Category: Lose Weight the Healthy Way

Exercise is important for weight loss and maintenance. There are several foods not to eat within two hours of a workout. These may be healthy foods, but they do not necessarily provide energy and they may give you indigestion when you exercise. The Weight Loss Coaches at NYC Weightloss Solutions will guide you about your choices so that you can lose weight the healthy way.

Foods to avoid before working out include:

• High fiber foods including some cereals and vegetables
• Nuts
• Most energy bars and drinks
• Hard-boiled eggs
• Trail mix
• Energy shakes
• Rice cakes
• High fat foods
• Spicy foods
• Muffins, donuts and pastries
• Most pastas
• Pizza

You do not want to do an aerobic workout on a full stomach. Your body should not be busy digesting food while you exercise your muscles.

Metabolism Stimulants

NYC Weightloss Solutions stresses the importance of foods such as nuts, beans and vegetables that give you energy and stimulate your metabolism. These are healthy foods high in fiber, vitamins and other nutrients. But, these foods should not be consumed less than two hours before a workout. Fiber food may cause flatulence and indigestion during a workout.

Fiber foods are important for a healthy diet, but save them for later. You need protein and some carbohydrates for energy. A little sugar is okay but get the sugar from fruit such as a ripe banana or apple. Try a slice of whole grain toast.

Energy Bars and Drinks

Most energy bars and drinks are packed with sugar. An energy bar with less that 200 calories and one-to-one protein-sugar ratio may be okay. Granola bars and candy bars may raise your glucose level too high and let it drop very fast.

Many energy drinks are also overloaded with sugar. Make your own fruit smoothie and add protein powder that does not contain sugar. You can also eat fruit since it is digested in your intestinal tract.

Drink plenty of water, not energy drinks or liquids advertised to replenish sodium and potassium. You likely have enough of these minerals in your system to last through a workout. You can eat certain fruits high in potassium after the workout to balance your electrolytes. Most carbs contain some salt.

Fluids are important before and during a workout. This is one reason why medical authorities suggest eating light foods – such as fruits that have high water content – before the workout.

After Working Out

You may not be hungry after a workout. Exercise does not stimulate hunger. However, it may be advisable to eat. Protein is still the best choice after exercising. This is time for eggs, yogurt, cheese and lean chicken or meat. You should continue your healthy eating program.

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Many foods that must be eliminated to lose weight are the foods you consume out of habit. This is why losing weight involves a lifestyle change. There are many foods you can easily eliminate from your diet to lose weight the healthy way.

Common Foods To Eliminate

Some of the common foods you need to eliminate are:

• Cakes, muffins and other pastries
• Deep fried foods including chicken and French fries
• Candy bars and some energy and granola bars
• Sugary soft drinks
• Juices with added sugar
• High calorie coffee drinks
• Ice cream, milk shakes and other sugared dairy products
• Chips and snack foods
• Rich condiments and sauces
• Some pastas
• Fatty meats

Enjoy Nutritious Foods

Not all foods are out of bounds when you are trying to lose weight the healthy way through a customized diet plan. When questioning your choices, pick healthy foods rich in nutrients, protein, fiber, vitamins and minerals.

Losing weight the healthy way means educating your mind and body to accept the good food and reject the junk foods. This is not always easy when food stores promote packaged food and junk foods high in calories and low in nutritional values.

The list of tasty treats you should avoid cause obesity, high cholesterol levels, diabetes, indigestion, high blood pressure and other problems. Obesity has reached very high levels in the United States because of packaged foods and fast food restaurants. This is a country of busy people eating on the run and who forget about good nutrition.

Making Smart Food Choices

It is just as easy to grab an apple, banana, orange, pear or peach for a snack. An added benefit is that the waste from these fruits is a biodegradable organic peel or a core, not a plastic or cellophane wrapper. You will get sugar from these fruits along with vitamins. Your body will normally digest fruits faster than candy bars or donuts.

The fancy coffee drinks include sugared syrups, whipped cream and other additives. Drink black coffee with low-fat milk instead. Coffee stimulates the metabolism.

Drink pure fruit juice even if you have to squeeze the oranges or grapefruits yourself. Bottled juices and the canned concentrates usually have added sugar. Most energy sport drinks also contain too much sugar.

Greasy fries and chicken dipped in a crunchy fried coating have very little food value compared to their caloric content. Baked chicken breast and potatoes are much healthier. Potatoes are high in potassium, a nutrient that is cooked out when they are deep fried.

Drink water instead of sugared sodas. You should have six glasses of water or other healthy liquids a day.

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Supermarkets carry at least 50,000 items on their shelves. Many of these food items have expiration dates indicating their expiration date or shelf life. Stores try to move them out as soon as possible. Fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy products and other perishables need to be sold immediately. Learning how to carefully navigate a supermarket will help you to lose weight the healthy way.

Supermarket Secrets

The produce department that takes up about 20 percent of the store is usually near the entrance at most supermarket chains. The fruits and vegetables are colorful and they look fresh. Flowers are often near the entrance as well.

Food Arrangements

The fruits are often sprayed with water to keep them fresh. Water sprays do not really help, they may even speed up rotting. But, the water may add a little weight to the lettuce or other greens that are scaled for pricing.

Another entry area may be near the delicatessen and bakery offering roasted chicken and fresh baked items. Cakes and pastries are on display when you enter because their fragrance entice you to crave and buy.

