Top Tips to Planning a Healthy Eating Menu
You can create your own healthy eating menu without having to refer to other popular diet regimes like the South Beach Diet. In some ways, creating your own healthy eating menu is an advantage because it's custom designed to ensure that you continue enjoying the food you love while losing weight at the same time.
Tip #1: Learn and understand the basics of nutrition.
Know the different food groups like those rich in protein, carbohydrates and so forth. Find out what are the pros and cons for each food group and how much of which group should you consume each day to prevent you from gaining weight.
Another essential preparation to make for planning a healthy eating menu is to get your BMI as well as body fat percentage. These figures will tell you how many KCals you can consumer per day.
Tip #2: Get some inspiration.
You'll have an easier time planning a healthy eating menu by looking at examples of menus that people made for themselves as well as those that have been designed by nutritionists and health and fitness experts. These examples will give you an idea of what format would be best suitable for your needs and what layout to use to make it user-friendly.
Tip #3: Consider how many times you prefer to eat each day.
Health experts discourage people from eating only three times a day. Instead, eating frequent and smaller meals per day are encouraged because they're less likely to make you feel hungry and prone to overeating.
As for your own healthy eating menu, you should decide for yourself how many times per day you'd need to eat before you feel hungry and become in danger of eating too much of the wrong foods. You could also test this out and start with five meals a day, working up to more meals until you find the ideal combination.
Tip #4: Explore your options.
Healthy food doesn't have to be boring. Your healthy eating menu shouldn't make you feel you're eating jail or hospital food. It can be as exciting and as diverse before - you just need to look for the right recipes and learn how to prepare them.
Let's say you're adding fruits to your plan. Look for alternatives to fruits that you're already sick of. If you don't want to eat more bananas, apples, and oranges then how about going tropical and eating fruits like coconuts, mangoes, and watermelons?
Tip #5: Reward yourself.
A healthy eating menu can only work if you stick to it like glue. But....it doesn't have to control your diet 24/7. You can leave, for instance, one meal during the weekday and one meal during the weekend completely free of rules. For these meals, you can allow yourself additional treats like eating two more slices of pizza than what's listed in your menu. It's all about rewarding yourself for motivation to continue sticking to your weight loss plan!
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