Portion Control TipsThese powerful portion control tips will enable you to LOSE FAT permanently and live at your goal weight. You need to know what a single serving size is and how much of each food group to eat per meal. You need to follow the low glycemic snack plan. That's it! These are the strategies that promote the biochemical balance you need to release fat!
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| Your metabolism will be changing when you follow these portion control tips. Keep a food diary and pay attention to how you feel after you eat a meal. You will be doing this until your eating style has improved enough to support your optimal health and weight management. Do you have good energy? Is your mental clarity good? You may need to adjust the ratios of grains and protein depending on how food affects you. These portion control tips are guiding principles. Until you reach your goal weight your evening meal needs to include either grain and vegetables and salad OR protein and vegetables and salad, rather than grain and protein together. This is your lightest meal of the day. |
Think of your meal as a plate (pie chart) and about 1/4 of the circle is fat (naturally occurring in the meat or nuts, dairy products, avocado or a teaspoon of olive oil,) a little over 1/2 of the plate is low glycemic carbs (veggies, salad greens, fruit, and whole grains) and the rest is protein. Optimum for your digestion you could eat mostly plant proteins with your whole grains. So if you have pasta (Barilla Plus is low glycemic) for lunch make your protein the nuts on your salad with a little freshly grated parmesan for the pasta. If you have broiled chicken for dinner eat it with veggies and salad. These are portion control tips that work.
Low Glycemic Snacks
This is the secret key to this, allowing yourself a great snack every 3 hours (if you're hungry of course.) You never let yourself get ravenously hungry and your blood sugar is level. Portion control tips must include the biochemically correct snack - examples below:
So do you get the idea of the best portion control tips? A low glycemic meal or snack is:
half low glycemic carbs, 1/3 good fat and a little less protein
to make it biochemically correct. Getting the fat in the protein (raw nuts, eggs, fish) is an excellent way to do this.
How important are these portion control tips in your fat loss plan? Extremely. They will allow you to have balanced blood sugar. When you have your blood sugar balanced all day with a low glycemic food plan in the right proportions, high in fiber and essential fatty acids, your body can release fat. When you are eating smaller meals and metabolism and blood sugar are balanced you are sustaining energy and burning fat.
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Glycemic Index List of Foods
The glycemic index list of foods includes foods that lower blood sugar and help you to lose fat!
Daily Healthy Eating Plan
This is a handy week of menus of low glycemic meals with the calories calculated for each meal so you can stay within the 1500 - 1800 range.
Reading Food Labels
Find out where the fat traps are hidden! This is what leads to obesity and insulin resistance....
Burn Belly Fat
This is a fat blocker that really works to burn fat effectively. It stops the creation and growth of fat cells, burns belly fat and helps to control your appetite and lower your blood sugar!
List of Raw Foods
This list of raw foods contains fruits and vegetables that are a powerhouse of nutrients and they are low glycemic, meaning you can eat as much of them as you desire!
Omega 3 Sources in Healthy Salads
Healthy salads, especially when you add Omega 3 sources or foods with resistant starch, are a great low glycemic meal. These are fat burning foods and are assessed low on the glycemic index.
Low Glycemic Foods: Super Healthy Whole Grains
Eating lots of super healthy low glycemic foods means that you are once and for all replacing the fat storing high glycemic carbs in your diet with the low glycemic complex carbohydrates....
High Fiber Foods: Delicious Grains and Legumes
High fiber foods, grains and legumes creat a complete protein when served together. However, this combination is not the best choice for maintaining life long fat loss!
Low Carb Pastas and Cereals
Great news for pasta lovers....you don't need low carb pasta because pasta is low glycemic!
Good Fats
You need to look to the good fats (Omega-3 sources) in learning how to eat a healthy diet and even to lose body fat!Calcium Rich Foods
Taking a look at dairy products and just how these calcium rich foods affect the glycemic index chart...
Sugar Free Desserts and the Good Sugars
Sugar free desserts that taste good? Is a sugar free dessert a low glycemic recipe? Yes!
Hummus, Spices, Seasonings and Salsa
Nothing like hummus recipes with some fresh herbs, seasonings, and homemade dips and salsa to add some pizazz to your cooking and eating!
Soups, Oriental Cuisine, Protein Foods
This low glycemic index chart shows the soups, the oriental cuisine and the protein foods that do not raise your blood sugar.Glycemic Load
Too much of a good thing can be a glycemic load and definitely high glycemic foods are a glycemic load.
Acidic Foods and the Bad Sugars
Any list of acidic foods will have sodas at the top of the list. These drinks are high glycemic and fat storing drinks!
Fruits, Veggies, Fats and Oils
Here are some high glycemic foods listed in the high glycemic index chart below that need to be avoided most of the time in order to maintain your fat loss.
Controlling Food Cravings
Controlling food cravings means that you need to avoid the high glycemic foods on these lists! High glycemic sugars in foods stimulate the appetite and lead to food cravings.
Food Lovers Diet
Food lovers can celebrate good food and manage their weight at the same time!
Learning How to Grocery Shop the Low Glycemic Way
This is the answer to a reader's question about the best strategy to shop for low glycemic foods in a super market!
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