Three tips to consider for a weight loss goal:
1. Keep your food simple. Maybe not choosing the most complicated recipe off of the latest Top Chef episode, but rather sticking to the basics of a meal: a protein like meat or fish, plenty of non-starchy vegetables, carbohydrates from root vegetables or fruit, and some healthy fat. If you’re trying to shed a few pounds or clean up your diet, save those complicated recipes for a special occasion.
2. Eat enough. Depriving our body’s of the nutrients it needs to function optimally can cause additional stress. Decreasing your caloric intake too much over a long period of time can lower your resting metabolic rate which can backfire your goal causing weight loss to stall or even reverse.
3. Eat enough carbs to balance your activity level. This highly varies by the individual. Besides current health & fitness goals and overall health status, the amount and intensity of exercise play in as a pretty huge factor. Not matching carbohydrate intake may stall weight loss goals, lead to fatigue, and cause muscle breakdown. Someone who is sedentary may find a lower carbohydrate diet of 7-15% of calories to help them shed weight faster. Others more on the active end of things or have tried a low carb approach unsuccessful, may find a more moderate intake of 15-30% of calories helpful for stimulating fat loss.
