BY SOLA OGUNDIPE
SURE it sounds bizzare that anyone who is trying to lose weight is being asked to “eat more”, but that is the way to go! The suggestion is for you to eat a lot of “little meals” with fewer calories rather than less of “larger meals” with more calories.

The little meals diet plan makes you feel hungry more often, while giving you fewer calories and subsequently making you lose weight. But of course the catch is in “what” you eat!

* Adopt the little meals diet plan. Eat more little meals with fewer calories rather than fewer large meals with more calories.

With more little meals You will feel full faster, and you’ll eat more food without increasing the number of calories. The point to note here is that when you are being asked to eat more, the idea is to eat “real” food, not the fast food, or canned food or cartoned food, or anything of such.

Expunging all processed food from your diet contributes significantly towards loss of weight . Simply reducing your intake of simple carbohydrtates sgoes a long way. For instance, do you know eating a high-fibre, low-fat vegetarian diet will not only help you stay healthy, but also will help you lose weight?

Also are you aware it pays to eat more with your eyes rather than with your mouth? Experts say success lies not essentially in restricting calories, but by watching what you eat.

Whenever you are hungry and you are on a diet, try food combinations such as beans and legumes. Do not add bread, fried plantain (dodo), rice or gari to the menu when taking beans.     Fruits – apples, watermelon, pineapples paw paw and oranges are top of the list here.

Grains and vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumber, onions, carrots and others are also recommended as part of your daily diet.

Foods to be eaten in moderation include non-fat dairy products like milk, yogurt, cheese, cream and egg white. By all means, avoid meat of all kinds, whether red or white, fish or chicken.  Avoid oils and oil-containing products, such as margarine and  salad dressings.

Also go easy on sugar and simple sugar derivatives such as  honey, molasses, corn syrup, and high-fructose syrup. Of course, alcohol is a no-no absolutely. Actually, anything commercially prepared that has more than two grams of fat per serving should be banned from your diet. Stick to this plan, and you will be getting less than 10 percent of your calories from fat  Good luck.