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5 Diet Plan Saving Tips !

Guilty and frustrated from cheating on your diet plan? These diet plan saving tips will keep you on track!

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It’s nine thirty at night and you have followed your new diet plan perfectly to a tee all day. A pizza advertisement comes on the commercial break of your favorite show and you notice it is close to your next mealtime.
Up to the kitchen you go to eat your next meal. When in the fridge pulling out your nicelyprepared diet plan meal, you notice some left over Fettuccini Alfredo your wife or roommate brought home. Sure looks good you think as you catch a little bit of saliva about to drip on your shirt!

“Just a little taste won’t hurt my diet plan,” you justify…

“ I’ve stuck to my diet plan all day……”

A little taste and before you know it you tell yourself the extra carbs and calories will be a good boost to your workout tomorrow!

An hour later your gut is stretching and Indigestion plagues you from cheating on your diet plan!!

“I should have stuck to my diet plan!” is going through your head as you lay down to have nightmares of a fat ass! “Tomorrow I’ll stick to my diet plan “, you chant in your head!But you fall from your diet plan only a day or two later!

The occasional stray from your diet plan can really add up!And billboards,tv’s, radios and people are everywhere pushing fast foods and junk to sabotage your diet plan!

Here are five diet plan saving tips to arm yourself against the onslaught of the Cheating War!

Diet Plan Tip #1 – Eat Slowly – Take your time when you sit down to eat.

The chances you will stuff yourself or overeat diminish and you will reach the point of satiety much more quickly if you eat slowly!

The more you are satisfied with what you have eaten the less likely you will continue to think of food. That chocolate Black Forest cake won’t be as tempting either!

Diet Plan Tip #2 – Have Delicious Meals That Fit Your Meal Plan Prepared Ahead Of Time.

Having meals prepared ahead of time makes it convenient to eat according to a plan and on schedule.

You can make it more convenient to stick to your diet plan than it is to eat that bag of candy by having your diet plan meals prepared and available when it is time to eat– and when you gethungry.

Diet Plan Tip #3 – Get Used To Eating For Your Purpose Instead Of For Your Taste Buds.

Satisfying your taste buds when you get the urge to gorge down a Big Mac will never develop a healthy, lean, muscular physique! Keep in mind you are eating to develop a lean, healthy muscular physique every time you open your mouth! The temporary taste satisfaction of a jelly-filled donut will be gone real fast but the empty calories you just devoured can defeat a whole day’s worth of bodybuilding effort!

Diet Plan Tip #4 – Be creative with your cooking to make sticking to your diet enjoyable.

Ideally, with proper preparation and some reciperesearch you can create delicious mouth watering meals that meet your diet plan criteria. Learn to cook. Employ spices from other parts of the world. India and China are twocountries with interesting choices to really spice up your diet plan. When you don’t have to force feed yourself with your nose plugged the chances are much higher you can stick to your diet plan more easily!

Diet Plan Tip #5 – Drink Water.

Drinking water between meals can help to reduce your hunger pains temporarily by giving a sense of fullness. For those of you that sabotage your diet plan munching here and there,keeping a water bottle with you wherever you go can really help.Just sip away when its oral satisfaction rather than hunger driving you.

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A Quick Look at Some of Today’s Most Effective Diets

The idiot-proof diet is all about calorie shifting. That is, in this diet, you shift your food intake throughout the day instead of eating just 3 meals a day. The diet is popular because it’s actually very easy to follow and there are hardly any restrictions when it comes to the types of food you can eat.

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The Idiot-Proof Diet

The idiot-proof diet is all about calorie shifting. That is, in this diet, you shift your food intake throughout the day instead of eating just 3 meals a day. The diet is popular because it’s actually very easy to follow and there are hardly any restrictions when it comes to the types of food you can eat.

The ‘calorie shifting’ model takes place because you eat every two and half hours. The theory is that because your body is consuming calories (energy) constantly throughout the day, it’s always in ‘burning calories’ mode instead of the ‘saving calories’ mode.

When you sign up for the diet, you get access to a diet handbook, an 11-day diet-plan and a diet calculator. You get to pick what foods you like to eat so don’t think that you’ll be tarving in this diet!

NutriSystem

The NutriSystem way of dieting is all about proper meal planning. People love this diet because it takes away the burden of trying to figure out what to eat during their dieting phase. You see, a lot of people actually get confused as to what they can eat when they want to lose weight. That’s not really surprising because there’s so much information out there and for every yay sayer, there is a nay sayer so it’s really tough to know what to eat.

However, with NurtiSystem, they do all the meal planning and portion controlling for you. You just need to sign up to any of their diet programs (e.g., Women’s Program, Men’s Program, Vegetarian Program, etc.) and order a multi-day (usually for 28 days) diet program.

After you choose your diet program, a menu is presented to you and you simply choose what you want to eat. The meals are then delivered to your doorstep at various intervals during your diet program.

The South Beach Diet

The South Beach Diet is popular because the name alone conjures bikini-clad bodies! Add to that the fact that it was founded by a cardiologist, Dr. Arthur Agatston, then you have a sort of ‘doctor recommended, doctor approved’ seal on the diet as well.

At first glance, the South Beach Diet looks a lot like the Atkins Diet in the sense that it restricts carbohydrates during the initial phase of the program (there are 3 phases). The first phase (14 days) encourages ‘normal eating’ in the sense that you can pretty much eat whatever you want but you must NOT eat bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, or baked goods. Fruit is also not allowed. No sugar. No alcohol.

The second phase allows you to SLOWLY introduce these items back into your diet but at lesser levels that you consumed them before of course. The third phase is more about general maintenance.

