Be disciplined. No diet program will be successful without strong determination and persistence.
