Carbohydrates

Complex carbohydrates, such as white rice and potatoes, pasta, and bread are foods which quickly turn into sugars in our body. These carbohydrate sugars turn into fat faster than any other food product we can take in; carbohydrates go into our fatty storage cells if our metabolism is unable to burn them off. Reducing carbohydrates in the diet can cause mood swings. One of the ways to help prevent the mood swings of lowering carbohydrates while changing food habits is to consume major portions of carbohydrates in the morning as your first meal. When you wake up in the morning your body is prepared to be fueled and can metabolise a higher level of complex carbohydrates than it can later in the day. Our first meal each day is Breakfast, which is the most important meal of the day.

After the major complex carbohydrate meal has been consumed as the first meal, every meal thereafter the complex carbohydrates should be consumed in moderation. Motivate yourself to eat moderately, and be conscious of your body’s signals of satiety. Our stomachs are actually full 15 minutes prior to the brain sending the signal that we are full. This means there is no need for the second helping.

The second helping during the meal takes a body from full to stuffed, and we know what happens when we’re stuffed: we get tired, we get the lethargic, and we want to lie down and rest. This is after dinner hibernation. If you eat the majority of your complex carbohydrates early in the day and only in moderation after that, you can avoid the hibernation effect – and the effects it has on your body and weight.

By using little tricks and tips such you need to gain control of your eating habits and your diet. You should always think of new and creative ways to be in control of your diet and eating plans and not have what you eat (or don’t eat) control you. You can lose weight without dieting, In other words, you can reach your target weight without dieting. Dieting or changing your way of eating will have a great impact on how you lose weight, if your weight loss is healthy, and whether you can maintain it.

At some stage in the healthy eating process, eating healthy has to become an afterthought.  The way you eat now is not in the forefront of your mind because it’s part of the habit or ritual. The conscious mind does not have to think about the unhealthy intake. This is where you want to get with healthy eating.

Consuming healthy meals would be a conscious thought and conscious decision at every turn. You would be counting calories, measuring things out, wondering whether to eat spinach or carrots, concerned about monitoring carbohydrate intake. You would also be thinking about anything you are doing or eating that may be a setback.