Planning Ahead For Weight Loss Success
February 18, 2010 Filed Under: Weight Loss
When you get in a hurry, there’s a huge tendency to just grab whatever, wherever. Although some will give consideration to their diets when grabbing a quick bite, even the more diet-friendly options at fast food places are often not ideal for getting good results from a weight loss program.
Salad usually seems like a safe choice, but fast food salads are often high in fat, salt, and/or sugar, which can cause a set-back in your diet. Because you don’t have the opportunity to study the list of ingredients, you may think you are doing well with the salad choice, but it may have things in it that can really slow down your weight loss progress. Even “lite” salad dressing may be full of sugar, which can trigger a strong insulin response and interfere with fat burning for up to 2 days.
Of course, grilled chicken selections like wraps are better than burgers, but they are usually still filled with refined carbs which can depress your body’s ability to burn fat. Most people also find it hard to skip the soft drinks that come with most fast food meals, and the drinks are typically high in sodium benzoate, a preservative which is currently suspected as being a depressor of the metabolism.
If you take the time to plan your meals and bring food with you when you won’t be home at meal time, you’ll have much better control over what you are eating and you’ll be much more likely to really follow your diet plan. This will help you avoid eating those hidden ingredients that can hinder your ability to lose weight.
With some advance planning, you can be sure to have the food you need to comply with your diet plan and significantly improve the effects of your weight loss program.
To obtain additional weight loss information,, please visit Dr. Best’s site on diet motivation. For assistance with meal planning, Dr. Best recommends you visit healthy eating meal plans.
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Planning ahead is a great way to not get tempted by the wrong food. I have found that having some preportioned salad dressing (low in calories) helps also. That way I can order a salad at a fast food place and still be fine.
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I have discovered that eating a salad plus low fat dressing BEFORE eating your main meal,something i’ve not heard of before, goes a long way in helping to fill you up so that you don’t eat so much. Thus assisting with weight loss.