Weight Loss Tips...#2

2.) Eat More Fiber



Fiber is really a very cool thing when it comes to losing weight. It works in several ways. It makes you feel fuller quicker. So if you are eating slowly enough and listening to your body you will take in less calories. It also attaches itself to calories and flushes them out of you. COOL! And it helps you go to the bathroom. I know, not a pretty topic but less face it, it is pretty darn important. The less "regular" you are in the bathroom area, the more plaque you will build up in your intestines and the more bloated and sluggish you will feel.


But it always goes back to the time issue. We are so used to running through the drive-thrus or heating up a frozen meal that we forget about the importance of actually knowing what is in our food, including how much fiber is in it. So make it simple by adding fiber to your lifestyle a little bit at a time.

• Sprinkle flax meal into EVERYTHING! Add it to your hamburger patties, oatmeal, cold cereal, yogurt, taco meat, brownies, muffins, cookies, smoothies, pasta. Heck, sprinkle some in your Taco Bell burrito.
• Taste the rainbow. I don't mean Skittles. Eat colorful foods. Just 1 cup of raspberries or black berries has 8 grams of fiber. Throw some raw carrots, broccoli or apple slices into a baggie to take to work to munch on when the 3 o'clock snack cravings take over.
• BEANS BEANS THEY ARE MAGICAL FRUIT. Just 1 cup of cooked chickpeas, also known as garbanzo beans, is 12 grams of fiber. Throw chickpeas into your salad. Mash beans with roasted garlic to make a dip and eat with Triscuits (not the reduced fat Triscuits because they replace the fat with lots of sodium.) Black beans contain more antioxidants and provide lots of folate which reduces the risk of heart attack. Beans are high in protein and iron, inexpensive, yummy, and very versatile.
• Eat the healthy cereal such as Kashi GOLEAN or All-Bran. Add nuts and strawberries. If you still can't get it down add half a cup of your favorite unhealthy cereal to make it more enjoyable.
• Take a fiber supplement such as Renew Life's Fiber Smart or Lewis Labs Fabulous Fiber. But drink lots and lots of water!