How much food is really enough? by Darryn Aldridge

Ok, so you think you’re doing all the right things, eating low fat foods, exercising regularly, thinking slim, but at the end of the day, you’re still not breaking through those

barriers and shedding weight like you’d like to.

Well don’t fret people, stand in the queue with all the others who, like you, are struggling to come to grips with this one.

Thankfully, there are some very simple steps we can take that will really help you to start making some gains in

this area.

Did you know for instance, that it takes approximately 20 minutes before your body realizes that it has had

sufficient to eat? One of our biggest problems then is what do we do in that 20 minute period to stop us overeating.

Some easy solutions could be;

1. Weigh Your Food: Sounds so simple, yet many of us still pile our food on the plate until it looks “about right”. I can almost guarantee that about right is probably no where

near the amount you should be eating. I was hugely surprised at what a proper portion size really looked like.

As time goes by you will find that you start to get a feel for what the portions will look like, so you won’t need to weigh your food as often as you first needed to. It does however, pay to weigh your food from time to time, as it is very easy for portion sizes to creep up again without you

noticing.

2. Eat Slower: Again, sounds very simplistic, but I’m sure we have all been guilty at some stage of rushing our food down. Simple things like putting your knife and fork down

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BIO:

Darryn Aldridge is the co-author of a step-by-step, "tell it and show it how it is" guide to permanently losing
weight and keeping it off forever! Visit his web site at
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