Foods that trap. Learn to control the temptation for them!

There are foods that wiil trap you against your will, and it is difficult to escape them, as they will cause anxiety, obsession and subse...


There are foods that wiil trap you against your will, and it is difficult to escape them, as they will cause anxiety, obsession and subsequent weight gain. A solution recommended by nutritionists who do not like ban is to accept that trap, recognize and, most importantly, learn to control it.

In a recent comment by Oprah Winfrey on weight loss method Weight Watchers -with which has lost 12 kilos or 26-pounds, said: "I love bread, I love bread, I can not live without bread, but with Weight Watchers can eat every day. " And for experts, learn to control that obsession is the key to not be swayed by it. As Weight Watchers allows consume 4 slices of bread low calories a day, Oprah can satisfy her "love" for that food.

Make lists with time

There is so much variety of food and temptations, to do lists to organize your meals is vital. You must make before and after eating. This will help you to see "black and white" what you've eaten and plan menus easy to prepare (not involving 100 ingredients, it would cost you a lot). This is a modern nutritionists advice and represent a valuable preventive measure.

Plan your daily menu

According to Dr. Brian Wansink, of Cornell University in the United States, "in the world there is excess options that make you fall into the arms of food traps with ease." His advice is to eat the same breakfast and same style lunch every day, and have more freedom at dinner, to avoid a boring routine.

TIP: The best way to control the foods you "catch" such as bread, rice, chocolate ...? It's not ban them in your diet, but consume  every day in moderate amounts. Being aware of that, you can eat them the next day without causing you anxiety.

Three meals

1. Breakfast in most of the world is the same: coffee with milk, toast, cereal and fruit. It is a balanced set routine and a good start of the day.

2. Lunch should be light, but tasty and satisfying you, as a great salad with vegetables, legumes and a small amount of lean protein (chicken) if you wish; some hot grilled vegetables,with 90 grams of baked fish; a yogurt or a soup with a fruit. The pizza, pasta and rice are not recommended for lunch, as are carbohydrates that do not "satisfy" and within half an hour if any ingested feel hungry again. Dr. Brian Wansink advises change fruits and vegetables to create the menu, but keep the same proteins (chicken, fish, turkey).

3. Dinner can be more varied and should consume between 7:00 and 8: 00 pm. After eat, move doing work inside the house or go for a walk about 15 or 20 minutes.


By Mari-Claudia Jiménez