You Can Lose Weight With Low Glycemic Index Foods

In their quest to lose weight quickly many people ignore the tried and trusted glycemic index and focus on the latest diet fads peddled by various Hollywood celebrities. The advertising barrage is constant with the emphasis on the benefits to be gained almost overnight in some cases, wild as that assertion is.

Factually, there is no quick and safe way to lose weight and keep it off so forget any weight loss pills or magic bullets. If you are going to lose weight for good and stay slimmer and healthier you will have, out of necessity, to make a few lifestyle changes.

Nevertheless, there are one or two things to move you along the right lifestyle pathway to get to your goal weight.

1. The old hymn "Yield not to temptation for yielding is sin" by Horatio Palmer is very true if you want to lose weight. Just two cookies a day does not sound much but do it everyday for a year and you will easily increase your weight by 12lbs. Therefore, the next line of the old song is really important, "Each victory will help you some other to win", in other words turn your back on the cookie tin, and next time it will be easier.

2. The most important meal of the day is a good breakfast and yet so many good folk ignore and make do with a coffee to go. Some low glycemic index foods are perfect for a breakfast to set you up for the day. Cereals like bran, oats and barley will provide enough sustenance to get you through to lunch without snacking. Check the contents of your chosen breakfast cereal for sugar content before you buy; above 18-20% sugar content is way, way too high. This really affects your blood sugar which will go up and down and leave you in danger of snacking.

3. It should be common knowledge that low glycemic index foods can help you with weight loss but only slowly and you take the business of losing weight seriously. Most folk will give dieting a fair go but draw the line at just a little exercise. The facts are quite clear. If you are serious in your weight loss quest exercise is a must. Make your own mind up but if you get on your bike, swim four or five lengths or take a 25 minute walk you will soon shed the pounds - and you will feel and look better. And it is likely you will shed a few pounds but only at a slow rate.

4. Steady as she goes is the key to losing weight, just concentrate on losing weight slowly over time. One of the best things is to set yourself an achievable goal of just a pond or so a week and before you know it you have got rid of 14lbs in a couple of months; and that, surely, is enough to start with.

5. Get to know and understand the glycemic index (GI) because if you major on specifics it is indisputable that low glycemic index foods will help you lose weight; and keep it off. The attractions of GI are many and varied so you should really understand this approach; you will not regret it.

6. If all this GI stuff sounds a bit weird and technical there are still legitimate ways to combat inexorable weight gain. Some knowledgeable people can actually think themselves thin by sheer willpower. This is undoubtedly true for many people but for those who cannot quite summon up the will-power there is another way. Paul McKenna, a renowned hypnotist in the UK, has made a CD called "I Can Make You Thin" which has had good results for thousands of people. There are, of course, other hypnotists who have come up with their own similar package which are equally successful so the principle is well-established.

If you want to try some low glycemic index foods it is simply a question of substituting low GI carbohydrate foods for high GI carbohydrate and you'll be well on your way to losing weight the healthy way.


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