My Belly Fat Diet Plan
My belly fat diet - Ladies, you asked, so here’s an outline of my personal belly fat diet. It’s a simple and relatively easy diet plan for menopause that I followed to lose belly fat. I’ve provided links for you to follow too so you can better understand each point better. I prefer calling this a 'lifestyle' more than a 'diet to lose belly fat', although making changes in your diet is crucial for this lifestyle to be successful. Considering that a lot of women feel that most popular diet plans these days don’t really address the menopausal and post menopausal segment of the population, I believe that My Belly Fat Diet Plan does so very effectively. After all, it was designed by someone who has had to deal with the unique challenges of peri-menopausal weight gain while trying to lose belly fat. I’d say that it follows many of the principles of a low glycemic index diet or a low carb diet plan – along with a few personal tweaks. My personal Belly Fat Diet Plan consists mainly of 5 or 6 high protein meals daily – 3 meals and 2 - 3 snacks. A typical meal consists mainly of foods high in protein (chicken, fish, nuts, etc.), low glycemic carbs (vegetables) and includes healthy fats (coconut oil, olive oil, safflower oil). Snacks are usually a choice of high protein, low carb foods. To give you a visual, my Belly Fat Diet Plan actually looks something like this: Note: Initially, Carbs were no higher than 40% and closer to 30 - 35%, Protein was 35 - 40% and Healthy Fats were no higher than 25 - 30%. As I lost more weight and exercised regularly, I slowly increased Carbs to approximately 40%.
After many false starts and failed fad diets, here are the basic guidelines I eventually found and followed that helped me to finally lose abdominal fat.
Before you begin ANY belly fat diet, I suggest you take a “before weight loss picture” in a bathing suit or even a pair of shorts. I didn’t initially and now I wish I had, but back then I made a point of avoiding any camera pointing in my direction! I did however take pictures of myself along the way so that I could actually see the changes in my body and found it helped me stay motivated and focused on my weight loss goal. I took all my body measurements and recorded them in my weight loss chart. You may also want to use the printable weight loss chart and diet tracker to record your body measurement and diet plan too. The links are at the bottom of this page.
Body Mass Index Waist to Hip Ratio ... both were recorded and tracked and generally how loose or tight my clothes were fitting, and used that as a measure of my belly fat diet success. I kept a diet journal – especially in the beginning when I was tracking what was working and what wasn’t. My Belly Fat Diet Plan -I use the glycemic index list as a source of nutrient dense food choices. Most of my carbohydrate food choices are low glycemic carbs and also some medium glycemic index foods as well. I eliminated the processed and white carbs out of my diet - pasta, white rice, white flour, sugar, and potatoes. I replaced those high glycemic foods (simple carbohydrates) with high fiber complex carbohydrates like whole grain pasta or spaghetti squash, brown rice, whole grain flour, quinoa, yams, and use only stevia and xylitol as sweeteners. I avoid high glycemic index foods altogether and drink alcohol only on occasion. I always include foods high in protein, either a plant and animal protein in every meal, and high protein snacks as well and make sure to eat every 3 hours to help speed up metabolism. I steam, poach or use a rotisserie to prepare my foods and try to include raw fruits and vegetables in this easy diet plan as often as possible. I work diligently at following the principles of proper food combing. I use coconut oil for cooking and virgin olive oil or safflower oil and Bragg ® organic apple cider vinegar for dressing foods.
I avoid artificial sweeteners, sodas, and trans fats and read food labels religiously. I learned to re-size my food portions and now eat from a smaller plate. My belly fat diet doesn't require that I count calories - I keep track only of servings and food portions. I never skip breakfast - ever and always include foods high in protein and medium or low glycemic carbs for this most important meal of the day. I drink 1 – 2 protein shakes every day. I drink at least 8 glasses of purified, filtered water daily and make sure to keep my body well hydrated to avoid dehydration effects like fatigue and to help increase my metabolism naturally. I have a cup of coffee in the morning, then drink green tea, yerba mate, herbal teas and whenever possible freshly prepared juices throughout the day. I take a multi vitamin and mineral supplement and natural weight loss supplements daily. I make sure to get at least 7 hours of sleep nightly. I exercise regularly – Resistance training, cardio and stretching and stay active doing activities I enjoy like dancing, riding my bike, and walking. Now let me say that these changes didn’t just all suddenly happen overnight and I didn’t (and still don’t) do it all perfectly every day! Instead, I made small, incremental changes and did some tweaking along the way…what you’re reading here is a accumulation of the end result….it’s an easy diet plan to follow. As I slowly began changing my eating habits, I soon found that people around me all began to comment on not only how much better I looked, but even more so, how much healthier I looked. I believe that slow and steady always wins the race. By consistently making small, incremental changes I eventually found my sweet spot – what worked for me and what I now call my personal belly fat diet. My belly fat diet doesn’t require counting calories or that every morsel of food be measured and weighed. Neither do I have to eat tasteless diet foods that taste like pressed cardboard or zero calorie foods that leave me feeling deprived. I was finally able to lose abdominal fat – that menopause belly fat that had plagued me for years. I never feel hungry. I don’t feel deprived. I feel more energetic, alive and fully present than I had felt in years. More importantly, I feel free. There’s no one size fits all diet plan to my knowledge and I fully recognize that there will be different opinions on how to approach healthy weight loss and even how to lose belly fat. Heck, even the experts can’t agree on it! I hope you’ll take some of these ideas and incorporate them into your own personal ‘belly fat diet plan’. Please
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and always consult with your doctor or health care professional before beginning any new treatment or diet plan, before changing your eating habits or before making any changes to lifestyle, and/or exercise activities.
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