Fat Loss

Dealing with hunger is likely one of the greatest obstacles faced by people who are trying to lose weight by dieting. To lose weight, your daily expenditure of calories must exceed your intake. So the challenge is to keep that “full” feeling all day long, avoiding both hunger and overeating.

You should be able to feel full with these foods and not be tempted to give in hunger pangs and break your diet.

1. Fish - 150 to 200 Calories / Serving

Count on fish to do a good job of filling you up while providing a nutritious, low-calorie meal. In fact, of all the meats available, fish is the most filling of all! Fish also have fewer calories per ounce than other meats like chicken, pork or beef.

Don’t assume, though, that breaded, fried fish is an acceptable food on a weight loss diet. The breading and batters that are used when frying fish add appreciably to the calorie count of fish, and should be avoided. Try baked, broiled or grilled fish for a hot meal, or for a delicious alternative, a nice light salad with bits of cooked tuna or salmon sprinkled throughout. Spices and seasonings (except butter!) are excellent sources of additional flavor.

2. Oranges and Apples - About 40 Calories / Serving

Fruits don’t come quickly to most people’s minds then they think of filling, low-calorie foods. Fruit isn’t usually a dieter’s first choice when they feel hungry. In addition to natural sugars and a host of vitamins and nutrients, these particular fruits are full of dietary fiber, which helps you feel full.

Non-round fruits like bananas can also make you feel full, but they have about twice the calories as round fruits.

3. Grapes - 50 Calories / Serving

Grapes are excellent snacks in a weight loss diet for the same reasons as apples and oranges. Highly convenient, these bite-sized snacks concentrate a high level of dietary fiber into a very small space, helping to keep you feeling full. Very convenient, highly portable, usually not at all messy and delicious to boot, grapes are a nearly-perfect snack food that will keep you feeling full much longer than any commercial preparation full of processed sweeteners.

4. Whole Wheat Pasta - 300 Calories / Serving

Hungry people crave pasta! There’s a caveat, of course.  After all, we’re talking about nutrition and weight loss!  Whole wheat pasta is much more effective at filling you up than the white pasta usually found on grocery shelves.

Whole wheat pasta is more healthful because it hasn’t had so many of its nutrients processed out, which is the case with white pasta.  Whole wheat pasta also has more dietary fiber. Portion size is critical with pasta, though, because it’s so easy to overeat. If you eat a portion of pasta about the size of your fist, that should be sufficient to fill you comfortably until your next regular meal.

5. Steak - 300 Calories / Serving

No, I’m not kidding. A lean piece of beefsteak fits right into a nutritious weight-loss diet - as long as it’s not smothered in high-calorie sauces. Atkins Diet devotees have long been aware of this. Frankly, steak is one of the best meats available for a weight loss diet, second only to fish in terms of its desirability as a weight-loss food. Of course, the leaner the beef, the better, because your fat intake will be reduced.

Controlling the size of your servings, of course, is crucial to the success of using low-calorie foods like these. These delicious low-calorie delicacies will definitely help you feel full faster, and for a greater length of time, but that doesn’t justify going overboard, either. By all means, explore the wide world of healthy, nutrient-dense foods and try them. Just keep in mind that portion control is always a critical part of a healthy diet. Soon, instead of always wearing the shape-concealing clothing, you’ll be looking for excuses to strip down and let people see the slim, trim new you!

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