If you want to learn how to loose belly fat, you'll first need to learn how to set up your daily eating habits so that they support fat loss, and not hurt your chances of fat loss.
This includes those times when you feel like eating outside of the home.
Unfortunately, many restaurant portions have gone from reasonably sized to supersized.
And the worst part of that is, most restaurant meals contain about 1,000 calories!
And that's not even including appetizers or dessert.
Add an appetizer and a dessert and you've added another 1,000 calories to your daily intake totals.
Those are all extra calories that's going to go right to your belly or waist.
So if you want to know how to loose belly fat, you first must know how to choose healthier meal options, whether you eat at home or at a restaurant.
Bottom line is, no matter where you eat, portion sizes matter.
Many people don't realize that eating as few as 100 extra calories during each meal can add up to a 20-pound weight gain in just one year.
So, here are some quick and easy tips you can use to make sure you don't overdo it, whether eating at home or out in a restaurant.
1. Start your meal with a glass of water.
Having a nice, tall glass of cold water will immediately help you reduce your appetite, and it will help fill you up without adding any extra calories.
2. If you know you'll be eating out or having a fairly large dinner, simply cut back on your breakfast and lunch.
If you know you'll be having some calorie-dense food for dinner, say, a hamburger... stick with a salad or a small sandwich for lunch... saving your calories for dinner.
3. If you know you'll be eating out, try and choose a restaurant a head of time, before you get too hungry.
Find a restaurant that offers low-fat entrees and preplan your menu choices before you arrive.
Go online to the restaurant website and look through the menu before hand, and find something that's lower in calories. This way, you're not put on the spot when you get there and possibly order something that may be a lot higher in calories.
4. Ask plenty of questions. When you're looking through the menu and want to know how something is prepared, as the waiter how the foods are prepared. Ask for low fat meals or ask which items on the menu are low fat items.
5. Order the smallest size. Instead of getting the largest meal on the menu, see if there are smaller size options. Most restaurants are starting to offer reduced calorie fare.
6. Order baked, grilled, poached, or steamed. Foods like baked fish, steamed vegetables and a plain baked potato are all low-fat
and lower calorie options.
7. Order dressings and sauces on the side. This way, you can control how much you put on. Ask if there are low fat or low calorie dressings or sauces.
8. Avoid the free bread. Many restaurants will bring over a free bread basket you can eat while you're waiting for your meal.
Skip the bread and you'll also save yourself a ton of extra calories.
Or, if you really want the bread, just reduce a portion of your meal. Have a salad in place of the baked potato or french fries.
9. Share with others or take some home. When your food arrives, ask for a take-out box and put away half of your meal.
Better yet, order a few items and share with everyone at the table.
10. Eat more veggies during your meal. If you can, opt for a salad and then a steamed veggie for your app and side.
These will help fill you up, but they are less calorie-dense.
Also, stick with steamed veggies instead of fried or even stir fried.
Those are some simple tips that show you how to loose belly fat in less time.
If you decide to eat out, even when you're trying to get a flat stomach, just follow more of the tips.
And a bonus tip you can use that will show you how to loose belly fat is, try and make sure you eat breakfast each morning.
It's been proven, in study after study, that not only does eating breakfast help speed up your metabolism, it will also help you eat less calories through the rest of the day.
Bottom line, these were just a few simple tips that show you how to loose belly fat in less time. The more of them you follow, the better chances you have of losing that stomach fat you want to lose.
This includes those times when you feel like eating outside of the home.
Unfortunately, many restaurant portions have gone from reasonably sized to supersized.
And the worst part of that is, most restaurant meals contain about 1,000 calories!
And that's not even including appetizers or dessert.
Add an appetizer and a dessert and you've added another 1,000 calories to your daily intake totals.
Those are all extra calories that's going to go right to your belly or waist.
So if you want to know how to loose belly fat, you first must know how to choose healthier meal options, whether you eat at home or at a restaurant.
Bottom line is, no matter where you eat, portion sizes matter.
Many people don't realize that eating as few as 100 extra calories during each meal can add up to a 20-pound weight gain in just one year.
So, here are some quick and easy tips you can use to make sure you don't overdo it, whether eating at home or out in a restaurant.
1. Start your meal with a glass of water.
Having a nice, tall glass of cold water will immediately help you reduce your appetite, and it will help fill you up without adding any extra calories.
2. If you know you'll be eating out or having a fairly large dinner, simply cut back on your breakfast and lunch.
If you know you'll be having some calorie-dense food for dinner, say, a hamburger... stick with a salad or a small sandwich for lunch... saving your calories for dinner.
3. If you know you'll be eating out, try and choose a restaurant a head of time, before you get too hungry.
Find a restaurant that offers low-fat entrees and preplan your menu choices before you arrive.
Go online to the restaurant website and look through the menu before hand, and find something that's lower in calories. This way, you're not put on the spot when you get there and possibly order something that may be a lot higher in calories.
4. Ask plenty of questions. When you're looking through the menu and want to know how something is prepared, as the waiter how the foods are prepared. Ask for low fat meals or ask which items on the menu are low fat items.
5. Order the smallest size. Instead of getting the largest meal on the menu, see if there are smaller size options. Most restaurants are starting to offer reduced calorie fare.
6. Order baked, grilled, poached, or steamed. Foods like baked fish, steamed vegetables and a plain baked potato are all low-fat
and lower calorie options.
7. Order dressings and sauces on the side. This way, you can control how much you put on. Ask if there are low fat or low calorie dressings or sauces.
8. Avoid the free bread. Many restaurants will bring over a free bread basket you can eat while you're waiting for your meal.
Skip the bread and you'll also save yourself a ton of extra calories.
Or, if you really want the bread, just reduce a portion of your meal. Have a salad in place of the baked potato or french fries.
9. Share with others or take some home. When your food arrives, ask for a take-out box and put away half of your meal.
Better yet, order a few items and share with everyone at the table.
10. Eat more veggies during your meal. If you can, opt for a salad and then a steamed veggie for your app and side.
These will help fill you up, but they are less calorie-dense.
Also, stick with steamed veggies instead of fried or even stir fried.
Those are some simple tips that show you how to loose belly fat in less time.
If you decide to eat out, even when you're trying to get a flat stomach, just follow more of the tips.
And a bonus tip you can use that will show you how to loose belly fat is, try and make sure you eat breakfast each morning.
It's been proven, in study after study, that not only does eating breakfast help speed up your metabolism, it will also help you eat less calories through the rest of the day.
Bottom line, these were just a few simple tips that show you how to loose belly fat in less time. The more of them you follow, the better chances you have of losing that stomach fat you want to lose.