Dairy products and the butcher department are generally in the back of a store where perishable foods can be loaded from the cold storage trucks to the market’s cold storage and display coolers. This quick loading of perishable items was developed to keep them cold at all times.

The butcher department is in the cooler back area as well. This includes a cold meat locker. Shoppers do not really want to see the delivery people walking through the store carrying a side of beef. Shoppers like to see neatly displayed cuts and carefully shrink-wrapped packages of meat, poultry and fish.

Impulse shopping

Many food stores guide shoppers into the store with an entry along a row of shelves stocked with packaged goods often advertised as specials. The shopper who came in for a carton of eggs passes through a row of crackers, cookies, chips and other packaged foods. Store arrangers hope that shoppers will fill their carts with some of these items before finding the products they really need.

Many food companies make special arrangements to have their packages placed on the second and third shelves of markets where they are most accessible. Shoppers do not have to reach up or bend down to find the desired items. Consumers are known to buy the package that is within immediate reaching distance.

The final sales area is the narrow check stand loaded with magazines, candy and other sugary items. These items are designed to trigger spontaneous buying in shoppers.

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Supermarket check out lines are the store’s last chance to sell you an impulse item. In addition to magazines and tabloids, the temptations in the check out line include candy bars, sugary drinks and chewing gum along with a few novelty items. These are impulse items that you add to your basket at the last minute. If you are hungry, you can add your favorite candy bar or energy bar in some cases. These are small items that are not high-priced, but they will not help you lose weight the healthy way.

Temptations in the Check Out Line

The retail food industry promotes obesity with foods packed with sugar and additives at the check out aisles. Small packages of chips and cookies are also there for children to grab while mom or dad unloads the shopping cart. Many products advertised on television are placed at children’s eye level in food store check out lines.

This junk food is attractively packaged to catch your eyes and temp you. Even non-food stores offer candy and other treats at the check stand. Drug stores are not any better than supermarkets with candy, gum and cookies at the check stand.

One nationwide drugstore chain has cashiers promoting specials on cookies and candy while they are checking out buyers. If the junk food gives people indigestion, the antacids are right there to help.

Psychological Research

The placement of impulse items at the check stand is not random. Research has shown that people who were not even thinking about a candy bar or gum package will want to buy and eat the products when they see them on a shelf a few inches away.

The check stand area is usually narrow so that you will be very close to products they want you to buy. The tired, stressed shopper or teenager may be attracted to a high-calorie chocolate coated caramel candy bar with no food value only an arm-reach away. Teens are quick to identify and grab junk food at the check stand.

Resist Temptation

It is a battle of wills if you are tired and hungry when that junk food display grabs your attention. Knowing that the junk food items may give you indigestion is one way to combat the impulse to buy.

Reading the lurid tabloid headlines while waiting in line is another distraction. You can pick up a magazine and glance at it for a minute or two, but don’t read the magazines with photos of rich desserts on the cover.

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Spices and herbs add great taste to all foods. Many spices and herbs help in weight control.

• Stimulating your metabolism
• Fighting the development of fat cells
• Helping your body use sugar more efficiently
• Aiding digestion
• Preventing inflammation

Some of the Best Spices and Herbs

• Ginger
• Turmeric
• Black pepper
• Cayenne pepper
• Mustard seed and prepared mustard
• Cardamom seed
• Cumin
• Cloves

Peppers

Chili peppers, powdered cayenne and black pepper have capsaicin, the chemical that gives them heat. Capsaicin also stimulates the metabolism, helping you to burn fat. You cannot consume too much of these peppers since they can be toxic. But, using them in cooking adds flavor.

• Black pepper is a seasoning usually on the table used to one’s taste
• Mustard seed also has capsaicin to speed metabolism

Ginger and Turmeric

These spices, along with clove, cardamom and peppers are used in curries. Turmeric and ginger are rhizome plants with edible roots. Turmeric is an orange color while ginger is yellow. The roots have to be lightly peeled and then grated. Ginger and turmeric are also available as powders.

Both of these spices are anti-inflammatory and they keep fat cells from expanding. Ginger and turmeric give a hot or spicy taste to foods. Experiment with the different curry mixtures available for rice, lentil and bean dishes. Curried chicken and seafood are also healthy.

Cinnamon

This popular spice from the bark of a tree helps to digest sugar and increase insulin. It is recommended for people with a tendency toward high blood sugar leading to diabetes. You do not have to mix cinnamon with sugar. Use is straight in coffee or on cereal. Add it to a fruit smoothie along with a little ginger.

Cardamom, Cloves and Cumin

If you enjoy Mexican food, you are familiar with cumin. This delicate spice from the seeds of a flowering plant is used extensively in cooking. It is also a digestive aid and it has been used to treat respiratory problems and skin disease.

Cardamon also comes from seeds. It has a strong flavor and it is thermogenic, meaning it helps to burn fat. This is an exotic spice that helps with digestion. Cloves have similar properties in boosting the immune systems while aiding digestion.

Experiment with Spices

Healthy eating does not have to be bland. You eat because you enjoy the taste and texture of food. These spices help with weight loss while adding great flavors. Look for different spice combinations in specialty food stores. Try Berbere, an exotic blend of spices from Ethiopia.

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