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How to Deal With Low Calories
Key points:
- Increase portions of colourful vegetables
- They’re low calories but a large volume of food
- Aim for two fist-sized portions of veg with every meal
- Drink plenty of water
- Often we feel hungry when we’re dehydrated
- Stay hydrated throughout the day
- Low fat food choices
- Switch salmon or mackerel for tuna or white fish
- Switch full fat greek yogurt for 0% greek yogurt
- Switch 20% fat beef mince for 5% fat beef mince
- Switch milk for unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk
- Switch coconut milk for low fat coconut milk
- Choose lower calorie carb sources
- Avoid sugar and bread as they are very high in calories
- Switch potatoes for butternut squash
- Switch pasta/noodles for courgetti/zoodles (courgette noodles made using a spiralizer)
- Change fruit choices from sugary fruits like bananas or pineapple for berries (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries etc…)
- Stay busy
- Boredom can lead to emotional eating
- Remember: This won’t last forever – get the results now whilst you can and the diet will be over in no time!
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