Are you on a diet trying to lose weight, but ALWAYS hungry? Here are a few quick tips that can really help curb hunger cravings and make dieting a whole lot easier.
- Drink more water throughout the day. Water actually fills you up and the best part is that it's calorie-less!
- Eat complex carbs and low GI carbs (http://www.southbeach-diet-plan.com/glycemicfoodchart.htm). Foods like oatmeal, whole grain bread, and brown rice are rich in fiber and take longer to digest which keeps you fuller longer.
- Start your day with oatmeal
- Eat breakfast. Eating breakfast has been proven to help control hunger cravings for the rest of the day.
- Eat fiber. When you eat fiber it expands in your digestive tract, taking up a lot of space and taking forever to digest.
- Eat vegetables. Loaded with fiber and nutrients, but not calories.
- Eat more protein. Protein keeps you fuller longer.
- Eat more healthy fats. Fats digest slowly and also slow the digestion of everything you eat with them. Eating healthy fats can buy you more time before your next hunger craving hits.
- Drink unsweetened, hot, green tea.
- Skip the sugar, candy, and sugary drinks. Eating sugary foods will spike your insulin levels like crazy and send your hunger through the roof--leaving you craving more and more.
- Eat 5-7 smaller meals per day. Eating meals more often means less time between meals and less time for unhealthy snacks.
- Choose whole foods over liquid foods. They always keep you fuller longer.
- Fruit over juice. Fruit has more fiber.
- Eat slower.
- Take a multivitamin.
- Chew sugar-free gum.
- Eat a small salad before the main course. It'll help you eat less throughout the course of the meal.
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