Orange County Nutritionist free weight loss advice

This is the fourth of a 10 part blog on weight loss.

4. BALANCE

Balancing your meals is not as difficult as it may sound. Think in terms of fractions: protein taking up 1/3 of your plate, vegetables 1/3 and complex carbohydrate the other 1/3. Fats are often part of the protein such as salmon or chicken or used to cook with as in sautéed vegetables. Without this type of combination, you will experience cravings and may not feel satisfied after a meal. This can lead you to consume more calories than is favorable for shedding the pounds.

The 1/3s method works well if you are disciplined and stay on track with good complex carb sources. I.E. Brown rice, oatmeal, sweet potatoes and red potatoes. If you tend more towards whole wheat pasta (no regular pasta when trying to lose fat) barley, beans or baked potatoes then go a little lighter on the carbs and heavier on protein and veggies.

Lastly, unless you exercise after dinner try to have two serving of veggies and no carbs at that meal.

Another part of balance is meal spacing. We want our bodies constantly burning fat and metabolizing food. To achieve this we want to eat 6 or 7 small meals a day. These meals are a combination of whole food meals as described above and protein shakes. Spacing these 21/2 to three hours apart will keep your body burning calories. You cannot go five hours between meals and then slam two protein shake thirty minutes apart and expect results. You need to keep an even pace when feeding your body.


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