Weight Loss Rules You Can Break

While it can seem impossible to keep up with the many rules of weight loss, there are a few rules you can break. It’s important to know that your entire diet should not depend on a set of rules. After all, the more rules you have, the more likely you are to break them. Focus on healthy eating and a healthy lifestyle in the long run, than simply a number of rules you should follow, will guarantee your weight loss success.

It is often stressed that you should eat up to six small meals a day while on a diet. But sometimes, the more meals you eat, the more you eat overall, especially in many women. The more meals you have the more opportunities there are to overeat. Instead, eat foods rich in fiber, which make you feel fuller and take longer to digest. Fiber-rich grain cereals and meals with a quarter carbs, a quarter protein, and half produce will help you lose weight possibly more than many small meals throughout the day will.

While carbs can cause sugar spikes, a study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association found that people on high-carb diets were slimmer than their pasta-phobic counterparts. Make sure you have at least 6 ounces of carbs a day, with half coming from whole grains. Don’t be afraid of refined carbs, like white pasta, either. Eat a cup of cooked pasta guilt free, or cook with a filling protein and enjoy.

Finally, we’ve all heard that we shouldn’t eat late at night. This is because we usually head for simple carbs that leave us hungry and wanting more. Truth is, your metabolism works at the same rate no matter what time it is. But to avoid this pitfall, eat a healthy snack in the afternoon, like a 100-calorie pack of almonds. When you have dinner, make sure there are no distractions. Scarfing down a meal usually means you aren’t paying attention to what or how much you eat.