| There are plenty of diets out there that make | | | | served as side dishes or appetizers. People tend |
| food more complicated than it has to be. I'm all | | | | to gravitate to them because not only do they |
| about keeping things simple, which is why I set | | | | taste good, but they tend to be filling. This is why |
| out to find a diet that leaves me feeling full and | | | | you may experience carb bloat after a meal or |
| still includes good food. What many people don't | | | | feel extremely sleepy. |
| realize is that our diet plays a much larger role in | | | | A simple diet that makes weight loss relatively |
| weight loss than how much we exercise. It is a bit | | | | easy is the "clean eating diet" or "eating clean." |
| more complex than simply saying, eat less | | | | Bodybuilders are well known for eating this way. |
| calories. Calories do have a lot to do with weight | | | | They know eating processed foods can cause |
| loss but just cutting back on them isn't enough to | | | | weight gain. Eating clean avoids all processed |
| get rid of belly fat. | | | | foods. Your diet would consist of lean meat, |
| The reason we put on weight over the years is | | | | vegetables (fresh), fruit, nuts, and plenty of |
| due to eating too much of the food that keeps | | | | water. The common complaint about this method |
| us fat. This food includes items such as white | | | | of eating is that it is too restrictive. However, I |
| bread, pasta, white rice, candy, baked goods, | | | | find it is only due to most people being so used to |
| soda, refined sugar, and just about all processed | | | | eating what they want. When those foods are |
| foods. These items are what are often referred | | | | cut out, any diet will seem restrictive. |
| to as "bad carbs." The reason these | | | | Weight loss becomes fairly easy once you adopt |
| carbohydrates cause weight gain is because when | | | | this way of eating. Exercise is a plus and will help |
| they are eaten in excess, whatever isn't burned is | | | | the shedding of extra weight much faster. |
| stored as fat in our bodies. | | | | Remember that how we eat determines about |
| The problem is that these types of carbs are too | | | | 80% of how much weight we lose. That is why |
| easy to overeat. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are | | | | it's important to get your eating habits down |
| usually comprised of some type of carb whether | | | | before you get too caught up in exercise. |
| it be bread, rice, or dessert. They are often | | | | |