20 Superfoods for Weight Loss
I was in the grocery store last week, waiting in line to check out, when the cover of Self magazine caught my eye, “A No-Diet Way to Lose Lbs: 20 Foods that Slim You Down.” I’ve always been of the mind that diets don’t work and that following a diet book for a few weeks ultimately sets you up to fail. You marshall all your willpower to stick to it as long as you can, but ultimately, you fall off the wagon. I know we’ve all been there before, I sure have.
But to me, losing weight is all about making permanent lifestyle changes in how you eat, exercise, and manage stress, not a short term fix from the latest diet book. It simply doesn’t work.
So I was intrigued by the idea of certain foods that are helpful, and of course, I had to flip through to find out what they were. Interestingly, I regularly eat half of them, some of them I’ve even talked about like kale and quinoa. And last week, before I even saw the article, I wrote a blog post about how I combined three of them into one dish (quinoa, kale and lentils) that was healthy, delicious and low in fat and calories.
Here are the 20 foods they mentioned:
Steak, eggs, kale, oats, lentils, goji berries, wild salmon, apples, buckwheat pasta, blueberries, almond butter, pomegranates, chiles, yogurt, quinoa, sardines, tarragon, parmesan, avocado and olive oil.
I have to say, I eat about half of the items on a regular basis, and it’s a fact, things like kale, oats and lentils can help us lose weight for a host of different reasons.
You can read the whole article with explanations about why these foods are so good by clicking here.
I’m curious to know how many of these foods you’re regularly eating. Which ones are staples in your diet and to what degree does it help you to lose weight?
Filed under: Salmon, Weight loss, Healthy lifestyle, Legumes, Vegetables, Greens, Exercise
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