The article is devoted to competent and healthy weight loss. I will say right away that you will not lose 5 kg in a week or even two. You can achieve this result if you stick to calorie counting for at least a month or two. But! You will have amazing results! And even if you allow yourself to eat something fatty (for example, fast food) in the morning you will not be frightened by getting on the scales.
The most important thing to remember is that you can eat anything, but you need to know the amount eaten! Why is it more convenient, more profitable, and also more useful to count calories than dieting? The answer is simple. Firstly, you do not need to torment yourself and your body with a lack of food! (The main thing is to be able to choose the right low-calorie foods.) Secondly, you can eat flour, fatty, and salty, and fried, and steamed, and boiled! In general, whatever your heart desires! Thirdly, if you do not want to exhaust yourself with everyday physical exercises, then you can not do it! Fourth, you will love this lifestyle, get used to it quickly, and also love it!
My advice to you: for the simplicity and convenience of this method of eating and losing weight, I recommend purchasing a kitchen scale. You can buy the cheapest (no difference). So, it will be more convenient to calculate the mass (in grams) and calorie content of the product. List of low-calorie foods:
Vegetables (calories per 100 g of product)
Top 10 lowest calorie foods:
- Cucumbers (10 kcal)
- Tomatoes (18 kcal)
- Radish (20 kcal)
- Chinese cabbage (12 kcal)
- Spinach (21 kcal)
- Green beans (27 kcal)
- White cabbage (27 kcal)
- Sorrel (28 kcal)
- Cauliflower (30 kcal)
- Onions (41 kcal)
2. Fruits (calories per 100 g of product)
Top 10 Lowest Calorie Foods
- Lemon (21 kcal)
- Cranberry (28 kcal)
- Pear (31 kcal)
- Melon (33 kcal)
- Grapefruit (35 kcal)
- Watermelon (38 kcal)
- Raspberry (40 kcal)
- Pineapple (40 kcal)
- Apricot (44 kcal)
- Plum (45 kcal)
A couple of important nuances:
1. If you decide to cook, for example, pasta, then you need to calculate their raw weight. Why? Because after boiling, they swell with water, and, accordingly, the weight is much greater. Do you need extra calories?
2. The daily calorie intake is determined by yourself! You should not abruptly sit down on 800 kcal, since you will not only not gorge on, but you will also feel unwell and will not last long on such torture. And you need a result!
3. The formula for calculating the calorie content of a dish will definitely come in handy, since it is better to calculate everything yourself, because everywhere are approximate values. So,
- Consider the weight of all products (for example, cucumbers 100 g + radishes 200 g = 300 g) Total weight = 300 g.
- Consider the calorie content of all products (for example, cucumbers 10 kcal + radish 40 kcal (since 200 g of product) = 50 kcal) Total weight = 50 kcal.
- We make the proportion:
300 g = 50 kcal 100 g = X kcal X = (100 * 50): 300 = 16.6 kcal per 100 g
4. Drink plenty of water. Water is the key to health. It is necessary to drink water (regular, mineral and still), and not all sorts of teas or colas. This will help you numb your hunger. And it often happens that we confuse thirst with hunger. I advise you to drink about 2 liters a day, if you cannot overpower so much, then at least 1 liter.
