Subscribe31 Ways to Eat Right and Lose Weight
Here are 31 in-depth tips and guides to help you eat right, and maintain (or lose) weight.
Don't forget to look in the comments area of each post - amazing amounts of useful information can be found there.
Food and Calories
- How to Keep a Food Diary - be sure to learn How to Set Goals.
- Tracking Food Intake On-line
- How to Calculate Your Ideal Daily Calorie Intake
- 5 Ways to Break a Weight Loss Plateau
- How to Construct Your Own Diet Plan - using just a spreadsheet.
- How to Prepare Meals in Advance
- How to Stay on Track at a Buffet and How to Eat Right at Social Functions.
- Home-delivered Diets - Where to get them, and what locations they deliver to. I believe this is the most comprehensive list of diet delivery services available.
- Visual Guide to Healthy Snacks
- 6 Ways to Improve Your Diet at Work
- How to Identify if a Product Contains Sugar - Over 25 different names manufacturers use for sugar.
- How to Improve Your Breakfast Choices
- Visual Guide to 300-Calorie Meals.
- How to Find Healthier Pasta
- Top 10 Carb and Protein Foods - Of course it's all a matter of opinion.
- 7 Ways the Food Companies Fool You - How to read through the marketing spin and double-talk that covers so many food products today.
- How Do I Lose Fat From Specific Areas - debunking the myths about spot reduction.
- How to Include Alcohol in a Healthy Diet, and a look at how drinking alcohol can affect fat loss.
- Know What You Are Drinking: The 10 most caffeinated diet drinks, exactly how much caffeine in Starbucks drinks, and 7 most Sugar-filled drinks.
- How Much Water Should I Drink? - A thorough look at the myths and facts surrounding water intake.
Diets
- 7 Ways to Spot a Dubious Diet
- Diet Reviews and Outlines - A large selection of commercial diets that have appeared over the last few years.
- 10 Questions To Ask Before Changing Your Diet - Stop right there! Before embarking on a radical diet change - ask yourself these questions.
- How to Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food and How to Indulge in Food While Still Maintaining or Losing Weight.
- 7 Habits That Undermine a Diet - Just when you thought you were doing everything right.
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I just did the calorie calculator, and to lose weight (which I don't want to do, I just need to tone up), it says less than 1400 calories a day for me. I would starve. I can't imagine that.
I am breastfeeding still, though, and I wish there was a calculator that takes that into account. I know I've heard to add 500 calories a day, roughly, for breastfeeding moms, but I don't know if that figure is only for infants, or if there is some formula based on the child's age, nursing frequency, etc.
I suppose it's mostly "eat to hunger" if you are at a healthy weight. The 2,000-2,200 calories a day for me (maintenance plus 500 for breastfeeding) seems about right, and is about what I get when I track my calories, so I guess I'm doing it right.
Replyenjoy food for taste, fill up with water. french women don't get fat, written by a french woman, who as a high school exchange student, came to America for a year, and, SURPRISE, got fat. she went back home and her shocked father said, you look like a sack of potatoes. the family doctor knew how to take care of her, and with the strategies of the french, she became slim again. learn to enjoy food without being a pig. here in America, we supersize. And WE are supersized. well, you are what you eat.
Replyif you eat to fill yourself up, you are eating too much, especially if it is high calorie/low nutrient stuff. use water to fill up!
Replyif you do the all you can eat, you will pay the price!
ReplyIt's very difficult to provide an 100% foolproof estimate of daily calories for each person - but the calculator takes a best guess. We all have unique situations (such as your breastfeeding) and other hormonal and metabolic factors.
The idea with estimating calories is to give something a go. If it works - don't change it - if it's not working -- then time to try something new.
ReplyThis is a great resource. I just started dieting and a post like this with links to relevant articles is just what I needed. I'm glad I found this blog.
ReplyI agree with Judy's comment: calorie calculators that take into account pregnancy and (especially) breastfeeding would be really helpful.
ReplyBreastfeeding was great for me! If you keep your calorie intake at around 2000 (and who has time to sit around and eat a large meal w/ a tiny tot anyway) and exercise you'll lose weight very quickly. I walked about a mile a day with my daughter from 2 weeks to 4 months. I would put her in a snuggli and go around the neightborhood. It stimulated her sense of sight and hearing and being attached to me would put her asleep by the time I got back. It was wonderful. I got down to below my pre-baby weight by the time she was 6 weeks.
Replywow, I'm glad I stumbled upon this site, especially this article. tons of useful information for me to stay positive and continue my struggle of staying healthy and living better.
thanx
ReplyWelcome to you! Hope you continue to join the conversations.
ReplyI like the different names for sugar tips. I really hate how the food industry has so few limitations on how they can hide or disguise certain harmful sugars or additives.
ReplyThis is a great resource. I just started dieting and a post like this with links to relevant articles is just what I needed. I'm glad I found this blog.
ReplyGlad you found it! Best of luck in your efforts.
ReplyI agree with Judy's comment: calorie calculators that take into account pregnancy and (especially) breastfeeding would be really helpful
Reply:) Thanks You
ReplyThanks you
ReplyI love the tip about home delivered diets. If that was something realistic financially I would be all over that!
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