Best Weight Loss Foods -
 And How to Stop Over Eating

The best weight loss foods are a mystery to some. Many clients come to see me completley stumped as to why they are not losing weight. A quick evaluation often reveals that they are missing one or two of the most important healthy foods to lose weight.

Before jumping into the best weight loss foods, First, lets take a look at hunger, what makes us hungry or have cravings.

How to Overcome Cravings by Eating the Best Weight Loss Foods

Hunger is a physiological need. Hunger is controlled by certain hormones, neurotransmitters and other chemical reactions in our body that indicate that we are hungry or full.

A craving is a type of huger that is not necessarily controlled by the body physiologically.

It can be triggered by:

• psychological reasons or
• outside events such as
• mood
• time of day
• feeling lonely
• habit
• the people we are with
• publicity
• etc.

But think of it, we are the only mammal to eat emotionally. All other species on plant earth, eat to thrive and to survive. So why then, are we so overwhelmed with cravings, stress eating, emotional eating. Why are we there more obese people than every before? 

For sure, the food industry is out to make sure that people are brainwashed into thinking that junk food is fun, tasty, a treat, and delicious and that healthy food is boring tasteless and a chore to eat. 

Of course, the opposite is true and if you don't change your mindset and get this, it will be challenging for you to succeed.

Cravings are also triggered by our own nutritional deficiencies!   

Few people know this! When you eat a lot of the best weight loss foods and a healthy balanced diet, your cravings will become a thing of the past. All of my clients find that when they eat right for their body type, their cravings disappear! 

The more you let go of the unhealthy foods and replace them with the best weight loss foods the more you will crave healthy foods and it will get easier! 

The best weight loss foods are foods in the most natural state possible.

It could very well be that your taste buds are so accustomed to eating sweets that you have a hard time enjoying the simple pleasures of the best weight loss foods:

• Fruits and vegetables
• Whole grains
• Protein (preferably plant based, but some poultry and fish is ok)
• Nuts and seeds 

You may say, I don't like vegetables. It is all about what you do to them! Simply add a little fresh lemon juice on top of steamed broccoli, or dark leafy greens such as spinach, swiss chard. I always squeeze a few lemons at a time and keep a jar of fresh lemon juice in the fridge to make this fast and easy.  

Or try Braggs Liquid Soy Seasoning. This is a natural, healthy soy sauce made only with soy beans and water! it is super delicious and does not have ll of the sugar, food coloring and chemicals that most other soy sauces contain. Buy it in the spray bottle and spray it on top of your veggies or whole grains like brown rice or quinoa, yum! 

The Best weight loss foods - Eating healthy to lose weight

Ok, so here’s the main thing that most people don’t know about the best weight loss foods...

Foods that have the biggest impact on feeling full are proteins and high fiber good quality carbohydrates. ie

• Brown rice
• Quinoa
• Buckwheat
• Rye
• Millet
• Cereal, bread or pasta made with kamut or spelt or brown rice.

Carbohydrates give us our long term energy. Protein and fiber give us a feeling of satiety. This makes sense as fiber expands and fills up the stomach, sending a message to the brain that we are full.

Ensure that you eat adequate protein at lunch and dinner (animal or vegetarian according to your needs): poultry, fish, yogurt, beans, etc. For breakfast, whether or not you need protein depends on your personal body type and metabolism

The Best weight loss foods  - Healthy foods to lose weight

For the healthiest way to lose weight, another one of the most important aspects of hunger is blood glucose levels.

If the levels are low we will feel hungry even if we have just eaten a meal and we are full! To avoid this it is imperative to avoid refined sugars, white sugar and white refined flour ie. and everything made with them. These foods spike glycemic levels way up.

For every 2 servings of whole grains you eat a day, your risk of diabetes drops by 21%.1  Whole grains lead to smaller fluctuations in blood sugar and insulin than refined grains and sugars. Whole grains also lead to more satiety. Refined carbs lead to hunger and increased food intake due to wide swings in blood sugar.

For natural easy to lose weight I often have my clients start with a cleanse or detox including extra fiber.

1. It helps with ridding the body of accumulated toxins, so important to health.
2. It helps kick-start the liver, which is often overworked or lazy so not metabolizing fats. When this is the case, weight loss is not possible.
3. It cleanses the colon of accumulated waste material.
4. Feeling full allows you to eat less and lose weight more easily.

Another important aspect of how to stop overeating:

It is very important to eat slowly as the hormones that tell us that we are full are released into the blood stream from the brain 15 to 20 minutes after we begin eating. So even if you're eating the best weight loss foods if you eat too fast you may overeat before receiving these messages.

Slow down, chew your food and savor your meal. By slowing down you will also digest better. 

By replacing refined carbohydrates with the best weight loss foods, mentioned above, you are sure to feel full and satisfied and lose weight more easily.

The Best Weight Loss Foods For Your Particular Body Type is Key! 

If you would like to know the best time to eat certain types of foods for your body type in order to lose weight, my Bodytypology weight loss program can help you do just that. One of the most important aspects of weight loss, is to eat smaller meals when your metabolism is slowest and bigger meals when your metabolism is highest and you can easily burn it off.

Hi, I'm Sue-Anne Hickey, as a certified naturopath and weight loss specialist, I've been helping my clients drop the pounds they want to since 2006. 

Every body is different, has a different cravings, metabolism, energy levels and gains weight in different places.

One Size Fits all Never works! 

I encourage you to work with me to determine your body type and find out when your metabolism is high or low and to use that to your advantage.

It's simple and easy to follow. For over 28 years nutrition and healthy eating has been a passion of mine.  Let me cut through all the confusing information out there and guide you with the right information for your specific body type.  

Weight loss doesn't have to be difficult. I've detailed everything in my program Bodytypology. When you eat the best weight loss foods, at the right time for your body type you will feel:

• Balanced
• Have more energy
• Fewer Cravings
• A psychological feeling of well being
• And you will drop the pounds you want to

Book your FREE discovery call today! 

References:
1. PLoS Medicine: A peer-reviewed open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science: 4: e261, 2007.