how to cut down the calories?

Answer 1

Make a conscious effort to track what you eat.....give your self a daily limit of for example 1400 and keep a list, get a book that tells you how many calories for a serving of whatever it is you are eating......I would also keep track of fat and say give yourself a limit of 20-30 a day.....I never go on fad diets, I just eat 1200 cal and 20 g of fat and exercise 30 minutes a day and drop the pounds.

Answer 2

I think cutting calories as a means of weight loss alone has been proven ineffective by a lot of scientific studies. It's not that it doesn't work, but it's too difficult for individuals to handle, especially the ones that make you take copious notes.

The Government Physician who developed "cabin exercises" for the US Military (soldiers, sailors and aircrew) who are on patrol and therefore do not ave access to exercise facilities found that military personnel who did regular isometric exercise in their quarters and changed their eating habits from three large to five small meals a day lost weight.

The reason it works has nothing to do with calories, both actions when done togethor raises your metobolic rate and therefore you burn more fat. He recommended eating portions that kept hunger away five times a day and stopping in mid meal the instant you felt full. A very small amount of "bad" fat is also necessary to trigger the "I feel full hormones" so you don't feel hungry. So the diet is simple and easy to maintain.

The name of the Doctor is Leonard Morehouse and although he has been derided by numerous other "weight loss experts." He developed the exercise and weight loss program used in the military and NASA.

Other people who travel swear by Morehouse, as do I. But I don't think the Military in the United States and Britains Navy would have adopted his programs if they didn't keep their personnel healthy and fit.

Laurence Moorehouse has written a lot on the subject since his first book in 1976. It's simple, it works, it requires effort but no pain and it acknowlegdges the fact that the body does need a small amount of the "bad" fat to turn off the hunger mechanism.

Unfortunately there is no money in it for weight loss clinics.

One thing I would avoid lis the Omega 3 fat or good fat fad. Modern studies have shown it to be a storehouse of pesticides and other enviromental poisons that are not motabolized by the fish or other organisms that produce them. A very small amount of bad fat has less enviromental toxins in them. The reason is that a fish that produces Omega 3 does not motabolize the toxins in today's environment. But the "bad fat" is cleansed of enviromental toxins by the organism before it is stored by the fish or other food. Still the bad fat is still bad fat and isn't good for you cholesteral level and only a small amount is needed to turn on the "I feel full switch." But Omega 3 is a storehouse of pesticides, chemical fertilizer and other environmental poisons.

Even the government scientist below was reluctant to use it's name, but notice the effect that she found it made in women

Answer 3

Severely cutting your calorie intake is NOT the key to permanent weight loss and a healthy lifestyle. Instead, you should be eating 5 to 6 small meals a day for maximum weight loss.

Answer 4

The diabetic diet is best--you're basically eating what's on the food pyramid, but instead of eating 3 large meals, you eat 3 small meals and 3 small snacks. Since you're eating snacks at regular intervals, you don't get as many cravings.

The types of food are still divided up the same way they are on the food pyramid. Check with a good calorie counter to decide what portions are right. These are the general meal plans, though you can mix them up a little:

Breakfast:
1 Carbohydrate serving (1 serving = about 15 carbs--the size of a slice of bread or a 1/2 cup of whole grain cereal)

1 fruit (usually 1 piece or 1/2 cup of juice)

1 milk (8 oz. of either milk or yogurt--unfortunately, cheese counts as a meat, and frozen yogurt doesn't count, either)

Mid-Morning Snack:

1 fruit

Lunch:

3 oz. meat (about the size of a deck of cards)
2 vegetables (one serving =1/2 cup cooked or 1 cup raw)
2 carbohydrates
1 fat (about 1 pat of butter or 1 tablespoon of salad dressing)

Afternoon snack:

1 fruit
1 milk

Supper:

4 oz. meat (about the size of the palm of your hand)
2 vegetables
2 carbohydrates
2 fats

Evening snack:

1 milk
1 carbohydrate

If you get hungry in between, there are also free foods, like sugar free Jello, 1 cup sugar free-fat free pudding, dill pickles, any sugar-free drinks, boullion, or sugar-free hard candy.

This is the diet we're all supposed to be eating, but it's hard to do with all the pressure to eat out there. The first time I tried it, I lost 30 pounds in about 6 months. It's best not to eat out, or if you do, make sure you fill up on salads, pasta with red sauce, etc.

Answer 5

Fact= One gram of fat is 9 calories; one gram of carbs is 4 calories. Eat more carbs and less fat, for starters, in order to lose. This goes against Atkins and other current gimmicks, but you can't argue with the math.

Remember= 3,500 calories make up each pound -- be it the pound you carry or the pound you hypothetically gain or lose. So burning 3,500 more calories than you consume, or consuming 3,500 calories less than you burn (whichever way it helps you to think of it) will make you weight a pound less.

Answer 6

Just cut out all added fats such as butter, cut out all sugar items such as biscuits and cakes, cut alcohol by 75% , eat poultry meat only and walk as much as possible rather than ride. You should not feel hungry as you are only cutting out the rubbish. I did this and lost 30 pounds in 3 months. I am still the same weight 3 years on.

Answer 7

Cutting off on the soft drinks and sodas are a good start. Eating less sugar and more fruits and veggies should help too. Instead of using sugar and cream in your coffee in the morning, try using some splenda and skim milk, or just plain black coffee! I am sure you have heard all of this before, but good luck!

Answer 8

eliminate sugared soda, candy, chips, high fat meat like-bacon, sausage, hot dogs, bologna, fried chicken, butter. bake your food, or steam, do not fry. Find healthy alternatives for snacks, like carrots, celery, popcorn (no butter), beef jerky, apples, oranges. The less food is processed the more healthy it is. you will feel hungry the first fe days of a diet but you will get used to it. good luck. count your intake for a week and then try reducing. lots of water.

Answer 9

well.. its called the half calorie diet. take what you like to eat, and cut it in half. and because there is half the calories, you can eat twice as much of it.

Answer 10

eat pineapple with each meal,
its a reverse calorie effect.