Jamie Flay - Atkins Diet Meals: Delicious Healthy Recipes, 7 Day Meal

Atkins Diet Meals Delicious Healthy Recipes, 7 Day Meal
Plan to Get You to the Best Shape

This refers to your ideal carb consumption to get your body to a state of ketosis where you can lose weight successfully and achieve results faster. Use this book as your ultimate guide for losing weight and keeping it off permanently so you can always be in your best shape! Thanks again for downloading this book, I hope you enjoy it! Chapter 1 Top Reasons Why Many People Fail to Lose Weight Before we go into details about the diet plan that can give you the best weight loss results, let us take a look at the most common reasons why so many individuals fail to lose weight when they swear they have carried out the rules to the dot. Are you making the same mistakes too? Find out what may sabotage your dieting efforts. According to experts, there is a huge difference between what you think you should do and what you may actually do. In fact, people who are on a "diet" may actually consume more calories than they intend to. The mere fact that you are on a "diet" can kill your chances of losing any weight.

It's because there's that nagging feeling. When the word diet fills your thoughts every waking moment, you may have a tendency to obsess about food. This obsession can only intensify your cravings and the next thing you know, you are already abandoning your weight loss plan concluding that it does not work. It is true though. Some diet plans are bound to fail. They may be subscribing to a flawed principle.

However, there is also a possibility that there is something terribly wrong about how you approach dieting. It could be your deep-seated habits or your attitude that is getting you in trouble. For instance, how often do you eat more than you are ought too? How many times do you try to sneak in a few more butter or salad dressing when you know you are going over the recommended portions? Do you eat while you cook and eat some more after? How many cups of coffee do you drink every day? How many glasses of wine do you take? Do you make it your obligation to finish other people's plates? You may have your own sneaky habits and you may be completely unaware of them. The point is these sneaky habits are among the major reasons why your efforts at losing weight have been unsuccessful so far. Deep-seated bad habits are hard to break and developing good habits can be very difficult. However, the change won't happen unless you try.

Make one small change at a time. Commit to it and catch yourself before you fall into traps again. Aside from this example, there are plenty more reasons why you could be stuck. Here are some more of them.
Competitive Eating Do you even chew your food well or are you like most people who finish their meals the fastest time possible? Despite your busy schedule, you should avoid finishing your meals as if you were in a competitive eating contest. Rapid eating does not make you slimmer.

In fact, it can make you gain weight. When you eat this way, you are more likely to forget your portions. It may not feel like it, but you are actually eating more. Try mindful eating instead like the Europeans do. They have smaller serving sizes, but they seem to be more satisfied. That's because they are satisfied with the quality of their food rather than its quantity.

Stop eating your lunch at your desk. Taste every bite. Take note of your food's texture. Savor the taste. According to the American Dietetic Association, mindful eating helps you better recognize the feeling of fullness. Because of this, you can stop yourself before eating more than you are supposed to.

Skipping Meals Individuals are mostly too busy to eat breakfast and those who want to lose weight think that this is actually helpful with their goal to get in shape. However, they could not be more wrong. Skipping breakfast or any meal for that matter can make you gain more rather than lose weight. According to research studies, people who skip breakfast often weigh more than those people who make time for breakfast. You do not get to save calories by avoiding a meal. Rather, you take more throughout the day because you try to compensate for what you did not have from the meal you skipped on.

Make it a point to eat three full meals a day and make healthy choices. For breakfast, aim for protein and fiber rich foods rather than sugary stuff. Protein and fiber are among the nutrients your body needs to stay full until the next meal.
Not Watching What You Drink If you are so conscious about your calorie intake, then take note that there are more calories in soda, sweetened juices and tea, alcohol and coffee with sugar and cream. In fact, one study found that most people get 21 percent of their calorie intake from beverages alone. So do you think you lose weight by drinking rather than eating? Beverages may quench your thirst.

However, they don't do much for fixing hunger. If you must drink, do drink water. If you want something with a little more taste, try vegetable juice or green smoothie. Oversized Food Portions How are your food portions? Most people are used to eating to their heart's content. Recommended serving sizes are there not to taunt you. In that amount of food, your body gets just enough.

Start learning how to trim your portions by replacing your plates and bowls with smaller ones and make a measuring cup your best bud. Picking Unhealthy Add-Ons You decide to eat healthy and pack a green salad for lunch, but ruin the effort when you use high-fat toppings. Every little thing counts. You may think unhealthy add-ons do not do much, but they actually do. So you must be very careful with your choices even the little ones. Mindless Eating How often do you sit with a bag of chips and keep eating even after you are full and notice you've finished it off? This deep-seated habit seems to be impossible to stop.