These eight weight loss tips have helped me a lot in the past, I thought it would be time to share.
- Reduce the number of hours you spend sitting at the table. As a rule of thumb, any meal should not last more than two hours, especially if it is a dinner. In this respect, food is like alcohol: if you eat over a higher number of hours, you will be able to increase the intake considerably. Conviviality is a great thing, but these kinds of meals should remain the exception and not become the rule.
- Reduce the number of course. In other words: skip the appetizers if you can, as they are treacherous. They come in small portions so they seem harmless, but the more appetizing they are, the more calories they have. Even vegetables, if they are cooked or dressed with a lot of oil can be very heavy.
- Avoid double and triple portions. This is why a meal at the restaurant is better than one at a friend’s place. When you are home, there is no bill to pay, and there is always something that needs to be finished.
- Eating competitions are stupid. There is no prize if you try all the liquors, meats and cheeses you see on the table, except a larger waist.
- Avoid useless calories, like bread between one course and the other, sweetened drinks, alcohol at every meal, too abundant side-dishes. These are foods that add nothing to the pleasure of a god meal but will dramatically increase the calories intake.
- Food has to be enjoyable, fill your stomach and not to have too many calories. You will probably find no food with all these qualities at the same time, so try and go for the best compromise. Te best weight-loss food is good but healthy.
- Do not finish the food of other people at your table. Teach your son or your partner how not to waste food, rather than becoming their food bin.
- Do not finish all the sauce or the dressing on the dish. Most of the calories of high-calorie foods will stay on your dishes if you resist the temptation of cleaning it all with a piece of bread.