If you are eating raw food for weight loss you may need a little help to keep yourself from feeling that your new life change has become mundane or dis-satisfying. Following are a few useful tips for when you eat raw food for weight loss.
Remove all foods that may tempt you to regress. While you really shouldn't try to ignore your cravings, you shouldn't stock up on those fattening comfort foods either. A good deterrent is to drink a glass of water or eat a piece of fruit if you are feeling a need to snack on something. If that doesn't cure your craving, have just enough to satisfy those cravings.
Variety is the spice of life! Eat a variety of live foods. Be adventurous and try some of those fresh fruits and vegetables you've always avoided because it doesn't look right or when you had it as a child it didn't "taste good". Maybe your tastes have changed. You may find that some of those vegetables you've always eaten cooked taste a lot better raw. They are certainly a lot healthier without all the nutrients cooked out.
There are a lot of recipes you can use to effect different textures and tastes. Caring that adventurous nature a little bit further, you can experiment and create your own raw food recipes. You can make your food look beautiful if you are one of those people who like an attractive layout. For some people a carrot tastes just as good straight from the refrigerator as it does in little curls on a platter.
Buy as much of your produce as you can at the Farmer's Market. You may find the prices a little bit high when compared to the "sale" prices at the local supermarket, but more reasonable than the "regular" prices at the supermarket. At any rate you will get organic produce at the Farmer's Market. You'll also have decidedly less to buy at the supermarket and if you've planned your meals and prepared your shopping list, you'll not get distracted and spend more than you had originally planned.
Learn the nutritional value of your raw foods. If you know the vitamins and minerals you get from particular raw foods you will be have the knowledge to effectively balance your diet. Whether you eat raw food for weight loss or embrace a weight loss diet you have to be certain to get the proper nutrition.
The fat in your diet helps your body with the absorption of minerals. You can get fat from fresh vegetables. Additionally, olive oil is a good source of fat and when mixed with good vinegar like red wine vinegar it makes a good dressing for salads.
If you don't participate in potlucks at the office because of your healthy eating plan, bring your own raw food dish and eat from that. You may even suggest a raw food day. That way your coworkers won't feel that you are being standoffish due to your lack of participation.
Don't be dogmatic about being 100 percent raw. 75 percent more raw food is probably about 75 percent more than you ate prior to beginning to eat raw food for weight loss.
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