#BEATTHEBELLY Daily Tip - Fill Up On Low Calorie Foods

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So you want to lose weight.

What is one of the hardest things about this?

Being hungry of course.

If you're used to eating a large volume of food your body will still crave it when you reduce the portion sizes you are eating; even though you fill up on a pint of water before each meal you will soon feel hungry again.


So when you get hungry between your smaller portion meals what do you do?

After exercising, drinking more water, distracting yourself (boredom or stress often provokes hunger) you should find a food you can fill up on which won't break the calorie bank.

I chose carrots because they are easily available, cheap, tasty ( I like them fresh+raw from the fridge or better the allotment) and they have few calories compared to beer, cake, biscuits, bread, sweets or other things I might reach for.

Carrots also have the added bonus of giving you a healthy skin tone which when surveyed makes your skin look more healthy than a tan or fake tan!

You can't really overdose on Carrots or veg - in the worst case scenario you might give yourself diarrhoea, but at one point I was putting away a kilo bag of carrots per 8 hour night shift with no ill effects while losing weight fast.

Other veg good to fill up on might be celery and cucumber which contain less calories than your body uses in digesting them - handy!

Fruit is a funny one, as it does contain sugar, albeit natural unrefined fructose.

"What???" You exclaim, "I thought we were supposed to eat five fruits a day?!!"

Well actually thats five portions of fruit and veg a day, so keep it real.


All this is the context of the rest of your diet being balanced, containing all the major food groups in reasonable proportions, with exercise to increase metabolism.

Go for it - grab a bag of carrots to snack on next time you shop and ditch the crisps, pop and biscuits at the checkout.




Dr Ben Sinclair

Sinclair Health Limited

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https://www.optimiseclinic.co.uk

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  1. Dr Ben Sinclair MRCGP Wednesday 8 March 2017 at 10:51:00 GMT

    I now know that carrots are root veg, the starch storage pods of plants and so contain high levels of natural carbs; still are better than junk food as a snack but what would be better would be cucumber or celery with houmus or simlar low carb dip..

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