I want to cut down on the junk food and start eating healthy...?

Question

Im a picky eater and I rarely eat anything good for me..I want to start eating healthy and lose some weight..Im not even big..Its just that I think I could lose a bit more because I feel like I gained some..I just dont know what I should eat or do to lose it and stay healthy..Please Help.
Thanks a Bunch =).
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Answer 1

There is no site specific way of losing fat... the old myth about working your abs to burn belly fat isn't true. To get rid of love handles, you need to lose overall fat. That happens with exercise and watching your diet. More on that below.

The most effective way to lose fat is aerobic exercise in the "moderate" fat-burning range, ideally first thing in the morning before you eat. When you wake your body is ready to burn fat and your levels of growth hormone are highest at that time. Later in the day it can take up to 30 minutes just to put your body into a fat-burning mode.

Another overlooked way to burn fat is by lifting weights. Skeletal muscle has very high caloric needs... almost twice that of adipose (fat) tissue. Put on a little muscle and you will burn calories all day even at rest. Be aware that skeletal muscle weighs more, so with this approach you may see your weight increasing while your body fat is melting away. Not realizing this often stresses folks who think they should be losing weight as a measure of fitness. Forget the scale, look in the mirror and you will be happy.

For diet, keep a diary for a couple of weeks counting calories, grams of protein, and grams of fat intake. It is easy with online sources of nutritional information (type the name of the food and calories into the Google search engine) and packaging labels. That will let you quickly figure out where the fat is coming from in your diet.

Fat gives you 9 calories per gram. So take the number of grams of fat, multiply by 9, then calculate what percentage the fat calories are of your total daily calories. Restricting the calories from fat to about 20% of your total intake is ideal for a maintenance diet... that isn't overly restrictive. Of note, you need some fat in your diet. For instance, the body uses fat to produce hormones. Once you have a picture of how to modify your diet, you can drop the diary and just go back to it occasionally if you are wanting to tweek things further.

There is a subset of questions that goes further and asks about "How to get a six-pack?" The answer is the same. Six-packs are 20% abdominal exercise and 80% diet. There is one caveat... abdominal muscles will form in the position that you exercise them, so be certain to pull them tightly toward your spine while doing crunches, etc. Also, during most lifting, the "core is active" which means that you should be stabilizing with contracted abs then too. Fail to do this and the abs will form, but bulging outward and the result is not attractive.

If you are trying to build muscle as a way to lose fat, then you may need to increase total calories and specifically your protein intake. I target about 0.8 g of protein per pound of body weight each day when actively building. That is far more protein than most people need in their diets.


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Answer 2

I will try to keep it simple. Your metabolism is basically the rate at which your body burns calories to create energy. So the faster your metabolism, the faster you burn calories and the easier it is to lose unwanted weight. To boost your metabolism naturally you just need to eat the right foods.

You can sit down and literally eat a 1,000-calorie dinner and yet be absolutely starving just a few hours later and the reason is simple: Because your body didnt get what it needed in those 1,000 calories so it sends signals to your brain telling you to ingest more calories and thus, the late-night cravings. That means that the surest way to end those late-night cravings and keep your weight loss goals on track is to eat a more balanced, nutritious diet that actually gives your body what it needs.

It's VERY EASY to lose weight if you eat the right foods. Check out Dr. Charles Livingston's video here: http://www.sexyjese.com - it will blow your mind.

Answer 3

Don't stop eating. Have breakfast. Kick off your day with some yogurt, fruit (something like 1 cup strawberries) and green tea. Have a snack about three hours later: crackers & low fat cheese will do OK. At lunch have some salad and grilled fish, don't drink any sodas, you better have some water. Have another snack in the afternoon, like and apple or a pear or some other fruit and tea. For dinner have an omelette, tomato salad and more fruit. Drink lots of water and do some excercise.

Answer 4

Low carb high protein seems to be the b est to be on, because it becomes a way of life rather than a dietl There are so many foods to choose from and ways to cook and eat them,that yhou wont get tired. There are so many books and webistes that will help you with this.

Answer 5

Just cut down the intake of junk food. Lots of Vegetables and fruits instead. Exercise regularly.

Answer 6

switch to diet soda or water instead of regular. i did that and dropped 30 pounds since january.
im told to drink half a glass of milk and then wait a half hour for the milk to coat the stomach, follow that by a full glass of water and then you wont feel as hungry and you will eat less

Answer 7

if u wanna lose weight u cud go on a diet or go to a gym.
i'd prefer a diet to going to a gym cause workouts r really tiring..

Answer 8

heres a link i really use and like

http://freenewrecipes.com/diet2/?chid=54