Your Dinner Made Healthy in 5 Step

You think you're eating healthy meals, but aren't sure?

If your weight loss has slowed, or even stopped, then there's a good chance that you haven't been eating as healthy as you should be.

I'm going to end the guesswork for you, once and for all, with my 5 steps to a healthy meal.

By following these 5 guidelines you'll know that your meals are healthy and weight loss friendly. And as a result you'll experience healthy weight loss.

Here are the 5 Steps to a Healthy Meal:

Step #1: Quality Ingredients
These are the building blocks to a healthy meal. While you certainly don't need to dine in gourmet restaurants in order to ensure quality ingredients, you should pay attention to the quality of the foods you eat.

Choose foods that are:

• Fresh and organic
• Pronounceable ingredients
• Whole foods

Step #2: Cooking Method
The way a meal is cooked determines how many calories, how much added fat, and the number of nutrients that survive. This simple factor will make or break your weight loss goal.

Avoid foods prepared like this:

• Fried and battered
• Processed and packaged
• Doused with cream sauce
• Sautéed

Choose foods that are prepared like this:

• Grilled
• Baked
• Broiled
• Steamed

Step #3: Mostly Protein
Your calories should be coming from a quality source of protein. With the first 2 guidelines in mind, these will be high quality, healthfully prepared.

Good choices of protein include:

• Fish
• Chicken
• Turkey
• Egg
• Lean red meat
• Beans

Step #4: Lots of Fiber
Fiber is a huge part of eating healthy and being lean. Fibrous foods will fill you up while delivering vitamins and nutrient in low-calorie packages. Fill at least two thirds of your plate with fibrous vegetables.

Try these forms of fiber:

• Salad
• Seasonal vegetables
• Fruit
• Legumes

Step #5: Lay Off the High Sugar Starches
Here's where many well-meaning dieters lose it. The facts are simple, in order to maintain healthy weight loss, there is no room for high sugar starchy foods.

Starches to Avoid:

• White Pasta
• White Rice and sugary cereal
• White Bread and fried crackers

For faster results, pair your clean eating with a challenging exercise routine.

Call or email today and I'll get you started on a weight loss program that will make your goals a reality.

Eating Out Right

Temptations abound when you eat out. There are bread baskets, and chip baskets, and appetizers, and desserts. In order to maintain your healthy diet you'll have to have a plan in place before arriving at the restaurant.

Here's how you stay on track while eating out:

• Don't eat extras: Ask for the bread basket or chip basket to be removed from your table and stick to eating only what you ordered.
• Don't drink calories: Stick with water or unsweetened ice tea in order to avoid a few hundred extra calories.
• Get it plain: Ask for sauces and dressings on the side to cut down calories.
• Get healthier sides: Just because the grilled fish comes with a side of potatoes doesn't mean you have to get it that way. Ask for a side of steamed veggies instead.

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