Non-Diet Weight Loss Tips

You hear it all the time: You must burn off more calories than you consume in order to lose weight. Translation: you need to diet or exercise or do both. However, with a few calculated strategies, you can lose weight without “officially” being on a diet. Here’s how:

• Change your thinking – Whether it’s before your weight control surgery in St. Petersburg or after, you need to change your thinking about losing weight. Instead of thinking of a diet as depriving yourself, think of it as implementing healthy eating habits. A dedicated and conscientious attitude and lifestyle change toward healthy eating can help you lose weight without “going on a diet”. Reordering your thinking means that you don’t have to “give up” your favorite foods forever, but you can enjoy them in moderation or small portion sizes.
• Curb Processed Foods – Packaged and heavily processed foods typically are high in calories and low in nutritional value. Simply swapping out some of these overly processed foods for their natural substitutes can help you lose weight without dieting, and is a helpful weight management activity. For example, instead of eating a prepared boxed pasta meal, opt for whole-grain pasta.
• Redesign Your Plate – The standard size dinner plate can encourage overfilling the plate, which leads to overeating. Instead of using a standard dinner plate, use a salad or dessert plate. Research suggests that the larger the plate, the more food people consume, so utilizing a smaller plate for your meals is a smart weight management strategy.
• Increase Your Physical Activity – Some people are able to lose weight without changing their eating habits, simply by adding exercise to their daily lifestyle. Both aerobic exercise and strength training help to burn calories and boost your metabolism.