5 Simple ways you can adapt to start breaking free from Restrictive Diet

Diets have been misunderstood for long time. Whenever one thinks about losing weight, reversing health issues all that one comes-up with is restrictive diet. Hoping from one form of diet to other, restricting on timings, food groups and even if results are achieved, they are not sustainable. Diet is all about balanced and sustainable approach.

Here are 5 Simple ways you can adapt to start breaking free from restrictive diet

• Adapt the sustainable diets – There are variety of yo-yo diets available, what you need to follow is the diet that suits your body and lifestyle. This independence day free yourself from restrictive diet and follow a wholesome diet which you can adapt for lifelong. Changes may take time but what matters is listening to your body ‘How well your body feels and reacts to the diet you follow.’
• Track your progress – Take small steps towards the change. Do not set big targets and then feel let down. Set realistic goals and do not only rely on weighing scale but also ensure you listen to your body and see how better and healthy it feels. Remember slow and steady wins the race so do not rush to attain the unrealistic and unsustainable goals.
• There is no good or bad food – One of the belief that most people follow is dividing the food into good and bad category. But what really matters is having food in right portion size. Food that suits your body is right food. However, it is also important to have wholesome food that are essential to get those vitamins and minerals. Include more of fruits, vegetables, whole cereals, nuts and dried fruits.
• Stop Calorie Counting – Listen to your body signals when it feels hungry and when you feel satiated. Restricting yourself with calorie counting may put your body into starvation mode. This will either lead to increase in fat or unhealthy weight loss. One needs to ensure to eat mindfully without counting on calories.
• Avoid emotional eating – Often we tend to eat our emotions by getting into binge eating. This makes us feel guilty and then we punish ourselves by restricting. One need to understand that we are emotionally connected with food but that doesn’t mean that we can harm ourselves by overeating weather healthy or unhealthy and then feeling guilty about it. Ensure you are calm and companionate towards yourself when emotional. And even if you get into binge eating do not feel guilty and punish yourself.

Over To You
This Independence day free yourselves from restrictive diets and follow a healthy and sustainable diet with these simple steps.