Hi guys! I am so proud to tell you that I can now let the day pass without eating rice. I know it is hard at first because it is used to be in our daily meal. We feel like our day is not complete without it. Here is my story how I break up with rice.
What I did was I changed my meal plan slowly. For my breakfast first, then lunch and I skip dinner but I eat snack before 6:00 PM. I know most people said that it is better to eat six small meals everyday than three large meals. But for me, I can manage to eat three meals, not large ones but enough to make me feel full, as I only eat when I'm hungry and not when it is time to eat.
For my breakfast, I used to be a rice person but I managed to change it to healthy foods. I eat everything my stomach wants every morning. I think it is all about how motivated we are to live in a healthy way to avoid all fatty and unhealthy foods. And I can't have my breakfast without a cup of coffee. It helps me to increase my metabolism and it has this effect on me that I feel fully energized the whole day. Coffee does have a dark side, though— and not just in terms
of roast. Drinking too much can cause symptoms like insomnia, nervousness,
irritability, upset stomach upset, and muscle tremors. I think we can have 1 to 2 cups of coffee per day.
For my lunch, of course this is the hardest part not to eat rice. Eating rice during lunch is the normal lunch meal here in the Philippines. I slowly change my lunch meal to vegetables, fruits or soups.Well actually it is not that hard for me to revert my rice meals to vegetables or fruits since I love eating those. But there are times that I am bored in that kind of meal so what I do is eat what is our viand for the day but of course without rice. Here is another tip, if you're 80% full, stop eating and drink lots of water to make you feel 100% full. It is hard to digest if we eat too much and it will expand the capacity of food our stomach can have.
During afternoon snack, I eat everything I want. Lol! Seriously, I do eat every food I want since it is my last meal for the day but I make sure that it is not after 6:00 PM. I have read that its really effective to lose weight by not eating 4 hours before going to sleep. But if I feel hungry after six, I eat cool menthol candy to avoid that hungry feeling. lol! Candies will really do big help for us to avoid feeling hungry.
I know it is really hard not have rice, but it is all about our goals. But be sure that you change your rice meals to more healthy foods. I know there are still benefits from eating rice but we can still get those benefits in foods which are healthier and easy to digest than rice. Let's achieve the perfect body that we want and let us inspire other people to live a healthier life.
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