Before starting a diet, we must first ensure that it is necessary and the will to follow is real. It is useless to put on a diet if your motivation is not strong. Talk to your doctor who can best judge of its necessity and you give arguments to build your belief.
10 tips for dieting
- Give yourself reasonable targets to achieve a moderate weight reduction and regular. Avoid overly strict diets, because you do not follow long.
- Do not give up a system under any pretext, because there will be even harder to take.
- Do not follow a diet totally exclude a category of foods, as this could lead to dietary imbalance and vitamin deficiency.
- Avoid snacking between meals. It is often responsible for an inefficient system.
- Avoid too frequent irregularities in the conduct of the regime: if you make less effective it will lose all credibility, and you stop.
- Avoid low-fat dishes, light or diet, because they encourage eating more.
- Learn how to systematically read product labels, it helps to know the composition of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins and minerals. The overall caloric equivalent is also frequently mentioned.
- Keep a food diary where you write what you eat every day, including your deviations. This book will help you take stock of your diet, to see if you meet the quantities of fat, carbohydrates, proteins, and especially to understand why and how to make differences.
- Even when following a diet, he must keep a varied diet.
- Do not isolate yourself: this is not because you are dieting it must refuse all invitations to dinner. It is sometimes preferable to make a small difference. What counts is the respect of the scheme over the long term. (more…)
