Dieting Without Sacrifice

Dieting Without Sacrifice

Diet... that one word can bring us to our knees with a groan of frustration. Thoughts of going without our favorite foods flutter like a bad movie reel through our minds and our taste buds die a slow death at the thought of the bland choices offered by our selected diets. Suffer for beauty is the common mind set when it comes to weight maintenance or weight loss yet it does not have to be the end of the world as we know it.

Food is enjoyable and meant to be exciting. Meal times are supposed to be a journey of sensory discovery and the voyage of flavours. Food can be yummy without being greasy or dripping in fatty sauces and bathed in butter. Spices add the punch without the tons of calories to the blandest of foods.

Common diet foods are fish and chicken. This lean cuisine with just a seasoning of black pepper and little salt or Italian spices will go down super well especially when you take into consideration the low calorie content. You can add spiced chicken to salads or salad wraps as well for that extra boom to your meal which will make it easier not to miss a salad dressing. Grains are good too particularly whole grains which are your main fibre source and are as important as water in any diet. Simple spices or spice combinations can add a world of difference to your pleasure in food.

Have that occasional treat when you crave it. These moderate indulgences must be allowed without procrastination. There are many ways to have a sweet treat that does not have to have it smothered in rich chocolate or too decadent butter icing. There are options with fewer calories that still hold true to the concept of dessert. Low sugar or low carb or even sugar free and low calorie options of candy or pudding are available on the market in these modern times.

The trick of dieting is leaning the substitutions for your food vices like cooking with olive oil instead of normal oil. Such as low fat milk instead of full cream milk, dark chocolate instead of normal chocolate, the list goes on and on. The point is that you do not have to sacrifice flavour or enjoyment of food when you choose to diet. All you need is to be tenacious and diligent in your determination to succeed in your eating regiment.

When you diet it has to become a way of life not a way to starve your body or torture your body for not being flawless. Meaning when you decide to diet is must become your lifestyle, something that can be maintained and ideal for you as an individual. Dieting in a nut shell is about eating right and eating properly in the correct proportions. Alright... dieting takes research and planning but it is not rocket science. Sure... it is not easy (if it were we would all be our ideal weight) but it is also not impossible.