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As
millions of dieters resolve to lose weight in the New Year, it
can be helpful to know what NOT to do as you start a new diet.
According to
ADC’s Health Risk Management
Director, Maribel Rodriguez there is one popular diet
strategy that is almost certainly doomed to fail. She explains,
“The idea of eating less in order to lose weight is one of the
biggest dieting myths that exist today.” She adds “If you follow
that advice, chances are you’re going to feel deprived and
hungry. And when people are hungry, they go for the quickest
food they can find, which in most cases will be higher
calorie.” In addition, “It may be possible to muscle through
being really hungry and stick to your diet, but for every time
someone does stare down the cookies, or the chips, pizza, candy,
etc., there are countless times when the cookies will win. When
you let yourself get hungry, all bets are off, and for that
moment, the diet is over.”
The good news is that dieting
doesn’t have to be that way. Ms. Rodriguez says the research is
clear… instead of simply trying to eat less, you can eat more— a
lot more—lower calorie, higher volume foods such as fruits and
vegetables that can actually fill you up without the calories
adding up. Being full makes it a lot easier to resist
temptations to eat off the diet, and as a result, you lose more
weight.
She
adds that “In our
weight-loss program we tell our
dieters that it’s possible to eat a lot of food and still lose
weight.” She says, “It’s much more important to change
what you’re eating
than it is to try to change
how much you’re allowing yourself to eat.”
She
offers the following examples:
Breakfast: Instead of a 3 oz. donut for about 350 calories,
have aweight-loss shake with a cup of strawberries blended in.
You’ll feel more full with almost a half-pound of food, for only
200 calories.
Lunch: Instead of a fast food burger and fries (940 calories
and about 14 oz. of food) have a low calorie packaged entree
with two cups of vegetables for 20 oz. of food and only 320
calories.
For
more easy and filling calorie “wins” from
www.adclinic.com/weightloss or the
HMR Diet Community site. These are just some of the
strategies used by dieters at The Austin Diagnostic Clinic
Health Risk Management Program, a lifestyle/weight management
program that offers diet classes, at-home diet kits, and a line
of low-calorie, high volume meal replacements including shakes
and entrees. To learn more about the program, call
512-901-4540 or visit
www.adclinic.com/weightloss. |
