Friday, November 23, 2012

Food choices that help us feel full with fewer calories

To be successful at lifelong weight management, we need to make food choices that help us feel full with fewer calories and make sure that we don’t feel hungry. Feeling full and satisfied while eating nutritious foods should be a critical part of any successful weight loss eating plan.

Hunger is the most significant problem with weight loss and a diet that results in hunger will never be successful. It is hard not to eat when we get hungry. It goes against human nature. When we get hungry, we tend to want to eat more. The feeling of an empty stomach is very difficult, if not impossible, to tolerate and at some point we give in. You diet is not going to work for you if you are hungry or tired all the time.

It is hard to force yourself to eat less. But it's possible to choose what we eat. Some foods keep us full and satisfied, while with others hunger returns soon after eating.

12 comments:

  1. I agree with that, and there are ways to make sure you do not feel hungry while not being full, but you need to make sure it is safe instead of risking your health.

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  2. Research shows different foods and nutrients affect how full and satisfied people feel

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  3. Focusing on overall dietary quality, such as eating less refined sugars and refined grains and more minimally processed foods, is more important to long-term health than monitoring total calorie intake.

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  4. I think there are two ways you can deal with this problem. You can either plan and force yourself to be able to live with feelings of hunger and lack of fullness. Or you can tailor your diet to incorporate foods that make you feel full, without consuming excessive calories. The choice is yours and only you can make the right decision for yourself.

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  5. Fresh fruits and veggies and lean meats will keep you fuller far longer than junk food and processed foods. Plus, you'll be getting more of the nutrients you need to stay healthy.

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  6. No matter how much we make a decision to eat green vegetables and fruits, there will come a time when you want to eat sugar and cookies. Believe me eating everything in limits will not do any harm to you.....limits is very important.

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  7. I think that I need a lot of food like this in my fridge because I tend to feel full even I just ate. I'll feel regret after taking the food for the second time knowing that I am actually already full. I hope you'll be able to share with us the list of food that can help us feel full.

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  8. There is a common misconception is that you can’t cut calories and still feel full when you eat. Many people mistakenly assume that the more calories a food or a meal has, the more filling it will be when eaten. In fact, there are many foods which contain a lot of calories but won’t make you feel very full, causing you to eat even more of them before you want to stop. The trick to losing weight is to find the right low-calorie foods that still make you feel full. After all, even if you eat a low-calorie food, it will defeat the purpose if you have to eat excessive amounts of that food just to feel full.

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  9. I think soups are a great choice when you are trying to eat healthier and lose weight. Just make sure that the soups you consume contain a lot of broth. These are generally much healthier and can be just as filling as a creamier soup. Load your broth with beans, veggies and lean meat for a delicious, filling and very low-calorie meal.

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  10. The changes that work are not complicated: eat more green stuff, moderate total fat, reduce unhealthy fats, eat healthier versions of protein and carbohydrate.

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  11. You have to have an idea that you go for marketing. You cave to select fresh foods for your family for their health.

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  12. Points of focus that are sure to help anyone get started on—or keep succeeding with—their weight loss journey.

    The idea of calories going in (food) and calories being used (activity) is the basis of energy balance and weight loss. However, the fact is that not all calories are created equal. The body responds differently to a protein calorie than it does to a carbohydrate calorie or a fat calorie.

    Hormones are the main determinants of what happens with calories, and hormones respond primarily to the composition of food—for example, the hormone insulin responds much differently to carbs than it does to protein or fat. If you eat 200 calories of broccoli instead of 200 calories of ice cream, your body will react differently. The same goes for different fats: the trans fats from muffins, doughnuts, and cake elicit a much different response than the unsaturated or polyunsaturated fats in fish, nuts and avocado.

    In other words, the body doesn’t care about numbers—it cares about quality. It is concerned about extracting vital nutrients, vitamins, and minerals from the food you eat. Low quality foods, junk foods, processed foods and alcohol all contain empty calories. They have nothing to offer the body (other than extra material for fat storage).

    Quality, clean, whole, high fiber foods are nutrient-rich and filled with what your body needs. When you feed yourself properly, calories typically take care of themselves. Because quality food is naturally lower in calories, you automatically consume fewer calories while staying fuller, longer.

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