You Don't Have to Go Hungry

In wanting to lose weight, people often have the misconception that they need to starve themselves. This is not the case. The body needs to be fueled every 2-3 hours to keep the metabolism humming.

The key here, of course, is eating highly nutritious, lower calorie foods. Usually, this means you can eat more food (a higher volume or greater amount of food).

For example, let’s replace a 1/2 cup of light ice cream (150 calories) with yogurt and fruit. You can eat 1 cup of yogurt (nonfat plain flavored with vanilla and Splenda 110 calories) and a whole cup of strawberries (50 calories) for 160 calories = 2 cups.

Now let’s replace a single-serve bag of chips (150 calories) with light microwave popcorn. One cup of pop corn is 20 calories, so to get 140 calories you’d need to eat = 7 cups.

How about replacing a hot apple pie (250 calories) from a fast food restaurant with a baked apple sprinkled with cinnamon and Splenda? Actually, to come close to the same amount of calories you’d need to eat = 3 apples.

Almost always, healthy food equals more volume. More food, more nutrition, and more satisfaction – without the extra calories and bad fats that lead to obesity and disease.

Eating nutritious foods means you don’t have to go hungry to lose weight!