Weight Watchers

Probably one of the longest running diet programs out there is Weight Watchers. It believes in the overall approach where food, exercise, behavior and support are addressed.

Weight Watchers is known for advocating a point system for foods. Using this system, one calculates the calorie intake of the foods he or she eats. The number of points you can have in a day varies depending on your weight. The beauty of the program is that there are no gut-wrenching food restrictions so you never feel deprived of anything. However, the point system teaches you how to balance your meals so that even if you indulge on one food item, you don’t go overboard and consume too much in a day.

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Top 7 Ways to Beat the Sugar Blues

Happy Humps Day!! It’s Wednesday and it’s time to tackle one of those issues that drive us ladies CRAAAZYYYY….sugar addiction! Cookies, cakes, brownies, icecream, candy, soda, frappuccinos, ahhh it never ends. We are haunted with high sugar…sugar is even hidden in foods we normally wouldn’t even consider…and I’m talking in buckets full making you crave sugar even more. So how do you combat the sugar blues?

Weight loss and fitness issues are usually one of the causes of depression for women who are having difficulty shedding off the unwanted fat bulges. And so what do we do when we get sad about our misfortunes? We binge eat especially on sweets when we feel down or when we encounter problems that we have difficulty coping with. Very few of us know that this is a deadly cycle.

If you feel down because you feel that weight loss and fitness is something that you cannot achieve, you should not resolve to eating sweets to make you feel good. Sugar is high on the list of the causes of weight gain, mood swings, and depression. It can create cravings that make the body wanting more.

How do you beat the sugar blues? Change your weight loss and fitness goals. If you will be able to permanently change your relationship with sugar then you will be able to change your lifestyle and eventually lose weight. How do you do this? You must answer the following:
1.Why do you crave for sugar?
2.How does sugar affect your energy?
3.What you can do to prevent cravings?

Weight loss and fitness problems are born out of this viscous cycle; you eat sweets that cause blood sugar spikes followed by an abrupt decline. When this happens, you tend to be more irritable, anxious, and lightheaded, which in turn causes you to crave for more sugar. Highly refined sugar is full of empty calories, by breaking down rapidly in your bloodstream, which causes insulin dumping.

Yes, Sugar or glucose, is a requirement for a healthy body; it provides energy to cells in the body. This, however, when taken in high amounts may lead to obesity and other life threatening diseases like heart disease and diabetes. Having weight loss and fitness goals that eliminates these cravings will help you achieve a body that is fit, healthy, and Fit Fem bangin’.

If you want to get the weight loss and fitness goals that you want, you should know that, a recent study shows that to prevent cravings, you must stock up on food with high protein and fiber to balance blood sugar levels. Changing the outlook of how you eat and approach to sweets does not mean having the dentist take out your sweet tooth. You just have to have more focus to address the root of your cravings, weed it out and when you do, getting the weight loss and fitness you want is easily achievable.

Here is my top 9 list to beat the sugar blues:
1.Identify your sugar trigger – answering this question is the most important first step to combating your sugar addiction. There are certain foods or circumstances that trigger you to eat sweets. Is it lack of sleep, depression, boredom, that time of the month? Be creative and find ways to deal with situations that cause these triggers. Also be careful of consuming too many foods that contain sugar free substitutes like sucralose, harmful chemicals, that actually triggers deeper sugar cravings.
2.Go ga ga for whole grains – enriched grains are highly processed foods such as white breads and pasta are simple carbs that are digested by your body really easily, making you crave more portions. Just because a package says whole wheat or whole wheat pasta does not necessearily mean it is a real whole grain, not enriched. Carbs, like we said, are not automatically the enemy – you just have to choose the right kind. Complex carbohydrates in fruits and vegetables are the way to go. Whole grain foods to try are quinoa, barley, spelt, rye, rolled and steel cut oats, buckwheat, couscous, basmati brown rice, and amaranth.
3.Eat your veggies – if you ever feel your sweet tooth coming on, try starchy vegetables like carrots, corn, sweet potato, beans, yams, butternut squash. These might satisfy your craving and they are super healthy for you. And if you fill up your plate with more leafy greens, you’ll most likely be too full to eat any candy. Just an observation…
4.Drink lots n lots of water – no surprise here. You hear this advice all of the time, so why don’t you follow it? All you need is plain ol’ H2O, and plenty of it. If you hate the taste of water, try putting in your favorite fruit, like a handful of strawberries or some slices of watermelon, with ice in a glass of water and refrigerate it. It’s absolutely refreshing in scorching hot summer days.
5.Fitness, baby – this one’s easy! If you are bored or stressed, go workout. Exercise has proven to release endorphins in your bloodstream, the happy hormone. Who needs chocolate? And you get to strengthen and burn fat in the process…it’s a win win don’t you think?
6.Sleep does matter – Ingesting sugar as you know spikes our blood sugar levels which in turn affects you energy level. Sooo that means high insulin level eventually leads to insulin drops which then turns into energy dumps. Now imagine coupling that we lack of sleep which causes you to look for more energy in sugary drinks and foods….uyyyy recipe for disaster. My advice – make it a routine to go to bed at the same time and wake up at the same time most days of the week. And get your 8 hours of sleep in.
7.It’s mental – can you get yourself to adjust your habits? For example, if you are used to putting a lot of sugar in your coffee and stiring endlessly till you get all the sugar to mix well, think you can maybe not put sugar in your coffee but still stir? Is it psychological for you? Maybe you can make a neurological connection there and slowly break the sugar habit. Just a suggestion.

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